Where Can I Get A US Visa Now?

As you may know, the US has instituted COVID-related travel bans prohibiting the entry of travelers who have been in certain countries during the two-week period prior to their entry to the US.  Although this is technically a travel ban and not a visa issuance ban, in practice the US embassies in those countries have not been issuing visas.  Banned countries include:

  • EUROPE: Schengen/ UK/ Ireland
  • ASIA: India, China, Iran
  • AFRICA: South Africa
  • AMERICA: Brazil

In addition to embassy closures in the banned countries, many other US embassies around the world are currently closed or not issuing visas. 

Grossman Young & Hammond has compiled the charts below, based on information published by the US Department of State, to help you understand where in the world you can get a US visa right now.   The charts are sorted by published wait times for a visa interview (from shortest to longest number of days).  The first chart shows the wait times for F1 student and J1 exchange visitor visas, which are given priority, and the second chart shows the wait times for all other nonimmigrant visas (except B visas for visitors).

F-1 and J-1 Wait Times by Consulate

PDF of Chart: F1 and J1 wait times by consulate 6.11.21

Country:

Capital:

Student/ Exchange Visitor Visa: (calendar wait time / days)

Jamaica

Kingston

1

Timor-Leste    

Dili

1

Mozambique

Maputo

1

Mauritius

Port Louis

2

Qatar     

Doha

2

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

Mbabane, Lobamba

3

Bahrain   

Manama

3

Mexico

Mexico City

4

Haiti

Port-Au-Prince

5

Chad

N’Djamena

5

Thailand   

Bangkok

5

Romania   

Bucharest

5

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

6

Ukraine    

Kyiv

6

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

7

Nicaragua

Managua

7

Trinidad and Tobago

Port of Spain

7

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

7

Eritrea

Asmara

7

Brunei     

Bandar Seri Begawan

7

Tajikistan   

Dushanbe

7

Cambodia    

Phnom Penh

8

Moldova   

Chișinău

9

Serbia    

Belgrade

10

Oman     

Muscat

11

Angola

Luanda

14

Barbados

Bridgetown

21

Israel    

Jerusalem

21

Japan    

Tokyo

21

South Korea   

Seoul

23

Colombia

Bogota

25

Belize

Belmopan

28

Taiwan     

Taipei City

28

Djibouti

Djibouti city

30

Indonesia   

Jakarta

30

Mongolia    

Ulaanbaatar

30

Philippines    

Manila

30

Pakistan    

Islamabad

31

Kyrgyzstan    

Bishkek

40

Bahamas

Nassau

41

Paraguay

Asunción

42

Uruguay

Montevideo

42

Vietnam    

Hanoi

42

Saudi Arabia   

Riyadh

45

Andorra    

Andorra la Vella (associated with Madrid, Spain)

54

Gambia

Banjul

60

Mali

Bamako

60

Senegal

Dakar

60

Zimbabwe    

Harare

60

Kazakhstan    

Nur-Sultan

60

Rwanda

Kigali

65

Canada

Ottawa

90

Tunisia     

Tunis

90

Jordan    

Amman

96

Mauritania

Nouakchott

99

Tanzania   

Dodoma (Dar es Salaam – city with U.S. embassy)

105

Cabo Verde

Praia

133

Chile

Santiago

135

Georgia    

Tbilisi

177

Georgia    

Tbilisi

177

Panama

Panama City

180

Bangladesh   

Dhaka

201

Kenya

Nairobi

238

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

249

Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa

315

Other Nonimmigrant Wait Times by Consulate (except B-1)

PDF of Chart: Other Nonimmigrant Wait Times by Consulate 6.11.21

Country:

Capital:

Nonimmigrant Visa: (calendar wait time / days)

Timor-Leste    

Dili

1

Mozambique

Maputo

1

Mauritius

Port Louis

2

Qatar     

Doha

2

Mexico

Mexico City

2

Georgia    

Tbilisi

2

Georgia    

Tbilisi

2

Bahrain   

Manama

3

Chad

N’Djamena

5

Romania   

Bucharest

5

Ukraine    

Kyiv

6

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

Mbabane, Lobamba

7

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

7

Nicaragua

Managua

7

Trinidad and Tobago

Port of Spain

7

Eritrea

Asmara

7

Brunei     

Bandar Seri Begawan

7

Tajikistan   

Dushanbe

7

Angola

Luanda

7

Cambodia    

Phnom Penh

9

Moldova   

Chișinău

9

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

10

Colombia

Bogota

10

Indonesia   

Jakarta

10

Oman     

Muscat

11

Thailand   

Bangkok

15

Israel    

Jerusalem

21

Kazakhstan    

Nur-Sultan

21

Vietnam    

Hanoi

24

Belize

Belmopan

28

Serbia    

Belgrade

30

Djibouti

Djibouti city

30

Mongolia    

Ulaanbaatar

30

South Korea   

Seoul

32

Taiwan     

Taipei City

38

Philippines    

Manila

45

Paraguay

Asunción

45

Mali

Bamako

60

Chile

Santiago

73

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

75

Japan     

Tokyo

77

Tunisia     

Tunis

90

Jordan    

Amman

96

Mauritania

Nouakchott

99

Uruguay

Montevideo

133

Cabo Verde

Praia

133

Panama

Panama City

180

Andorra    

Andorra la Vella (associated with Madrid, Spain)

193

Bangladesh   

Dhaka

201

Rwanda

Kigali

205

Saudi Arabia   

Riyadh

246

Bahamas

Nassau

281

Pakistan    

Islamabad

295

Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa

315

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

391