Visas issued at Frankfurt in December 2024
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In December 2024, the post issued 3,378 nonimmigrant visas and 811 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 884,739 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 | Dec 2024 | Nov 2024 | Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,378 | 2,704 | 3,681 |
| Immigrant | 811 | 1,065 | 643 |
Nonimmigrant classes, December 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Dec 2024 | Share | Nov 2024 | Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,655 | 49% | 1,304 | 2,040 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 388 | 11.5% | 280 | 333 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 296 | 8.8% | 325 | 315 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 263 | 7.8% | 248 | 283 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 181 | 5.4% | 130 | 160 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 170 | 5% | 138 | 159 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 115 | 3.4% | 75 | 102 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 91 | 2.7% | 30 | 56 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 28 | 0.8% | 23 | 27 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 28 | 0.8% | 17 | 26 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 21 | 0.6% | 26 | 36 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 20 | 0.6% | 13 | 28 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 16 | 0.5% | 14 | 17 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 14 | 0.4% | 7 | 15 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 13 | 0.4% | 21 | 20 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 12 | 0.4% | 0 | 4 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 11 | 0.3% | 12 | 23 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 11 | 0.3% | 7 | 1 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 9 | 0.3% | 6 | 4 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 8 | 0.2% | 14 | 7 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 7 | 0.2% | 1 | 7 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 6 | 0.2% | 0 | 4 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 4 | 0.1% | 2 | 1 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 3 | 0.1% | 2 | 2 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 1 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 2 | 7 |
| N8 | Parent of SK-3 or SN-3 special immigrant | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, December 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Dec 2024 | Share | Nov 2024 | Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 313 | 38.6% | 496 | 211 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 149 | 18.4% | 212 | 111 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 126 | 15.5% | 175 | 71 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 49 | 6% | 33 | 46 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 38 | 4.7% | 39 | 64 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 27 | 3.3% | 30 | 37 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 21 | 2.6% | 13 | 5 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 17 | 2.1% | 17 | 4 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 16 | 2% | 12 | 54 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 13 | 1.6% | 3 | 0 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 12 | 1.5% | 8 | 10 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 8 | 1% | 4 | 0 |
| 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% | 10 | 0 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 4 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 5 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 3 | 0.4% | 6 | 4 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 8 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 1 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 2 |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 3 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of December 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 21 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Frankfurt lists every month. The page of December 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +25%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, December 2024. Report an error.