Visas issued at Bridgetown in March 2024
U.S. Embassy, Barbados. The page of the post has the wait times of Bridgetown.
In March 2024, the post issued 2,704 nonimmigrant visas and 112 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 962,731 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 | Mar 2024 | Feb 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 2,704 | 2,429 | 3,153 |
| Immigrant | 112 | 112 | 118 |
Nonimmigrant classes, March 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Mar 2024 | Share | Feb 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,535 | 93.8% | 2,236 | 2,889 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 44 | 1.6% | 55 | 100 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 19 | 0.7% | 13 | 43 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 18 | 0.7% | 9 | 8 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 15 | 0.6% | 16 | 25 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 13 | 0.5% | 17 | 13 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 9 | 0.3% | 7 | 14 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 7 | 0.3% | 14 | 5 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 6 | 0.2% | 2 | 10 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 5 | 0.2% | 4 | 6 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 5 | 0.2% | 9 | 3 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5 | 0.2% | 6 | 3 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 2 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 5 |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 4 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 3 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 2 | 0.1% | 6 | 3 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 2 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 1 | 0% | 6 | 2 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 1 | 0% | 7 | 1 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, March 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Mar 2024 | Share | Feb 2024 | Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 32 | 28.6% | 29 | 21 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 23 | 20.5% | 11 | 16 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 14 | 12.5% | 9 | 16 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 14 | 12.5% | 16 | 10 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 8 | 7.1% | 12 | 5 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 6 | 5.4% | 11 | 17 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 5 | 4.5% | 10 | 6 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 5 | 4.5% | 1 | 3 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 2 | 1.8% | 3 | 0 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 1.8% | 5 | 21 |
| IR3 | Orphan adopted abroad by U.S. citizen | 1 | 0.9% | 3 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of March 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 7 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Bridgetown lists every month. The page of March 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +11%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, March 2024. Report an error.