Visas issued at Brussels in January 2024
U.S. Embassy, Belgium. The page of the post has the wait times of Brussels.
In January 2024, the post issued 1,388 nonimmigrant visas and 12 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 | 1,388 | 1,147 | 1,344 |
| Immigrant | 12 | 25 | 17 |
Nonimmigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 890 | 64.1% | 657 | 744 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 87 | 6.3% | 87 | 90 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 67 | 4.8% | 28 | 82 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 57 | 4.1% | 70 | 86 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 43 | 3.1% | 42 | 50 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 37 | 2.7% | 60 | 43 |
| NATO2 | Other representative of member state to NATO and immediate family; dependents of member of a force entering under the NATO agreements; members of such a force if issued visas | 35 | 2.5% | 54 | 40 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 29 | 2.1% | 14 | 22 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 22 | 1.6% | 22 | 23 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 20 | 1.4% | 34 | 40 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 13 | 0.9% | 9 | 9 |
| NATO4 | Official of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1), and immediate family | 13 | 0.9% | 6 | 8 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 11 | 0.8% | 3 | 14 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 10 | 0.7% | 4 | 6 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 9 | 0.6% | 4 | 1 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 7 | 0.5% | 14 | 27 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 7 | 0.5% | 6 | 5 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 5 | 0.4% | 3 | 0 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 4 | 0.3% | 9 | 1 |
| G3 | Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign government to international organization, and immediate family | 3 | 0.2% | 5 | 2 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 16 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0 |
| NATO6 | Member of a civilian component accompanying a force entering under the NATO agreements, and their dependents | 3 | 0.2% | 0 | 4 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 5 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 10 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 3 | 25% | 5 | 3 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 2 | 16.7% | 4 | 1 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 2 | 16.7% | 2 | 0 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 2 | 16.7% | 3 | 2 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 1 | 8.3% | 0 | 0 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 1 | 8.3% | 1 | 0 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 1 | 8.3% | 1 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of January 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 6 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Brussels lists every month. The page of January 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +21%.
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.