Visas issued at Paris in April 2025
U.S. Embassy, France. The page of the post has the wait times of Paris.
In April 2025, the post issued 5,145 nonimmigrant visas and 98 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 993,250 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 2025 | Mar 2025 | Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 5,145 | 5,897 | 5,353 |
| Immigrant | 98 | 177 | 122 |
Nonimmigrant classes, April 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Apr 2025 | Share | Mar 2025 | Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,492 | 48.4% | 3,606 | 1,961 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 701 | 13.6% | 653 | 1,008 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 388 | 7.5% | 290 | 414 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 267 | 5.2% | 267 | 424 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 221 | 4.3% | 158 | 417 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 197 | 3.8% | 151 | 231 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 165 | 3.2% | 95 | 258 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 98 | 1.9% | 24 | 15 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 82 | 1.6% | 54 | 49 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 74 | 1.4% | 64 | 68 |
| 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 | 68 | 1.3% | 55 | 50 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 53 | 1% | 58 | 66 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 52 | 1% | 39 | 44 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 51 | 1% | 66 | 51 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 45 | 0.9% | 45 | 19 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 36 | 0.7% | 102 | 35 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 27 | 0.5% | 26 | 52 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 14 | 0.3% | 13 | 13 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 14 | 0.3% | 17 | 17 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 13 | 0.3% | 16 | 23 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 12 | 0.2% | 4 | 1 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 12 | 0.2% | 15 | 23 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 10 | 0.2% | 13 | 9 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 8 | 0.2% | 12 | 25 |
| NATO6 | Member of a civilian component accompanying a force entering under the NATO agreements, and their dependents | 8 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 7 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 7 | 0.1% | 5 | 4 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 6 | 0.1% | 6 | 5 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 6 | 0.1% | 10 | 15 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 2 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 3 | 0.1% | 19 | 15 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 2 | 0% | 2 | 9 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| H3 | Trainee | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, April 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Apr 2025 | Share | Mar 2025 | Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 22 | 22.4% | 19 | 20 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 11 | 11.2% | 18 | 1 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 9 | 9.2% | 8 | 25 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 9 | 9.2% | 6 | 3 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 9 | 9.2% | 20 | 29 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 9 | 9.2% | 17 | 9 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 8 | 8.2% | 20 | 8 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 6 | 6.1% | 10 | 3 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 4 | 4.1% | 7 | 3 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 3 | 3.1% | 8 | 4 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 3 | 3.1% | 8 | 3 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 2 | 2% | 9 | 0 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 1 | 1% | 11 | 6 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 1 | 1% | 3 | 3 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of April 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 150 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Paris lists every month. The page of April 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: -13%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, April 2025. Report an error.