Visas issued at Bridgetown in November 2024
U.S. Embassy, Barbados. The page of the post has the wait times of Bridgetown.
In November 2024, the post issued 2,243 nonimmigrant visas and 124 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 811,088 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 | Nov 2024 | Oct 2024 | Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 2,243 | 2,525 | 2,360 |
| Immigrant | 124 | 215 | 156 |
Nonimmigrant classes, November 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Nov 2024 | Share | Oct 2024 | Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,054 | 91.6% | 2,324 | 2,131 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 40 | 1.8% | 41 | 49 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 32 | 1.4% | 22 | 20 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 29 | 1.3% | 26 | 35 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 9 | 0.4% | 9 | 5 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 9 | 0.4% | 3 | 6 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 8 | 0.4% | 10 | 11 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 7 | 0.3% | 15 | 8 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 6 | 0.3% | 1 | 1 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 6 | 0.3% | 11 | 14 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 6 | 0.3% | 7 | 4 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 5 | 0.2% | 6 | 0 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 5 | 0.2% | 4 | 7 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 4 | 0.2% | 8 | 3 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 4 | 0.2% | 1 | 2 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 4 | 0.2% | 6 | 6 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 3 | 0.1% | 2 | 4 |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 2 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 2 | 0.1% | 9 | 2 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 2 | 0.1% | 4 | 1 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 1 | 20 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 1 | 0% | 3 | 8 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
Immigrant classes, November 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Nov 2024 | Share | Oct 2024 | Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 31 | 25% | 51 | 22 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 28 | 22.6% | 54 | 41 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 13 | 10.5% | 15 | 24 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 13 | 10.5% | 27 | 34 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 11 | 8.9% | 26 | 2 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 6 | 4.8% | 3 | 0 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 5 | 4% | 0 | 0 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 4 | 3.2% | 10 | 3 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 2.4% | 10 | 20 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 2 | 1.6% | 0 | 0 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 2 | 1.6% | 4 | 0 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 2 | 1.6% | 7 | 0 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 1.6% | 3 | 1 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 0.8% | 1 | 2 |
| SR | Certain religious workers, spouse and child (SR1-SR3) | 1 | 0.8% | 1 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of November 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 60 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Bridgetown lists every month. The page of November 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, November 2024. Report an error.