Visas issued at Frankfurt in March 2025
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In March 2025, the post issued 3,877 nonimmigrant visas and 238 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 1,006,227 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 | Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,877 | 3,553 | 4,483 |
| Immigrant | 238 | 314 | 968 |
Nonimmigrant classes, March 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Mar 2025 | Share | Feb 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,292 | 59.1% | 2,293 | 2,714 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 361 | 9.3% | 282 | 349 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 287 | 7.4% | 198 | 291 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 219 | 5.6% | 236 | 365 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 215 | 5.5% | 158 | 163 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 102 | 2.6% | 42 | 84 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 100 | 2.6% | 75 | 129 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 52 | 1.3% | 15 | 13 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 34 | 0.9% | 29 | 11 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 27 | 0.7% | 14 | 27 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 25 | 0.6% | 50 | 159 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 22 | 0.6% | 32 | 20 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 21 | 0.5% | 23 | 28 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 18 | 0.5% | 9 | 15 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 18 | 0.5% | 9 | 7 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 17 | 0.4% | 24 | 33 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 11 | 0.3% | 7 | 23 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 10 | 0.3% | 22 | 17 |
| H3 | Trainee | 9 | 0.2% | 12 | 0 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 7 | 0.2% | 6 | 4 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 6 | 0.2% | 1 | 3 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 5 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 5 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 4 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 4 | 0.1% | 0 | 4 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 6 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 1 | 0% | 5 | 10 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 1 | 0% | 0 | 2 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, March 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Mar 2025 | Share | Feb 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 57 | 23.9% | 58 | 50 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 46 | 19.3% | 51 | 37 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 43 | 18.1% | 45 | 444 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 24 | 10.1% | 20 | 40 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 21 | 8.8% | 23 | 140 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 16 | 6.7% | 30 | 49 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 13 | 5.5% | 17 | 121 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 6 | 2.5% | 1 | 6 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 4 | 1.7% | 10 | 8 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 3 | 1.3% | 15 | 18 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 2 | 0.8% | 10 | 13 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 0 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 1 | 0.4% | 6 | 9 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 1 | 0.4% | 1 | 1 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of March 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 March 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: +9%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, March 2025. Report an error.