Visas issued at Frankfurt in August 2024
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In August 2024, the post issued 4,431 nonimmigrant visas and 1,200 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 931,915 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 | Aug 2024 | Jul 2024 | Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 4,431 | 5,810 | 4,639 |
| Immigrant | 1,200 | 929 | 336 |
Nonimmigrant classes, August 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2024 | Share | Jul 2024 | Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,260 | 51% | 2,224 | 2,473 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 495 | 11.2% | 1,443 | 461 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 380 | 8.6% | 383 | 292 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 295 | 6.7% | 306 | 357 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 254 | 5.7% | 699 | 258 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 214 | 4.8% | 179 | 282 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 123 | 2.8% | 186 | 175 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 55 | 1.2% | 64 | 47 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 55 | 1.2% | 72 | 26 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 49 | 1.1% | 28 | 19 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 40 | 0.9% | 25 | 21 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 29 | 0.7% | 20 | 16 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 27 | 0.6% | 20 | 54 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 24 | 0.5% | 28 | 19 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 19 | 0.4% | 31 | 21 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 19 | 0.4% | 10 | 6 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 18 | 0.4% | 32 | 30 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 12 | 0.3% | 6 | 1 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 11 | 0.2% | 9 | 5 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 10 | 0.2% | 7 | 35 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 10 | 0.2% | 15 | 7 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 8 | 0.2% | 4 | 11 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 6 | 0.1% | 8 | 7 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 4 | 0.1% | 4 | 1 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 4 | 0.1% | 0 | 6 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 4 | 0.1% | 2 | 0 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 2 | 0% | 0 | 4 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| H1B1 | Free Trade Agreement professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| H3 | Trainee | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, August 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2024 | Share | Jul 2024 | Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 615 | 51.3% | 351 | 27 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 161 | 13.4% | 114 | 14 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 149 | 12.4% | 103 | 9 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 85 | 7.1% | 114 | 101 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 52 | 4.3% | 61 | 68 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 42 | 3.5% | 45 | 28 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 19 | 1.6% | 16 | 9 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 17 | 1.4% | 5 | 0 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 12 | 1% | 27 | 45 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 11 | 0.9% | 2 | 11 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 8 | 0.7% | 10 | 12 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 7 | 0.6% | 12 | 0 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 6 | 0.5% | 22 | 2 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 6 | 0.5% | 13 | 2 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 1 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 0.2% | 14 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 7 |
| GV1 | Certain employee or former employee of the U.S. Government abroad | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 1 | 0.1% | 8 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of August 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 August 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: -24%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, August 2024. Report an error.