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Visa appointment wait times in Reykjavik

U.S. Embassy, Iceland ยท The Department's name: U.S. Embassy Reykjavik, Iceland

On 1 July 2026, the Department listed 1 month for the next B1/B2 visa appointment in Reykjavik.

In September 2025, Reykjavik issued 73 nonimmigrant visas.

In September 2025, Reykjavik issued 0 immigrant visas.

Wait for an interview appointment, read on

This is not the wait time of today. For the wait time of today, use the Department's tool Visa Appointment Wait Times.

  • B1/B2 visitor: business or tourism1 monthread
  • F, M, J student and exchange visitor1 monthread
  • H, L, O, P, Q worker with a petition1 monthread
  • C, D, C1/D crew and transit1 monthread

A wait time is the time to the next available interview appointment, as the Department estimates it on the day of the reading. What the term means.

The average wait times we report do not guarantee a visa applicant will get an appointment within a specific time.

New appointments are added regularly, so you may get an appointment sooner.

The Department's words. Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Global Visa Wait Times, Internet Archive copy of . The newest wait time on this site is of .

Since the reading before

No wait changed by 3 days or more from the reading of to the reading of .

Wait history, November 2022 to July 2026

0123Months20232024202520260123Months2023202420252026
  • B1/B2 visitor
  • F, M, J student and exchange
  • H, L, O, P, Q worker
  • From 1 May 2025: half-month steps
The 44 readings of this post
Each reading of the Global Visa Wait Times table for Reykjavik, newest first Each value is in the unit of its reading: days up to , months from .
Day of the readingB1/B2F, M, JH, L, O, P, QC, D, C1/DB1/B2 average
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Visas issued in September 2025

The newest monthly table of the Department is of September 2025. It is older than the wait times above.

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 issued at Reykjavik Each column is one monthly table. The columns are not added.
VisasSep 2025Aug 2025Sep 2024
Nonimmigrant7310787
Immigrant001
Nonimmigrant visas issued at Reykjavik by class, September 2025
ClassThe Department's descriptionVisasShare
B1/B2Temporary visitor for business and pleasure4054.8%
C1/DCombined transit and crewmember visa1317.8%
J1Exchange visitor45.5%
O1Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics34.1%
A2Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family22.7%
F1Student in an academic or language training program22.7%
A1Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family11.4%
C1Alien in transit11.4%
G2Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family11.4%
H1BTemporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse11.4%
IRepresentative of foreign information media, spouse and children11.4%
K1Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen11.4%

The tables show the 12 largest classes of each kind. The page of September 2025 lists all classes.

Nonimmigrant visas by month, October 2022 to September 2025

0200400600October 2022: 86November 2022: 155December 2022: 147January 2023: 85February 2023: 395March 2023: 414April 2023: 370May 2023: 267June 2023: 240July 2023: 206August 2023: 246September 2023: 101October 2023: 165November 2023: 211December 2023: 120January 2024: 168February 2024: 275March 2024: 176April 2024: 394May 2024: 169June 2024: 148July 2024: 277August 2024: 159September 2024: 87October 2024: 141November 2024: 112December 2024: 106January 2025: 186February 2025: 436March 2025: 343April 2025: 170May 2025: 168June 2025: 86July 2025: 230August 2025: 107September 2025: 73202320242025
Each bar is one monthly table. The darker bar is September 2025, the newest month.

Busy and quiet months

  1. 103
  2. 164
  3. 109
  4. 91
  5. 118
  6. 106
  7. 169
  8. 109
  9. 72
  10. 73
  11. 69
  12. 60
The middle month of each year is 100. The value of a month is the middle value of 7 full calendar years.

Every month in the tables, March 2017 to September 2025

103 monthly tables list this post. A month with a link has a page with its visa classes.

