How Long Does It Take to Get a US Visa

The U.S. State Department provides an online tool that you can use to estimate how long you will have to wait to get an interview appointment to apply for a visa. In addition to interview wait times, this online tool will also tell you how long it will take for your nonimmigrant visa to be processed at the Consular Section after a decision is made by a Consular Officer to issue the visa and the visa is available for pick-up by you or a courier at the embassy. Please note that this estimate does not include any time required for administrative processing. You will not find information about K or V visas using this tool since these visas are processed similarly to immigrant visas. A and G visas are also excluded.