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U.S. visa waits, scheduling and interview research, by consulate
The State Department's published wait times and monthly visa issuances for 202 embassies and consulates, the National Visa Center's interview scheduling, and 6,327 applicant interview reports. Every figure carries the date its source published it.
- 6,327
- Interview reports
- 29,116
- Question mentions
- 19,004
- Unique wordings
F-1 Student Visa
2026.07.18-us-v1
- 53%Reported approved, of the 260 reports with a known outcome
- 1,630Officer questions mentioned
- 440Applicant reports
From reports applicants chose to share. They describe that sample, not the odds for any one case.
Find your consulate
202 posts in 152 countries, each with the waits the State Department publishes, its NVC scheduling month and the visas it issued each month.
Most nonimmigrant visas issued in Feb 2026
Tools and data
Every dataset →Embassies and Consulates
Waits, NVC scheduling and visas issued at 202 posts
F-1 Timing Check
Whether the published student visa wait leaves time before your I-20 start date
NVC Interview Scheduling
The month each post is scheduling immigrant visa interviews for
NVC Processing Times
The date the National Visa Center is working on, updated weekly
Visa Issuances
Visas issued each month, by nationality and by post
Refusal Rates
Visitor visa refusal (rejection) rates by nationality
Data Explorer
Question themes and outcomes applicants report, by visa group
Open Data
Every dataset as CSV and JSON, with its source and date
Interview research by visa category
What applicants reported being asked, from release 2026.07.18-us-v1, covering 2024-03 to 2026-07.
What F-1 applicants report
From 440 F-1 interview reports. Percentages describe reports applicants chose to share.
Most reported question themes
- Education questions53%
- Financial questions31%
- Employment questions21%
- Why this university17%
- Travel purpose questions15%
Reported outcomes
- 53%Reported approved
- 47%Reported refused or additional processing
Known outcomes cover 60% of reports. These are not approval odds.
How current is this data
- Applicant interview reports
- Visa Interviews Research: published July 18, 2026 · covers 2024-03 to 2026-07
- Appointment wait times
- U.S. Department of State: published September 17, 2026 · retrieved October 15, 2026
- Visitor visa refusal rates
- U.S. Department of State: covers FY2025 · retrieved July 24, 2026
- International students (SEVIS)
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: covers Calendar year 2024 · retrieved July 24, 2026
We check the State Department wait-times page every week. A figure changes here only when its source publishes a new one.
Public evidence
What Visa Interviews Research publishes
Official State Department figures by post and nationality, and aggregate findings from applicant reports with their definitions, privacy thresholds and limitations.
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