Visa appointment wait
H2B appointment wait by embassy
H2B is the temporary non-agricultural worker visa. The State Department reports waits for a group of visa types together, so the numbers below are for Petition-Based Temporary Workers (H, L, O, P, Q), which includes H2B.
Petition-Based Temporary Workers (H, L, O, P, Q)
| Embassy | Next available appointment |
|---|---|
| Abidjan | Under 15 days |
| Abu Dhabi | 15 days |
| Accra | Under 15 days |
| Algiers | 15 days |
| Amsterdam | Under 15 days |
| Ankara | Under 15 days |
| Apia | Under 15 days |
| Ashgabat | Under 15 days |
| Asuncion | Under 15 days |
| Athens | Under 15 days |
| Baku | Under 15 days |
| Bandar Seri Begawan | Under 15 days |
| Belfast | Under 15 days |
| Belmopan | Under 15 days |
| Bishkek | Under 15 days |
| Bogota | Under 15 days |
| Brasilia | Under 15 days |
| Bratislava | Under 15 days |
| Bridgetown | Under 15 days |
| Brussels | Under 15 days |
| Bucharest | Under 15 days |
| Budapest | Under 15 days |
| Buenos Aires | Under 15 days |
| Cape Town | Under 15 days |
| Chisinau | Under 15 days |
| Colombo | Under 15 days |
| Curacao | Under 15 days |
| Dakar | Under 15 days |
| Dar Es Salaam | Under 15 days |
| Dhahran | Under 15 days |
| Dhaka | Under 15 days |
| Djibouti | Under 15 days |
| Dublin | Under 15 days |
| Dushanbe | Under 15 days |
| Georgetown | Under 15 days |
| Guadalajara | Under 15 days |
| Guatemala City | Under 15 days |
| Halifax | Under 15 days |
| Hamilton | Under 15 days |
| Hanoi | Under 15 days |
| Helsinki | Under 15 days |
| Hermosillo | Under 15 days |
| Ho Chi Minh City | Under 15 days |
| Hong Kong | Under 15 days |
| Istanbul | Under 15 days |
| Jakarta | Under 15 days |
| Jeddah | Under 15 days |
| Jerusalem | Under 15 days |
| Kathmandu | Under 15 days |
| Kingston | Under 15 days |
| Kolonia | Under 15 days |
| Krakow | Under 15 days |
| Kuala Lumpur | Under 15 days |
| La Paz | Under 15 days |
| Lagos | Under 15 days |
| Libreville | Under 15 days |
| Lima | Under 15 days |
| Ljubljana | Under 15 days |
| London | Under 15 days |
| Luanda | Under 15 days |
| Luxembourg | Under 15 days |
| Madrid | Under 15 days |
| Majuro | Under 15 days |
| Managua | Under 15 days |
| Manama | Under 15 days |
| Manila | Under 15 days |
| Merida | Under 15 days |
| Monterrey | Under 15 days |
| Montevideo | Under 15 days |
| Munich | Under 15 days |
| Nicosia | Under 15 days |
| Nogales | Under 15 days |
| Nuevo Laredo | Under 15 days |
| Oslo | Under 15 days |
| Panama City | Under 15 days |
| Paramaribo | Under 15 days |
| Paris | Under 15 days |
| Perth | Under 15 days |
| Podgorica | Under 15 days |
| Port Louis | Under 15 days |
| Port Moresby | Under 15 days |
| Port Of Spain | Under 15 days |
| Prague | Under 15 days |
| Praia | Under 15 days |
| Pristina | Under 15 days |
| Quito | Under 15 days |
| Rangoon | Under 15 days |
| Recife | Under 15 days |
| Reykjavik | Under 15 days |
| Riga | Under 15 days |
| Rio De Janeiro | Under 15 days |
| Riyadh | 15 days |
| San Jose | Under 15 days |
| San Salvador | Under 15 days |
| Santo Domingo | Under 15 days |
| Sao Paulo | Under 15 days |
| Sarajevo | Under 15 days |
| Seoul | Under 15 days |
| Singapore | Under 15 days |
| Skopje | Under 15 days |
| Sofia | Under 15 days |
| Stockholm | Under 15 days |
| Surabaya | Under 15 days |
| Sydney | Under 15 days |
| Taipei | Under 15 days |
| Tallinn | Under 15 days |
| Tashkent | Under 15 days |
| Tbilisi | Under 15 days |
| Tegucigalpa | Under 15 days |
| Tijuana | Under 15 days |
| Tirana | Under 15 days |
| Ulaanbaatar | Under 15 days |
| Valletta | Under 15 days |
| Vienna | Under 15 days |
| Vientiane | Under 15 days |
| Vilnius | Under 15 days |
| Warsaw | Under 15 days |
| Yaounde | Under 15 days |
| Yerevan | Under 15 days |
| Zagreb | Under 15 days |
