Visas issued at Paris in April 2024
U.S. Embassy, France. The page of the post has the wait times of Paris.
In April 2024, the post issued 5,353 nonimmigrant visas and 122 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 1,054,900 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 | Apr 2024 | Mar 2024 | Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 5,353 | 5,655 | 4,265 |
| Immigrant | 122 | 126 | 164 |
Nonimmigrant classes, April 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Apr 2024 | Share | Mar 2024 | Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,961 | 36.6% | 2,734 | 1,883 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 1,008 | 18.8% | 779 | 731 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 424 | 7.9% | 339 | 201 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 417 | 7.8% | 176 | 233 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 414 | 7.7% | 515 | 413 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 258 | 4.8% | 182 | 141 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 231 | 4.3% | 189 | 132 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 68 | 1.3% | 80 | 57 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 66 | 1.2% | 47 | 62 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 52 | 1% | 24 | 37 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 51 | 1% | 72 | 72 |
| 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 | 50 | 0.9% | 50 | 33 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 49 | 0.9% | 63 | 41 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 44 | 0.8% | 38 | 42 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 35 | 0.7% | 69 | 21 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 25 | 0.5% | 38 | 12 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 23 | 0.4% | 26 | 10 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 23 | 0.4% | 6 | 10 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 19 | 0.4% | 35 | 19 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 17 | 0.3% | 19 | 32 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 15 | 0.3% | 19 | 10 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 15 | 0.3% | 70 | 19 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 15 | 0.3% | 17 | 13 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 13 | 0.2% | 15 | 8 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 10 | 0.2% | 5 | 3 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 9 | 0.2% | 2 | 1 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 9 | 0.2% | 17 | 9 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 5 | 0.1% | 4 | 8 |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 5 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 5 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 4 | 0.1% | 6 | 0 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 4 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 2 | 0% | 4 | 3 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 1 | 0% | 3 | 3 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| G3 | Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign government to international organization, and immediate family | 1 | 0% | 0 | 3 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
| TN | NAFTA professional | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, April 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Apr 2024 | Share | Mar 2024 | Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 29 | 23.8% | 16 | 14 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 25 | 20.5% | 16 | 15 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 20 | 16.4% | 34 | 26 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 9 | 7.4% | 2 | 0 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 8 | 6.6% | 17 | 68 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 6 | 4.9% | 0 | 7 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 4 | 3.3% | 4 | 0 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 3 | 2.5% | 10 | 1 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 3 | 2.5% | 4 | 6 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 3 | 2.5% | 0 | 4 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 3 | 2.5% | 4 | 5 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 3 | 2.5% | 3 | 0 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 2 | 1.6% | 1 | 0 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 1 | 0.8% | 7 | 6 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 1 | 0.8% | 0 | 2 |
| IB1 | Self-petition spouse of U.S. citizen | 1 | 0.8% | 0 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 1 | 0.8% | 1 | 2 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of April 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 450 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Paris lists every month. The page of April 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: -5%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, April 2024. Report an error.