Visas issued at Frankfurt in January 2025
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In January 2025, the post issued 3,839 nonimmigrant visas and 373 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 954,595 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 2025 | Dec 2024 | Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,839 | 3,378 | 4,190 |
| Immigrant | 373 | 811 | 740 |
Nonimmigrant classes, January 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2025 | Share | Dec 2024 | Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,348 | 61.2% | 1,655 | 2,616 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 318 | 8.3% | 296 | 391 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 274 | 7.1% | 388 | 246 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 267 | 7% | 263 | 296 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 159 | 4.1% | 170 | 159 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 99 | 2.6% | 115 | 80 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 92 | 2.4% | 181 | 101 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 46 | 1.2% | 91 | 59 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 37 | 1% | 28 | 50 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 27 | 0.7% | 16 | 16 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 23 | 0.6% | 13 | 28 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 21 | 0.5% | 14 | 9 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 19 | 0.5% | 20 | 15 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 17 | 0.4% | 8 | 10 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 17 | 0.4% | 28 | 28 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 17 | 0.4% | 21 | 32 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 10 | 0.3% | 7 | 5 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 9 | 0.2% | 9 | 3 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 9 | 0.2% | 11 | 20 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 8 | 0.2% | 11 | 5 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 7 | 0.2% | 4 | 4 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 6 | 0.2% | 3 | 2 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 5 | 0.1% | 6 | 8 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 1 | 0% | 2 | 1 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, January 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2025 | Share | Dec 2024 | Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 75 | 20.1% | 49 | 60 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 74 | 19.8% | 27 | 60 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 55 | 14.7% | 313 | 286 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 44 | 11.8% | 38 | 39 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 25 | 6.7% | 149 | 112 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 19 | 5.1% | 126 | 96 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 13 | 3.5% | 16 | 52 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 12 | 3.2% | 21 | 7 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 12 | 3.2% | 12 | 8 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 11 | 2.9% | 17 | 2 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 10 | 2.7% | 4 | 4 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 6 | 1.6% | 8 | 0 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 3 | 0.8% | 3 | 1 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 2 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 2 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0 |
| SI3 | Child of SI1 | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 1 | 0.3% | 13 | 3 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 1 |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0 |
| SD | Minister of religion, spouse and child (SD1-SD3) | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| SI1 | Certain aliens employed by the U.S. Government in Iraq or Afghanistan as translators or interpreters | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| SI2 | Spouse of SI1 | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of January 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 25 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Frankfurt lists every month. The page of January 2025 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 2025. Report an error.