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Paris: immigrant visas

The consulate in Paris issued 1,648 immigrant visas from March 2025 to February 2026, 404 of them employment-based.

Consulate interviews are paused at most posts. State postponed immigrant visa interviews worldwide from about August 25, 2026 for new public charge training and has named no end date, so a current date abroad isn't an interview yet. An I-485 filed inside the US isn't part of this pause. Where each consulate stands (checked November 3, 2026)

Employment cases

Jun-2026

5 months back, State's update of November 6, 2026

Family preference cases

Nov-2026

Caught up, State's update of November 6, 2026

Immediate relative cases

Jul-2026

4 months back, State's update of November 6, 2026

How far back NVC was scheduling, update by update State's updates of Apr 28, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026

Employment

5

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026
Paris, Employment: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period months back
Apr 28, 2025 0
May 2, 2025 1
Jun 3, 2025 2
Sep 2, 2025 0
Oct 9, 2025 0
Nov 12, 2025 0
Dec 8, 2025 0
Jan 8, 2026 1
Feb 3, 2026 1
Mar 4, 2026 0
Apr 2, 2026 1
Jun 4, 2026 1
Jul 8, 2026 1
Oct 7, 2026 4
Nov 6, 2026 5

Family preference

1

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026
Paris, Family preference: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period months back
Apr 28, 2025 0
May 2, 2025 0
Jun 3, 2025 0
Sep 2, 2025 0
Oct 9, 2025 0
Nov 12, 2025 0
Dec 8, 2025 0
Jan 8, 2026 0
Feb 3, 2026 0
Mar 4, 2026 0
Apr 2, 2026 0
Jun 4, 2026 0
Jul 8, 2026 0
Oct 7, 2026 0
Nov 6, 2026 0

Immediate relative

4

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026
Paris, Immediate relative: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period months back
Apr 28, 2025 1
May 2, 2025 1
Jun 3, 2025 2
Sep 2, 2025 1
Oct 9, 2025 1
Nov 12, 2025 1
Dec 8, 2025 1
Jan 8, 2026 0
Feb 3, 2026 1
Mar 4, 2026 1
Apr 2, 2026 1
Jun 4, 2026 0
Jul 8, 2026 0
Oct 7, 2026 2
Nov 6, 2026 4
Each column is one of State's monthly updates: how many months before it the cases NVC was scheduling were completed. More
Each column is one of State's monthly updates: how many months before it the cases NVC was scheduling were completed. No column means the post had no backlog on paper. The newest is lime. A dashed outline is an update with no month shown.
U.S. Department of State, IV Scheduling Status Tool
Immigrant visas issued each month March 2023 to February 2026

219

Mar ’23 Feb ’26
Immigrant visas issued in Paris each month
Period visas
March 2023 168
April 2023 164
May 2023 158
June 2023 164
July 2023 60
August 2023 112
September 2023 115
October 2023 105
November 2023 122
December 2023 81
January 2024 114
February 2024 139
March 2024 126
April 2024 122
May 2024 77
June 2024 74
July 2024 141
August 2024 73
September 2024 92
October 2024 159
November 2024 152
December 2024 165
January 2025 200
February 2025 200
March 2025 177
April 2025 98
May 2025 128
June 2025 219
July 2025 153
August 2025 150
September 2025 125
October 2025 196
November 2025 86
December 2025 155
January 2026 84
February 2026 77
  • Employment
  • Family (immediate relatives and preferences)
  • Everything else
Each column is one month at this consulate: employment visas in lime at the foot, family in blue, everything else in yellow. More
Each column is one month at this consulate: employment visas in lime at the foot, family in blue, everything else in yellow. A dashed outline is a month State's tables don't cover. State posts each month months late.
U.S. Department of State, monthly immigrant visa issuances by post

Work visas issued here

Nonimmigrant visas the consulate in Paris issued, from State's monthly tables. February 2026 is the newest month State has posted.

