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Visa interview wait times by consulate

How long until the next visa interview at every U.S. embassy and consulate, from the State Department's own table, as it updated it on October 21, 2026.

Longest work-visa wait in India

6.5 months

Hyderabad

Shortest in India

1 month

Kolkata

Consulates with a work-visa interview within 15 days

121 of 241

As of October 21, 2026

With no work-visa figure

58

State printed NA

The next work-visa interview, country by country

H-1B, L, O, P and Q visas share one column in State's table. A longer bar is a longer wait; the longest are drawn in yellow.

  • India

    1. Chennai (Madras)

      2.5 months

    2. Hyderabad

      6.5 months

    3. Kolkata

      1 month

    4. Mumbai (Bombay)

      2 months

    5. New Delhi

      3.5 months

  • China

    1. Beijing

      5.5 months

    2. Chengdu

      No figure

    3. Guangzhou

      3 months

    4. Shanghai

      3.5 months

    5. Shenyang

      1 month

    6. Wuhan

      4.5 months

  • Canada

    1. Calgary

      1.5 months

    2. Halifax

      1 month

    3. Montreal

      No figure

    4. Ottawa

      1 month

    5. Quebec

      3 months

    6. Toronto

      2 months

    7. Vancouver

      7 months

  • Mexico

    1. Ciudad Juarez

      Under 15 days

    2. Guadalajara

      Under 15 days

    3. Hermosillo

      1 month

    4. Matamoros

      1 month

    5. Merida

      Under 15 days

    6. Mexico City

      Under 15 days

    7. Monterrey

      Under 15 days

    8. Nogales

      Under 15 days

    9. Nuevo Laredo

      Under 15 days

    10. Tijuana

      Under 15 days

  • Philippines

    1. Manila

      Under 15 days

  • South Korea

    1. Seoul

      Under 15 days

  • Taiwan

    1. Kaohsiung

      No figure

    2. Taipei

      Under 15 days

  • Japan

    1. Fukuoka

      No figure

    2. Naha

      1.5 months

    3. Osaka/Kobe

      1 month

    4. Sapporo

      No figure

    5. Tokyo

      1.5 months

  • Vietnam

    1. Hanoi

      Under 15 days

    2. Ho Chi Minh City

      Under 15 days

  • Pakistan

    1. Islamabad

      4 months

    2. Karachi

      1 month

    3. Lahore

      No figure

  • Bangladesh

    1. Dhaka

      1.5 months

  • Nepal

    1. Kathmandu

      Under 15 days

  • Brazil

    1. Brasilia

      Under 15 days

    2. Porto Alegre

      1 month

    3. Recife

      Under 15 days

    4. Rio De Janeiro

      Under 15 days

    5. Sao Paulo

      Under 15 days

  • Nigeria

    1. Abuja

      No figure

    2. Lagos

      Under 15 days

  • United Kingdom

    1. Belfast

      Under 15 days

    2. Edinburgh

      No figure

    3. London

      Under 15 days

State counts a month as 30 days and half a month as 15, weekends and holidays included. “Under 15 days” is State's “< 0.5 Month”.

How India's consulates moved

The next work-visa interview at each, month by month from November 2025.

  • Chennai (Madras)

    Now: 2.5 months

    November 2025 October 2026
    Chennai (Madras): the next work-visa interview, each month
    Period days
    November 2025 30
    December 2025 No record
    January 2026 90
    February 2026 60
    March 2026 No record
    April 2026 105
    May 2026 No record
    June 2026 No record
    July 2026 No record
    August 2026 No record
    September 2026 No record
    October 2026 75

  • Hyderabad

    Now: 6.5 months

    November 2025 October 2026
    Hyderabad: the next work-visa interview, each month
    Period days
    November 2025 60
    December 2025 75
    January 2026 75
    February 2026 90
    March 2026 90
    April 2026 90
    May 2026 90
    June 2026 105
    July 2026 No record
    August 2026 No record
    September 2026 No record
    October 2026 195

