Visas issued at Frankfurt in January 2024
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In January 2024, the post issued 4,190 nonimmigrant visas and 740 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 875,162 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 | Jan 2024 | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 4,190 | 3,681 | 3,491 |
| Immigrant | 740 | 643 | 372 |
Nonimmigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,616 | 62.4% | 2,040 | 1,819 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 391 | 9.3% | 315 | 235 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 296 | 7.1% | 283 | 266 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 246 | 5.9% | 333 | 279 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 159 | 3.8% | 159 | 207 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 101 | 2.4% | 160 | 89 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 80 | 1.9% | 102 | 119 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 59 | 1.4% | 56 | 81 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 50 | 1.2% | 26 | 37 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 32 | 0.8% | 36 | 19 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 28 | 0.7% | 27 | 31 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 28 | 0.7% | 20 | 28 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 20 | 0.5% | 23 | 19 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 16 | 0.4% | 17 | 95 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 15 | 0.4% | 28 | 16 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 10 | 0.2% | 7 | 60 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 9 | 0.2% | 15 | 30 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 8 | 0.2% | 4 | 4 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 5 | 0.1% | 1 | 3 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 5 | 0.1% | 7 | 10 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 4 | 0.1% | 1 | 9 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 0 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 2 | 0% | 2 | 4 |
| TN | NAFTA professional | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 7 | 3 |
| H3 | Trainee | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 1 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 1 | 0% | 1 | 16 |
Immigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 286 | 38.6% | 211 | 0 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 112 | 15.1% | 111 | 2 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 96 | 13% | 71 | 2 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 60 | 8.1% | 37 | 94 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 60 | 8.1% | 46 | 49 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 52 | 7% | 54 | 94 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 39 | 5.3% | 64 | 32 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 8 | 1.1% | 10 | 13 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 7 | 0.9% | 5 | 3 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 4 | 0.5% | 0 | 9 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 5 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 1 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 2 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 0.3% | 8 | 47 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 1 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 1 | 0.1% | 5 | 1 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 11 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of January 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 3 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Frankfurt lists every month. The page of January 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +14%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, January 2024. Report an error.