H-1B, February 2026

32

1,030 in the 12 months to February 2026

L-1, February 2026

174

2,697 in the 12 months

Every work visa, February 2026

912

H, L, E, O, P, Q, R, TN, CW and media visas, with the families who come with them

H-1B and L-1 visas issued each month Paris, March 2025 to February 2026

492

Mar ’25 Feb ’26
H-1B and L-1 visas issued in Paris each month
Period visas
March 2025 190
April 2025 249
May 2025 250
June 2025 492
July 2025 484
August 2025 487
September 2025 296
October 2025 258
November 2025 146
December 2025 413
January 2026 256
February 2026 206
  • H-1B
  • L-1
Each column is one month: H-1B in lime at the foot, L-1 in blue above. More
Each column is one month: H-1B in lime at the foot, L-1 in blue above. A dashed outline is a month this site doesn't hold State's table for. State calls the figures preliminary.
U.S. Department of State, monthly nonimmigrant visa issuances by post

Every visa class issued here

Work visas first, then everything else, visitors, students and K-1 fiancé(e) visas among them.

Nonimmigrant visas issued in Paris by class, February 2026 and the 12 months to it
Visa What it is February 2026 12 months
H-1B specialty occupation worker, a work visa 32 1,030
H-4 spouse or child of an H worker, a work visa 6 253
L-1 intracompany transferee, a work visa 174 2,697
L-2 spouse or child of an L-1, a work visa 173 3,005
H-1B1 Chilean or Singaporean specialty occupation worker, a work visa 0 1
H-2A temporary farm worker, a work visa 4 12
H-2B temporary non-farm worker, a work visa 0 32
H-3 trainee or special education exchange visitor, a work visa 0 10
E-1 treaty trader, spouse or child, a work visa 19 145
E-2 treaty investor, spouse or child, a work visa 162 3,228
E-3 Australian in a specialty occupation, a work visa 0 15
E-3D spouse or child of an E-3, a work visa 1 13
E-3R returning E-3, a work visa 0 13
O-1 worker with extraordinary ability, a work visa 59 946
O-2 assistant to an O-1, a work visa 42 456
O-3 spouse or child of an O-1 or O-2, a work visa 7 206
P-1 internationally recognized athlete or entertainer, a work visa 48 807
P-2 artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange, a work visa 0 7
P-3 artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program, a work visa 5 59
P-4 spouse or child of a P-1, P-2 or P-3, a work visa 1 17
Q-1 international cultural exchange, a work visa 48 553
R-1 religious worker, a work visa 6 72
R-2 spouse or child of an R-1, a work visa 3 27
TN USMCA professional, a work visa 0 2
TD spouse or child of a TN, a work visa 0 4
I foreign media representative, spouse or child, a work visa 122 823
B-1/B-2 visitor for business and pleasure 2,365 26,852
J-1 exchange visitor 468 10,903
C-1/D transit and crewmember 278 3,580
F-1 academic or language student 141 7,089
A-2 other foreign government official or employee, or family 39 592
K-1 fiancé(e) fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen 33 160
NATO-2 other representative to NATO, or a NATO force's dependent 30 633
J-2 spouse or child of a J-1 30 582
G-4 international organization officer or employee 26 469
A-1 diplomat or consular officer, or family 10 84
G-2 other representative to an international organization 9 216
B-1 visitor for business 9 158
C-3 foreign government official in transit 9 73
M-1 vocational student 7 175
F-2 spouse or child of an F-1 6 72
G-1 representative to an international organization 4 62
B-2 visitor for pleasure 2 30
K-2 child of a K-1 fiancé(e) 2 8
G-3 representative of a nonmember government 1 8
NATO-6 civilian with a NATO force 0 22
C-1 in transit 0 5
NATO-5 expert on a NATO mission 0 2
C4/D3 as State's table prints it 0 1
M-2 spouse or child of an M-1 0 1

Why a visa is refused, worldwide and year by year: visa refusals by ground.

How to read State's scheduling month

State says the tool shows the documentarily complete month and year for which NVC is scheduling most interviews in your classification at the selected U.S. embassy or consulate. If your case became documentarily complete before the month shown, NVC is scheduling cases like yours here. A preference case also needs a current priority date in the visa bulletin. It's NVC's paperwork queue, so it doesn't say whether the post is holding interviews.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, IV Scheduling Status Tool, update of November 6, 2026, and its monthly immigrant visa issuances by post through February 2026.