  • Kolkata

    Now: 1 month

    November 2025 October 2026
    Kolkata: the next work-visa interview, each month
    Period days
    November 2025 No record
    December 2025 No record
    January 2026 No record
    February 2026 No record
    March 2026 45
    April 2026 30
    May 2026 30
    June 2026 45
    July 2026 No record
    August 2026 No record
    September 2026 No record
    October 2026 30

  • Mumbai (Bombay)

    Now: 2 months

    November 2025 October 2026
    Mumbai (Bombay): the next work-visa interview, each month
    Period days
    November 2025 30
    December 2025 30
    January 2026 30
    February 2026 45
    March 2026 30
    April 2026 30
    May 2026 45
    June 2026 45
    July 2026 No record
    August 2026 No record
    September 2026 No record
    October 2026 60

  • New Delhi

    Now: 3.5 months

    November 2025 October 2026
    New Delhi: the next work-visa interview, each month
    Period days
    November 2025 No record
    December 2025 No record
    January 2026 No record
    February 2026 7.5
    March 2026 30
    April 2026 30
    May 2026 60
    June 2026 60
    July 2026 No record
    August 2026 No record
    September 2026 No record
    October 2026 105

A dashed frame is a month with no figure: State printed NA for that consulate, or no copy of its table survives (State shows only the current one, and the Internet Archive holds none from July 2026, August 2026, September 2026).

Every consulate, every visa (241)

State's table as it stood on October 21, 2026.

