Visas issued at Athens in August 2025
U.S. Embassy, Greece. The page of the post has the wait times of Athens.
In August 2025, the post issued 680 nonimmigrant visas and 27 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 842,878 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 | Aug 2025 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 680 | 1,179 | 824 |
| Immigrant | 27 | 56 | 48 |
Nonimmigrant classes, August 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2025 | Share | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 163 | 24% | 307 | 185 |
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 121 | 17.8% | 174 | 111 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 105 | 15.4% | 305 | 126 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 93 | 13.7% | 102 | 144 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 66 | 9.7% | 95 | 98 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 21 | 3.1% | 18 | 19 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 19 | 2.8% | 21 | 25 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 11 | 1.6% | 13 | 3 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 11 | 1.6% | 14 | 12 |
| NATO2 | Other representative of member state to NATO and immediate family; dependents of member of a force entering under the NATO agreements; members of such a force if issued visas | 8 | 1.2% | 20 | 13 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 6 | 0.9% | 18 | 26 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 6 | 0.9% | 15 | 17 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 6 | 0.9% | 11 | 0 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 5 | 0.7% | 3 | 1 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 5 | 0.7% | 4 | 5 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 5 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 4 | 0.6% | 16 | 3 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 4 | 0.6% | 1 | 0 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 4 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 5 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 5 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 2 | 0.3% | 6 | 2 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 1 |
| E3R | Returning Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 5 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 2 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 1 | 0.1% | 6 | 2 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, August 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2025 | Share | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 7 | 25.9% | 15 | 9 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 6 | 22.2% | 5 | 2 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 6 | 22.2% | 14 | 4 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 5 | 18.5% | 6 | 1 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 11.1% | 3 | 3 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of August 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 2 months. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Athens lists every month. The page of August 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: -42%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, August 2025. Report an error.