Visas issued at Helsinki in March 2025
U.S. Embassy, Finland. The page of the post has the wait times of Helsinki.
In March 2025, the post issued 513 nonimmigrant visas and 2 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 1,006,227 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 | Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 513 | 421 | 610 |
| Immigrant | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Nonimmigrant classes, March 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Mar 2025 | Share | Feb 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 218 | 42.5% | 154 | 234 |
| 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 | 49 | 9.6% | 54 | 112 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 40 | 7.8% | 63 | 83 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 37 | 7.2% | 14 | 19 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 34 | 6.6% | 29 | 45 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 29 | 5.7% | 21 | 14 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 28 | 5.5% | 9 | 10 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 13 | 2.5% | 13 | 20 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 12 | 2.3% | 9 | 5 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 10 | 1.9% | 0 | 9 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 6 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 6 | 1.2% | 4 | 7 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 5 | 1% | 5 | 4 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 5 | 1% | 1 | 8 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 4 | 0.8% | 4 | 6 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 3 | 0.6% | 20 | 7 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 3 | 0.6% | 1 | 0 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 5 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 2 | 0.4% | 6 | 3 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 3 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 1 | 0.2% | 5 | 2 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 1 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 8 |
Immigrant classes, March 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Mar 2025 | Share | Feb 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 1 | 50% | 3 | 1 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of March 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 65 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Helsinki lists every month. The page of March 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: +22%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, March 2025. Report an error.