The wait for a visa interview at each U.S. embassy and consulate, by visa
Consulate H, L, O, P, Q F, M, J B1/B2 next B1/B2 average C, D
Abidjan 3 months Under 15 days 5 months 9 months Under 15 days
Abu Dhabi No figure Under 15 days 10 months 1.5 months Under 15 days
Abuja No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Accra 6.5 months 3 months 5 months 3.5 months 4 months
Adana No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Addis Ababa 2.5 months 3 months 3 months No figure 2.5 months
Algiers Under 15 days 2.5 months 13 months No figure Under 15 days
Almaty 1 month Under 15 days 1 month No figure 1 month
Amman Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Amsterdam Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Ankara 1 month Under 15 days 4 months 2 months No figure
Antananarivo No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Apia Under 15 days 2.5 months 3.5 months No figure 1.5 months
Ashgabat Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Asmara No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Astana 1 month No figure 1 month No figure 1 month
Asuncion Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Athens Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month No figure 1 month
Auckland 1 month Under 15 days 1.5 months 1.5 months 1.5 months
Baghdad No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Baku Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Bamako No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Bandar Seri Begawan Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Bangkok 1 month 1 month 1.5 months No figure 1.5 months
Bangui No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Banjul Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Barcelona No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Beijing 5.5 months 4.5 months 2 months No figure 1.5 months
Beirut 2 months 1.5 months 3.5 months 1 month No figure
Belfast Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Belgrade 1 month Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Belmopan Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Berlin Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Bern Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Bishkek Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Bogota Under 15 days Under 15 days 6.5 months 5.5 months Under 15 days
Brasilia Under 15 days Under 15 days 2 months No figure Under 15 days
Bratislava Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Brazzaville No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Bridgetown Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Brussels Under 15 days Under 15 days 1.5 months No figure 1.5 months
Bucharest Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Budapest Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Buenos Aires Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Bujumbura No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Cairo 1 month Under 15 days 1 month No figure 1 month
Calgary 1.5 months 1.5 months 11 months 11 months Under 15 days
Canberra No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Cape Town 4 months Under 15 days 3.5 months No figure Under 15 days
Caracas No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Casablanca 3 months 1 month 3 months 3.5 months 3 months
Chengdu No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Chennai (Madras) 2.5 months 3.5 months 7.5 months 7.5 months No figure
Chiang Mai No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Chisinau Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Ciudad Juarez Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days 5.5 months Under 15 days
Colombo Under 15 days 1 month 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Conakry No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Copenhagen 1 month Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure 1 month
Cotonou No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Curacao Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Dakar Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Damascus No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Dar Es Salaam Under 15 days Under 15 days 5.5 months No figure 5.5 months
Dhahran Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure No figure
Dhaka 1.5 months 1.5 months 1.5 months 8.5 months 1.5 months
Dili No figure Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure No figure
Djibouti Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Doha Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Dubai Under 15 days Under 15 days 10 months No figure Under 15 days
Dublin Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Durban No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Dushanbe Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Edinburgh No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Erbil 6 months 6 months 6 months No figure 6 months
Florence 1 month 1 month 2 months No figure Under 15 days
Frankfurt 2 months 1.5 months 2.5 months No figure 1.5 months
Freetown No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Fukuoka No figure No figure 1 month No figure No figure
Gaborone No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Georgetown Under 15 days Under 15 days 5.5 months No figure 1 month
Guadalajara Under 15 days Under 15 days 6.5 months 7 months Under 15 days
Guangzhou 3 months 2 months 2.5 months 2 months 1.5 months
Guatemala City Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month 1.5 months No figure
Guayaquil Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Halifax 1 month 9 months 11.5 months 1.5 months 11.5 months
Hamilton Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Hanoi Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Harare No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Havana No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Helsinki Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Hermosillo 1 month Under 15 days 1.5 months No figure 1 month
Ho Chi Minh City Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Hong Kong 1.5 months Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Hyderabad 6.5 months 1 month 10.5 months 10.5 months Under 15 days
Islamabad 4 months Under 15 days 12.5 months 7.5 months 4 months
Istanbul 2 months 2 months 6 months No figure Under 15 days
Jakarta 1.5 months Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Jeddah Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Jerusalem Under 15 days Under 15 days 5 months 6.5 months 5 months
Johannesburg 1 month Under 15 days 1 month No figure 1 month
Juba No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Kabul No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Kampala No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Kaohsiung No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Karachi 1 month 1 month 7.5 months 7 months Under 15 days
Kathmandu Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Khartoum No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Kigali 1 month 1 month 1 month No figure 1 month
Kingston Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Kinshasa No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Kolkata 1 month 2.5 months 8.5 months 8.5 months No figure
Kolonia Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Koror Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Krakow Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Kuala Lumpur Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Kuwait No figure Under 15 days 2 months No figure 2 months
Kyiv No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
La Paz Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Lagos Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Lahore No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Libreville Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure No figure
Lilongwe No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Lima Under 15 days Under 15 days 9.5 months 9 months Under 15 days
Lisbon Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Ljubljana Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Lome 1 month 1 month 1 month No figure 1 month
London Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Luanda Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Lusaka No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Luxembourg Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Madrid Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Majuro Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Malabo 2 months Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure No figure
