Visas issued at Accra in February 2025
U.S. Embassy, Ghana. The page of the post has the wait times of Accra.
In February 2025, the post issued 1,491 nonimmigrant visas and 372 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 | 1,491 | 1,681 | 1,813 |
| Immigrant | 372 | 404 | 684 |
Nonimmigrant classes, February 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2025 | Share | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 934 | 62.6% | 979 | 1,423 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 173 | 11.6% | 93 | 28 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 70 | 4.7% | 147 | 53 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 57 | 3.8% | 20 | 44 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 54 | 3.6% | 77 | 11 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 51 | 3.4% | 139 | 55 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 34 | 2.3% | 30 | 46 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 29 | 1.9% | 54 | 24 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 18 | 1.2% | 50 | 61 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 16 | 1.1% | 4 | 17 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 15 | 1% | 0 | 2 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 9 | 0.6% | 11 | 3 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 8 | 0.5% | 19 | 23 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 4 | 0.3% | 21 | 3 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 4 | 0.3% | 6 | 9 |
| C4/D3 | Nonimmigrant visa class C4/D3 (no description in the Department's symbol list) | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 6 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 1 | 0.1% | 7 | 0 |
| C2 | Alien in transit to United Nations Headquarters district | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 2 |
| C4 | Nonimmigrant visa class C4 (no description in the Department's symbol list) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, February 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2025 | Share | Jan 2025 | Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 115 | 30.9% | 181 | 220 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 80 | 21.5% | 43 | 241 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 43 | 11.6% | 21 | 6 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 29 | 7.8% | 61 | 4 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 27 | 7.3% | 11 | 186 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 25 | 6.7% | 18 | 6 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 21 | 5.6% | 15 | 0 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 17 | 4.6% | 26 | 4 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 8 | 2.2% | 3 | 0 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 2 | 0.5% | 6 | 6 |
| IH3 | Child adopted abroad by U.S. citizen under Hague Convention | 2 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 2 | 0.5% | 10 | 0 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of February 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 119 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Accra lists every month. The page of February 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: -11%.
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.