Visas issued at Accra in April 2024
U.S. Embassy, Ghana. The page of the post has the wait times of Accra.
In April 2024, the post issued 2,579 nonimmigrant visas and 713 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 1,054,900 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 | Apr 2024 | Mar 2024 | Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 2,579 | 2,197 | 2,153 |
| Immigrant | 713 | 502 | 223 |
Nonimmigrant classes, April 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Apr 2024 | Share | Mar 2024 | Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,831 | 71% | 1,409 | 1,676 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 153 | 5.9% | 135 | 50 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 77 | 3% | 42 | 132 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 77 | 3% | 50 | 18 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 75 | 2.9% | 133 | 44 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 72 | 2.8% | 50 | 16 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 63 | 2.4% | 104 | 51 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 39 | 1.5% | 10 | 39 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 38 | 1.5% | 62 | 20 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 35 | 1.4% | 133 | 27 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 34 | 1.3% | 16 | 3 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 31 | 1.2% | 11 | 10 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 13 | 0.5% | 13 | 5 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 9 | 0.3% | 6 | 3 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 6 | 0.2% | 6 | 6 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 5 | 0.2% | 0 | 1 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 4 | 0.2% | 3 | 4 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 2 |
| C2 | Alien in transit to United Nations Headquarters district | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 3 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 18 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| H3 | Trainee | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, April 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Apr 2024 | Share | Mar 2024 | Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 284 | 39.8% | 166 | 46 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 208 | 29.2% | 184 | 68 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 203 | 28.5% | 132 | 37 |
| GV3 | Child of GV1 | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 4 | 0.6% | 0 | 0 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 5 |
| GV1 | Certain employee or former employee of the U.S. Government abroad | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0 |
| GV2 | Spouse of GV1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| IH3 | Child adopted abroad by U.S. citizen under Hague Convention | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of April 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 403 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Accra lists every month. The page of April 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +17%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, April 2024. Report an error.