| Almaty | 1 month |
| Amman | 1 month |
| Astana | 1 month |
| Auckland | 1 month |
| Bangkok | 1 month |
| Berlin | 1 month |
| Cairo | 1 month |
| Ciudad Juarez | 1 month |
| Copenhagen | 1 month |
| Johannesburg | 1 month |
| Karachi | 1 month |
| Kigali | 1 month |
| Kolkata | 1 month |
| Koror | 1 month |
| Lilongwe | 1 month |
| Lisbon | 1 month |
| Lome | 1 month |
| Matamoros | 1 month |
| Mexico City | 1 month |
| Nairobi | 1 month |
| Naples | 1 month |
| Nassau | 1 month |
| Osaka/Kobe | 1 month |
| Porto Alegre | 1 month |
| Shenyang | 1 month |
| Suva | 1 month |
| Tel Aviv | 1 month |
| Tunis | 1 month |
| Beirut | 1.5 months |
| Calgary | 1.5 months |
| Chennai (Madras) | 1.5 months |
| Florence | 1.5 months |
| Guayaquil | 1.5 months |
| Melbourne | 1.5 months |
| Milan | 1.5 months |
| Mumbai (Bombay) | 1.5 months |
| Naha | 1.5 months |
| Phnom Penh | 1.5 months |
| Santiago | 1.5 months |
| Tokyo | 1.5 months |
| Toronto | 1.5 months |
| Belgrade | 2 months |
| Bern | 2 months |
| Frankfurt | 2 months |
| Malabo | 2 months |
| Muscat | 2 months |
| Ottawa | 2 months |
| Rome | 2 months |
| Addis Ababa | 2.5 months |
| Guangzhou | 2.5 months |
| Casablanca | 3 months |
| New Delhi | 3 months |
| Quebec | 3 months |
| Doha | 3.5 months |
| Shanghai | 3.5 months |
| Dubai | 4.5 months |
| Islamabad | 4.5 months |
| Wuhan | 4.5 months |
| Hyderabad | 5.5 months |
| Monrovia | 5.5 months |
| Vancouver | 5.5 months |
| Baghdad | 6 months |
| Beijing | 6 months |
| Erbil | 6 months |
| Abuja | Not available |
| Adana | Not available |
| Antananarivo | Not available |
| Asmara | Not available |
| Bamako | Not available |
| Bangui | Not available |
| Banjul | Not available |
| Barcelona | Not available |
| Brazzaville | Not available |
| Bujumbura | Not available |
| Canberra | Not available |
| Caracas | Not available |
| Chengdu | Not available |
| Chiang Mai | Not available |
| Conakry | Not available |
| Cotonou | Not available |
| Damascus | Not available |
| Dili | Not available |
| Durban | Not available |
| Edinburgh | Not available |
| Freetown | Not available |
| Fukuoka | Not available |
| Gaborone | Not available |
| Harare | Not available |
| Havana | Not available |
| Juba | Not available |
| Kabul | Not available |
| Kampala | Not available |
| Kaohsiung | Not available |
| Khartoum | Not available |
| Kinshasa | Not available |
| Kuwait | Not available |
| Kyiv | Not available |
| Lahore | Not available |
| Lusaka | Not available |
| Maputo | Not available |
| Marseille | Not available |
| Maseru | Not available |
| Mbabane | Not available |
| Mexicali Tpf | Not available |
| Minsk | Not available |
| Montreal | Not available |
| N`Djamena | Not available |
| Niamey | Not available |
| Nouakchott | Not available |
| Ouagadougou | Not available |
| Ponta Delgada | Not available |
| Port Au Prince | Not available |
| Pretoria | Not available |
| Sanaa | Not available |
| Sapporo | Not available |
| St Georges | Not available |
| St Petersburg | Not available |
| Tripoli | Not available |
| Vladivostok | Not available |
| Windhoek | Not available |
| Yekaterinburg | Not available |
241 of 241 embassies.
Source: U.S. Department of State, Global Visa Wait Times, updated 2 Oct 2026 (they update it monthly). “Next available appointment” is when a new applicant could expect a slot; “Average wait” is how long people waited last month, from paying the fee to the interview. The State Department gives “Average wait” for visitor visas (B1/B2) only where the next appointment is more than three months away. “NA” means no figure is given. “Under 15 days” is what they print as “< 0.5 Month”. Months are counted as 30 days. These are estimates, not promises: embassies release new slots often, so check the embassy's own website. Unofficial site.