Visas issued at Frankfurt in February 2025
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In February 2025, the post issued 3,553 nonimmigrant visas and 314 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 914,989 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 2025 | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,553 | 3,839 | 4,541 |
| Immigrant | 314 | 373 | 1,097 |
Nonimmigrant classes, February 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2025 | Share | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,293 | 64.5% | 2,348 | 2,794 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 282 | 7.9% | 274 | 348 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 236 | 6.6% | 318 | 380 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 198 | 5.6% | 267 | 337 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 158 | 4.4% | 159 | 171 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 75 | 2.1% | 99 | 113 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 50 | 1.4% | 27 | 53 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 42 | 1.2% | 92 | 64 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 32 | 0.9% | 17 | 18 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 29 | 0.8% | 17 | 30 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 24 | 0.7% | 17 | 31 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 23 | 0.6% | 37 | 29 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 22 | 0.6% | 19 | 23 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 15 | 0.4% | 9 | 22 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 14 | 0.4% | 46 | 36 |
| H3 | Trainee | 12 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 9 | 0.3% | 23 | 19 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 9 | 0.3% | 8 | 6 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 7 | 0.2% | 21 | 18 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 6 | 0.2% | 5 | 4 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 5 | 0.1% | 9 | 9 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 3 | 0.1% | 10 | 8 |
| TD | Spouse or child of TN | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 1 | 0% | 7 | 5 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 1 | 0% | 6 | 7 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 2 |
| TN | NAFTA professional | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, February 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2025 | Share | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 58 | 18.5% | 75 | 70 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 51 | 16.2% | 44 | 47 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 45 | 14.3% | 55 | 490 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 30 | 9.6% | 74 | 43 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 23 | 7.3% | 25 | 146 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 20 | 6.4% | 13 | 53 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 17 | 5.4% | 19 | 135 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 15 | 4.8% | 12 | 17 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 10 | 3.2% | 1 | 9 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 10 | 3.2% | 12 | 16 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 8 | 2.5% | 11 | 24 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 7 | 2.2% | 3 | 0 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 6 | 1.9% | 0 | 14 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 4 | 1.3% | 2 | 0 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 3 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 6 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 1 | 0.3% | 6 | 0 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 2 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 1 | 0.3% | 10 | 13 |
| RR1 | Employment creation (EB-5) reserved visa, rural area, principal | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| RR2 | Spouse of RR1 | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 5 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of February 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 February 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: -7%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, February 2025. Report an error.