Visas issued at Helsinki in October 2024
U.S. Embassy, Finland. The page of the post has the wait times of Helsinki.
In October 2024, the post issued 444 nonimmigrant visas and 17 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 977,715 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 | Oct 2024 | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 444 | 538 | 413 |
| Immigrant | 17 | 19 | 10 |
Nonimmigrant classes, October 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Oct 2024 | Share | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 181 | 40.8% | 235 | 212 |
| 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 | 61 | 13.7% | 82 | 0 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 53 | 11.9% | 44 | 53 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 33 | 7.4% | 27 | 26 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 26 | 5.9% | 20 | 31 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 16 | 3.6% | 29 | 16 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 9 | 2% | 6 | 15 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 8 | 1.8% | 6 | 7 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 7 | 1.6% | 15 | 8 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 6 | 1.4% | 11 | 2 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 6 | 1.4% | 5 | 5 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 5 | 1.1% | 0 | 1 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 5 | 1.1% | 0 | 2 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 5 | 1.1% | 4 | 3 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 4 | 0.9% | 5 | 1 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 4 | 0.9% | 6 | 3 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 4 | 0.9% | 8 | 7 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 3 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 3 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 1 | 0.2% | 7 | 2 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 5 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 5 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 1 | 0.2% | 8 | 1 |
Immigrant classes, October 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Oct 2024 | Share | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 6 | 35.3% | 5 | 1 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 5 | 29.4% | 1 | 5 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 3 | 17.6% | 0 | 1 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 5.9% | 0 | 0 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 1 | 5.9% | 0 | 0 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 1 | 5.9% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of October 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 75 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Helsinki lists every month. The page of October 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: -17%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, October 2024. Report an error.