Visas issued at Santiago in December 2023
U.S. Embassy, Chile. The page of the post has the wait times of Santiago.
In December 2023, the post issued 3,307 nonimmigrant visas and 69 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 755,973 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 | Dec 2023 | Nov 2023 | Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,307 | 3,029 | 2,056 |
| Immigrant | 69 | 35 | 42 |
Nonimmigrant classes, December 2023
| Class | The Department's description | Dec 2023 | Share | Nov 2023 | Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,630 | 49.3% | 1,169 | 481 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 421 | 12.7% | 37 | 407 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 209 | 6.3% | 1,455 | 132 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 165 | 5% | 57 | 216 |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement professional | 153 | 4.6% | 57 | 212 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 104 | 3.1% | 42 | 75 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 101 | 3.1% | 56 | 54 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 97 | 2.9% | 30 | 60 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 73 | 2.2% | 24 | 83 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 69 | 2.1% | 16 | 106 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 59 | 1.8% | 27 | 42 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 56 | 1.7% | 1 | 7 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 39 | 1.2% | 6 | 42 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 18 | 0.5% | 13 | 12 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 18 | 0.5% | 2 | 0 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 13 | 0.4% | 7 | 14 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 12 | 0.4% | 3 | 16 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 11 | 0.3% | 7 | 4 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 11 | 0.3% | 4 | 7 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 10 | 0.3% | 0 | 5 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 9 | 0.3% | 2 | 3 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 5 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 5 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 4 | 0.1% | 2 | 7 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 3 | 0.1% | 5 | 2 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 10 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 5 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 18 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 6 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0% | 1 | 18 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0 |
| H3 | Trainee | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, December 2023
| Class | The Department's description | Dec 2023 | Share | Nov 2023 | Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 17 | 24.6% | 7 | 17 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 10 | 14.5% | 2 | 1 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 9 | 13% | 5 | 3 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 7 | 10.1% | 0 | 1 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 6 | 8.7% | 9 | 3 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 5 | 7.2% | 0 | 0 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 5 | 7.2% | 4 | 2 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 4 | 5.8% | 0 | 5 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 1.4% | 5 | 3 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 1.4% | 2 | 0 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 1 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 2 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 4 |
| IB2 | Self-petition child of U.S. citizen | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of December 2023 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 31 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Santiago lists every month. The page of December 2023 has all posts. Change from the month before: +9%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, December 2023. Report an error.