Visas issued at Dhaka in August 2024
U.S. Embassy, Bangladesh. The page of the post has the wait times of Dhaka.
In August 2024, the post issued 1,601 nonimmigrant visas and 701 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 931,915 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 | Aug 2024 | Jul 2024 | Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 1,601 | 2,712 | 3,564 |
| Immigrant | 701 | 1,229 | 1,154 |
Nonimmigrant classes, August 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2024 | Share | Jul 2024 | Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 756 | 47.2% | 1,826 | 2,461 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 480 | 30% | 506 | 451 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 123 | 7.7% | 130 | 261 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 41 | 2.6% | 94 | 90 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 37 | 2.3% | 54 | 76 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 34 | 2.1% | 2 | 45 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 24 | 1.5% | 5 | 45 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 23 | 1.4% | 21 | 34 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 18 | 1.1% | 0 | 1 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 16 | 1% | 15 | 10 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 16 | 1% | 9 | 16 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 9 | 0.6% | 9 | 2 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 8 | 0.5% | 8 | 16 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 4 | 0.2% | 8 | 16 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 3 | 0.2% | 5 | 4 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 2 | 0.1% | 4 | 3 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 4 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 3 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, August 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2024 | Share | Jul 2024 | Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 527 | 75.2% | 960 | 716 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 67 | 9.6% | 106 | 196 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 47 | 6.7% | 99 | 107 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 25 | 3.6% | 6 | 0 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 7 | 1% | 3 | 16 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 5 | 0.7% | 2 | 0 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 5 | 0.7% | 12 | 6 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 5 | 0.7% | 22 | 35 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0 |
| GV1 | Certain employee or former employee of the U.S. Government abroad | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 10 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 2 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 16 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 3 |
| GV2 | Spouse of GV1 | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0 |
| IR4 | Orphan to be adopted in the United States by U.S. citizen | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 2 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 12 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of August 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 281 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Dhaka lists every month. The page of August 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: -41%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, August 2024. Report an error.