Visas issued at Frankfurt in September 2025
U.S. Consulate General, Germany. The page of the post has the wait times of Frankfurt.
In September 2025, the post issued 3,518 nonimmigrant visas and 295 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 823,557 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 | Sep 2025 | Aug 2025 | Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,518 | 4,125 | 3,553 |
| Immigrant | 295 | 270 | 1,283 |
Nonimmigrant classes, September 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Sep 2025 | Share | Aug 2025 | Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,968 | 55.9% | 1,762 | 2,091 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 346 | 9.8% | 355 | 291 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 256 | 7.3% | 257 | 323 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 250 | 7.1% | 652 | 240 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 219 | 6.2% | 228 | 158 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 92 | 2.6% | 140 | 89 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 73 | 2.1% | 49 | 16 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 59 | 1.7% | 345 | 64 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 40 | 1.1% | 47 | 41 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 29 | 0.8% | 32 | 4 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 28 | 0.8% | 23 | 43 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 23 | 0.7% | 29 | 30 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 21 | 0.6% | 20 | 16 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 20 | 0.6% | 29 | 30 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 17 | 0.5% | 29 | 8 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 15 | 0.4% | 44 | 11 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 12 | 0.3% | 18 | 7 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 10 | 0.3% | 10 | 10 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 8 | 0.2% | 16 | 54 |
| H3 | Trainee | 6 | 0.2% | 2 | 0 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 5 | 0.1% | 6 | 4 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 5 | 0.1% | 3 | 2 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 2 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 2 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 3 | 0.1% | 18 | 4 |
| H2A | Temporary worker performing agricultural services | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| C2 | Alien in transit to United Nations Headquarters district | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 2 | 1 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 4 |
Immigrant classes, September 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Sep 2025 | Share | Aug 2025 | Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 71 | 24.1% | 61 | 65 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 59 | 20% | 45 | 43 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 59 | 20% | 21 | 82 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 30 | 10.2% | 22 | 702 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 17 | 5.8% | 17 | 21 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 15 | 5.1% | 11 | 155 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 12 | 4.1% | 8 | 149 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 9 | 3.1% | 6 | 9 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 5 | 1.7% | 3 | 2 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 5 | 1.7% | 0 | 2 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 4 | 1.4% | 12 | 12 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 3 | 1% | 3 | 15 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 0.3% | 5 | 1 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 1 | 0.3% | 11 | 0 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 5 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 1 | 0.3% | 5 | 3 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of September 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 1 month. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Frankfurt lists every month. The page of September 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: -15%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, September 2025. Report an error.