What people report

What people who had an appointment in Paris report, for any visa. Visitors' own reports, unchecked. A figure shows once 3 people have reported.

Reports, last 30 days

0

0 in the last 90 days, every kind of visa. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

Ended in 221(g)

Not yet

Too few reports yet: it shows once 3 people report a result. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

NVC complete to interview

Not yet

Too few reports yet: it shows once 3 people give both dates. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

Interviews held, week by week The last 12 weeks, every kind of visa

Too few reports yet: no week in the last 12 has 3 interviews reported.

Each column is a week of interviews people reported held. More
Each column is a week of interviews people reported held. Cancelled and moved interviews and drop boxes are left out. The newest is lime and hatched while it's still filling. A dashed outline is a week with fewer than 3 reports.
Visitors' own reports, unchecked.
How reports ended The last 30 and 90 days, every kind of visa

Last 30 days

Too few reports yet: 0 reports so far. This shows once 3 people have reported.

Last 90 days

Too few reports yet: 0 reports so far. This shows once 3 people have reported.

Each report counts on the day of its newest step: the visa, the approval, the interview or the letter. More
Each report counts on the day of its newest step: the visa, the approval, the interview or the letter. A 221(g) that later cleared still counts as a 221(g).
Visitors' own reports, unchecked.
By kind of visa The last 90 days

Too few reports yet for any kind of visa: each shows once 3 people have reported one.

Employment and the work visas first. A kind of visa shows once 3 people have reported one, so no row is one person's outcome. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.
From the interview to the visa Appointments in the last six months

Too few reports yet for any kind of visa: each shows once 3 people have reported an appointment.

Days from the interview or the drop box to the approval or the visa, the median of the reports that finished, always beside the count still waiting: a median of the finished alone looks quicker than the wait is. More
Days from the interview or the drop box to the approval or the visa, the median of the reports that finished, always beside the count still waiting: a median of the finished alone looks quicker than the wait is. A row shows once 3 people have reported an appointment, and its median once 3 have finished.
Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

Share your interview

Had an appointment in Paris, or waiting for one? Add what happened, for any visa. You don't need an account, a name or a case number.

Add your report
The visa
Dates, only the ones that have happened
What happened

This browser keeps a key for this consulate, so you can come back to update the result or remove the report. Nothing else about you is kept with it.

What these reports can't tell you

They aren't a sample of everyone. People with a 221(g) or a refusal are likelier to say so than people whose visa came the next week. A share here is what the people who reported saw. It isn't the post's rate.

Nobody can check them. There's no case number, by design, so a report can't be tied to a case. State's own figures for this consulate are above this section.

The rules behind these numbers

State's IV scheduling table through Nov 6, 2026 · State visa issuances through Feb 28, 2026 · State nonimmigrant visa issuances through Feb 28, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

State's IV scheduling table: State Department's IV Scheduling Status Tool (travel.state.gov, read in a browser) · data through Nov 6, 2026 · monthly, copied in a browser (state refuses scripts)

State visa issuances: State Department monthly immigrant visa issuances (state.gov) · data through Feb 28, 2026 · monthly, posted months late

State nonimmigrant visa issuances: State Department monthly nonimmigrant visa issuances by post (state.gov) · data through Feb 28, 2026 · monthly, posted about eight months late

What each source includes

State's IV scheduling table: For each US consulate, the month of documentarily complete cases the National Visa Center is scheduling interviews for, as State's IV Scheduling Status Tool printed it at each monthly update. It covers employment, family preference and immediate relative cases. It's NVC's paperwork queue, so it doesn't show an interview wait or whether a post is holding interviews. Copied in a browser, since State's site refuses scripts.

State visa issuances: Immigrant visas State's consulates issued abroad each month, by visa class and by country or consulate. A green card granted inside the United States (adjustment of status at USCIS) isn't in it. For employment categories, that's most of them.

State nonimmigrant visa issuances: Nonimmigrant visas each US consulate issued each month, by visa class (H-1B, L-1, K-1 fiancé(e), visitors, students and the rest), from State's monthly tables, which State calls preliminary. Visas only: a change of status inside the United States isn't in it, and neither are refusals. Each month is checked against State's own grand total.

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