Visas issued at Helsinki in May 2024
U.S. Embassy, Finland. The page of the post has the wait times of Helsinki.
In May 2024, the post issued 619 nonimmigrant visas and 11 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 1,070,656 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 | May 2024 | Apr 2024 | May 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 619 | 605 | 649 |
| Immigrant | 11 | 9 | 21 |
Nonimmigrant classes, May 2024
| Class | The Department's description | May 2024 | Share | Apr 2024 | May 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 196 | 31.7% | 216 | 251 |
| 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 | 95 | 15.3% | 124 | 0 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 89 | 14.4% | 73 | 124 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 83 | 13.4% | 89 | 84 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 31 | 5% | 5 | 39 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 22 | 3.6% | 20 | 23 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 19 | 3.1% | 8 | 16 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 13 | 2.1% | 6 | 50 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 12 | 1.9% | 7 | 2 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 12 | 1.9% | 11 | 14 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 7 | 1.1% | 0 | 7 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 6 | 1% | 7 | 5 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5 | 0.8% | 4 | 1 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 1 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 2 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 6 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 3 | 0.5% | 6 | 3 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 3 | 0.5% | 13 | 6 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 2 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 1 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 2 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 1 |
Immigrant classes, May 2024
| Class | The Department's description | May 2024 | Share | Apr 2024 | May 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 6 | 54.5% | 2 | 7 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 2 | 18.2% | 1 | 2 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 2 | 18.2% | 1 | 7 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 1 | 9.1% | 0 | 1 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of May 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 45 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Helsinki lists every month. The page of May 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +2%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, May 2024. Report an error.