Visas issued at Cairo in February 2025
U.S. Embassy, Egypt. The page of the post has the wait times of Cairo.
In February 2025, the post issued 2,351 nonimmigrant visas and 707 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 914,989 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 | Feb 2025 | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 2,351 | 2,885 | 7,249 |
| Immigrant | 707 | 531 | 607 |
Nonimmigrant classes, February 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2025 | Share | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,982 | 84.3% | 2,467 | 6,580 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 76 | 3.2% | 79 | 61 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 44 | 1.9% | 68 | 117 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 34 | 1.4% | 78 | 76 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 33 | 1.4% | 0 | 70 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 30 | 1.3% | 1 | 25 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 25 | 1.1% | 4 | 22 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 20 | 0.9% | 27 | 14 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 12 | 0.5% | 3 | 11 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 12 | 0.5% | 10 | 16 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 11 | 0.5% | 41 | 76 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 11 | 0.5% | 21 | 43 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 11 | 0.5% | 10 | 18 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 11 | 0.5% | 26 | 20 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 11 | 0.5% | 13 | 49 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 6 | 0.3% | 2 | 5 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 6 | 0.3% | 1 | 3 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 5 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 3 | 0.1% | 7 | 3 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 2 | 0.1% | 6 | 5 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 2 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, February 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2025 | Share | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 365 | 51.6% | 267 | 179 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 69 | 9.8% | 66 | 115 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 60 | 8.5% | 46 | 96 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 48 | 6.8% | 28 | 51 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 40 | 5.7% | 38 | 88 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 26 | 3.7% | 36 | 47 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 24 | 3.4% | 12 | 7 |
| GV3 | Child of GV1 | 23 | 3.3% | 15 | 1 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 17 | 2.4% | 5 | 0 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 13 | 1.8% | 4 | 0 |
| GV1 | Certain employee or former employee of the U.S. Government abroad | 7 | 1% | 5 | 1 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 6 | 0.8% | 3 | 6 |
| GV2 | Spouse of GV1 | 6 | 0.8% | 3 | 1 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 6 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of February 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 42 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Cairo lists every month. The page of February 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: -19%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, February 2025. Report an error.