Managua Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Manama Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Manila Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Maputo No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Marseille No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Maseru No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Matamoros 1 month Under 15 days 5.5 months 6 months No figure
Mbabane No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Melbourne 1.5 months Under 15 days 1.5 months 4 months 1.5 months
Merida Under 15 days Under 15 days 3 months No figure Under 15 days
Mexicali Tpf No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Mexico City Under 15 days Under 15 days 4.5 months 6.5 months Under 15 days
Milan 1.5 months 2 months 4 months 4 months 1.5 months
Minsk No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Monrovia 4.5 months 2 months 19 months 4.5 months 4.5 months
Monterrey Under 15 days Under 15 days 3 months 7 months No figure
Montevideo Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Montreal No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Mumbai (Bombay) 2 months 4 months 12 months 12.5 months 1.5 months
Munich Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Muscat 1 month 1 month Under 15 days No figure 4 months
N`Djamena No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Naha 1.5 months Under 15 days 1.5 months No figure 1.5 months
Nairobi Under 15 days 3 months 2 months No figure Under 15 days
Naples 1 month Under 15 days 2.5 months No figure Under 15 days
Nassau 1 month 1 month 1 month No figure 1 month
New Delhi 3.5 months 3 months 11 months 7 months 3 months
Niamey No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Nicosia Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Nogales Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Nouakchott Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Nuevo Laredo Under 15 days Under 15 days 1.5 months No figure Under 15 days
Osaka/Kobe 1 month 1 month 2 months No figure 2 months
Oslo Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Ottawa 1 month 9 months 11.5 months 11.5 months Under 15 days
Ouagadougou No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Panama City Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Paramaribo Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Paris Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Perth 1 month 1 month 1 month No figure 1 month
Phnom Penh Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Podgorica Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Ponta Delgada No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Port Au Prince No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Port Louis Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Port Moresby Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Port Of Spain Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Porto Alegre 1 month 1.5 months 2.5 months No figure Under 15 days
Prague Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Praia Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Pretoria No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Pristina Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Quebec 3 months 3 months 11.5 months Under 15 days 3 months
Quito Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Rangoon Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Recife Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Reykjavik Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Riga Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Rio De Janeiro Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Riyadh Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Rome Under 15 days 1 month 1.5 months 2.5 months 1 month
San Jose Under 15 days Under 15 days 9.5 months 6 months Under 15 days
San Salvador Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Sanaa No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Santiago 1.5 months 1.5 months 1.5 months No figure 1.5 months
Santo Domingo Under 15 days Under 15 days 1.5 months 4 months Under 15 days
Sao Paulo Under 15 days Under 15 days 2 months No figure Under 15 days
Sapporo No figure Under 15 days No figure No figure No figure
Sarajevo Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Seoul Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Shanghai 3.5 months 3.5 months 3.5 months No figure 3.5 months
Shenyang 1 month Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Singapore Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Skopje Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Sofia Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
St Georges No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
St Petersburg No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Stockholm Under 15 days 1 month 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Surabaya Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure 1 month
Suva 1 month Under 15 days 1.5 months No figure Under 15 days
Sydney 2.5 months 1.5 months 16 months 4 months 2 months
Taipei Under 15 days Under 15 days 1 month No figure Under 15 days
Tallinn Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Tashkent 1 month 1.5 months 2 months 1.5 months 1.5 months
Tbilisi Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Tegucigalpa Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days 1.5 months Under 15 days
Tel Aviv 1 month 1 month Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Tijuana Under 15 days Under 15 days 2 months No figure Under 15 days
Tirana Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Tokyo 1.5 months 1.5 months 2.5 months No figure 2 months
Toronto 2 months 2 months 18 months 17.5 months 1.5 months
Tripoli No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Tunis 1 month 2 months 2 months No figure 1 month
Ulaanbaatar Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Valletta Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Vancouver 7 months 18.5 months 18 months 19.5 months 3 months
Vienna Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Vientiane Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Vilnius Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Vladivostok No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Warsaw Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Windhoek No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Wuhan 4.5 months 2.5 months 2 months No figure No figure
Yaounde Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Yekaterinburg No figure No figure No figure No figure No figure
Yerevan Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
Zagreb Under 15 days Under 15 days Under 15 days No figure Under 15 days
H, L, O, P, Q:
Work visas (H-1B, L, O, P, Q)
F, M, J:
Students and exchange visitors (F, M, J)
B1/B2 next:
Visitors (B1/B2), next appointment
B1/B2 average:
Visitors (B1/B2), last month's average wait
C, D:
Crew and transit (C, D)
What State's table is, and isn't
  • It's the wait for a nonimmigrant visa interview. The immigrant visa (green card) interview is scheduled by the National Visa Center: its own timeframes.
  • Visitors' average wait runs from paying the fee to the interview, over the month before, and State prints it only where the next appointment is more than three months out.
  • Applicants who qualify for an interview waiver aren't in it.
  • State doesn't say what “NA” means; it's shown here as “No figure”.
  • State updates it about once a month. State's own page is the authority on any one consulate.

State visa wait times: State Department Global Visa Wait Times (state.gov) · data through Oct 21, 2026 · monthly, read daily

How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

What this data includes

State visa wait times: The wait for a NONIMMIGRANT visa interview at each U.S. embassy and consulate, as State's Global Visa Wait Times table prints it each month: the next appointment for visitors, students, petition-based workers (H, L, O, P, Q) and crew, and visitors' average wait. Interview waivers aren't in it, and neither is the immigrant visa (green card) interview.

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