Visas issued at Frankfurt in February 2024
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In February 2024, the post issued 4,541 nonimmigrant visas and 1,097 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 861,383 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 | Feb 2024 | Jan 2024 | Feb 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 4,541 | 4,190 | 4,737 |
| Immigrant | 1,097 | 740 | 398 |
Nonimmigrant classes, February 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2024 | Share | Jan 2024 | Feb 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,794 | 61.5% | 2,616 | 3,043 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 380 | 8.4% | 391 | 292 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 348 | 7.7% | 246 | 344 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 337 | 7.4% | 296 | 365 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 171 | 3.8% | 159 | 225 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 113 | 2.5% | 80 | 104 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 64 | 1.4% | 101 | 53 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 53 | 1.2% | 16 | 31 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 36 | 0.8% | 59 | 32 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 31 | 0.7% | 32 | 16 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 30 | 0.7% | 10 | 65 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 29 | 0.6% | 50 | 42 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 23 | 0.5% | 15 | 14 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 22 | 0.5% | 20 | 18 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 19 | 0.4% | 28 | 17 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 18 | 0.4% | 28 | 23 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 18 | 0.4% | 9 | 12 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 9 | 0.2% | 3 | 0 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 8 | 0.2% | 5 | 15 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 8 | 0.2% | 0 | 2 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 7 | 0.2% | 2 | 2 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 6 | 0.1% | 5 | 2 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 5 | 0.1% | 4 | 0 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 4 | 0.1% | 8 | 1 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 3 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| D | Crewmember (sea or air) | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 1 | 7 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 2 |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
Immigrant classes, February 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2024 | Share | Jan 2024 | Feb 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 490 | 44.7% | 286 | 10 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 146 | 13.3% | 112 | 6 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 135 | 12.3% | 96 | 3 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 70 | 6.4% | 60 | 66 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 53 | 4.8% | 52 | 90 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 47 | 4.3% | 39 | 46 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 43 | 3.9% | 60 | 72 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 24 | 2.2% | 2 | 3 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 17 | 1.5% | 7 | 10 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 16 | 1.5% | 8 | 12 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 14 | 1.3% | 3 | 6 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 13 | 1.2% | 4 | 5 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 9 | 0.8% | 3 | 11 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 6 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 5 | 0.5% | 2 | 3 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 46 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| GV2 | Spouse of GV1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of February 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 February 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +8%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, February 2024. Report an error.