Visas issued at Melbourne in January 2024
U.S. post, Australia. The page of the post has the wait times of Melbourne.
In January 2024, the post issued 1,657 nonimmigrant visas and 0 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 875,162 nonimmigrant visas in the same month.
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change.
Therefore, beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
The Department's words. Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Statistics, Internet Archive copy of . Monthly tables through .
| Visas | Jan 2024 | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 1,657 | 1,249 | 1,488 |
| Immigrant | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonimmigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,155 | 69.7% | 579 | 861 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 109 | 6.6% | 142 | 127 |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 80 | 4.8% | 122 | 53 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 47 | 2.8% | 53 | 101 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 39 | 2.4% | 65 | 56 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 34 | 2.1% | 32 | 63 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 32 | 1.9% | 74 | 35 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 27 | 1.6% | 24 | 24 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 25 | 1.5% | 25 | 10 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 17 | 1% | 13 | 33 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 15 | 0.9% | 16 | 16 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 12 | 0.7% | 33 | 21 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 11 | 0.7% | 5 | 7 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 8 | 0.5% | 10 | 7 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 8 | 0.5% | 10 | 9 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 7 | 0.4% | 3 | 12 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 6 | 0.4% | 9 | 18 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 5 | 0.3% | 1 | 1 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 4 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 4 | 0.2% | 15 | 10 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement professional | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 2 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of January 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 50 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Melbourne lists every month. The page of January 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +33%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, January 2024. Report an error.