Show the 103 months
Visas issued at Reykjavik, one row for each monthly table, newest first A month with a link has a page with its classes.
MonthNonimmigrantImmigrantNonimmigrant, a year before
Sep 202573087 -16%
Aug 20251070159 -33%
Jul 20252300277 -17%
Jun 2025863148 -42%
May 20251683169 -1%
Apr 20251702394 -57%
Mar 20253432176 +95%
Feb 20254361275 +59%
Jan 20251866168 +11%
Dec 20241060120 -12%
Nov 20241121211 -47%
Oct 20241413165 -15%
Sep 2024871101 -14%
Aug 20241592246 -35%
Jul 20242771206 +34%
Jun 20241482240 -38%
May 20241691267 -37%
Apr 20243941370 +6%
Mar 20241761414 -57%
Feb 202427513395 -30%
Jan 2024168485 +98%
Dec 20231200147 -18%
Nov 20232112155 +36%
Oct 2023165186 +92%
Sep 20231010137 -26%
Aug 2023246796 +156%
Jul 20232065241 -15%
Jun 20232402191 +26%
May 20232673575 -54%
Apr 2023370599 +274%
Mar 20234141105 +294%
Feb 2023395275 +427%
Jan 202385092 -8%
Dec 2022147251 +188%
Nov 2022155853 +192%
Oct 202286130 +187%
Sep 2022137428 +389%
Aug 2022961105 -9%
Jul 20222410104 +132%
Jun 2022191752 +267%
May 2022575629 +1883%
Apr 202299822 +350%
Mar 2022105031 +239%
Feb 202275515 +400%
Jan 202292351 +80%
Dec 20215118 +538%
Nov 202153217 +212%
Oct 202130020 +50%
Sep 202128029 -3%
Aug 20211051639 +169%
Jul 2021104289 +17%
Jun 202152918 +189%
May 20212935 +480%
Apr 20212212 +1000%
Mar 202131148 -35%
Feb 202115191 -84%
Jan 2021513109 -53%
Dec 20208467 -88%
Nov 202017169 -75%
Oct 2020200110 -82%
Sep 2020291113 -74%
Aug 2020398229 -83%
Jul 2020890228 -61%
Jun 2020180120 -85%
May 202050186 -97%
Apr 202020139 -99%
Mar 2020482168 -71%
Feb 2020910228 -60%
Jan 20201092199 -45%
Dec 2019671135 -50%
Nov 2019692146 -53%
Oct 20191103231 -52%
Sep 20191131162 -30%
Aug 20192294191 +20%
Jul 20192282219 +4%
Jun 20191201290 -59%
May 20191860429 -57%
Apr 20191391399 -65%
Mar 20191680260 -35%
Feb 20192281368 -38%
Jan 20191990212 -6%
Dec 20181352144 -6%
Nov 20181461123 +19%
Oct 20182312107 +116%
Sep 20181622163 -1%
Aug 20181910154 +24%
Jul 20182196221 -1%
Jun 20182903343 -15%
May 20184293352 +22%
Apr 20183993343 +16%
Mar 20182602459 -43%
Feb 20183681no data
Jan 20182120no data
Dec 20171440no data
Nov 20171231no data
Oct 20171072no data
Sep 20171631no data
Aug 20171542no data
Jul 20172213no data
Jun 20173430no data
May 20173525no data
Apr 20173432no data
Mar 20174591no data

U.S. posts near Reykjavik in other countries

Official pages

The Department's website refuses automatic requests. So each address was checked on in an archive copy of the page.

Cite this page

Consulate Report, "US visa wait times in Reykjavik", https://consulatereport.com/post/iceland/reykjavik/. Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Wait times read on 1 July 2026. Visas issued through September 2025.

The address of this page does not change.

Where the figures come from

Questions

What was the wait for a student visa appointment in Reykjavik?

On 1 July 2026, the Department listed 1 month for the next F, M or J appointment. This site holds 44 readings of this post, from 4 November 2022.

Which visa classes did Reykjavik issue most in September 2025?

In September 2025, the classes with the most visas were B1/B2 (40), C1/D (13) and J1 (4). Together they are 78% of the nonimmigrant visas of the post in that month.

How many visas did Reykjavik issue in September 2025 and a year before?

In September 2025, the post issued 73 nonimmigrant visas. In September 2024, it issued 87. The count of September 2025 is 16% fewer than the count of September 2024.

Does the Department publish a refusal rate for Reykjavik?

No. The Department publishes an adjusted refusal rate for B visas by nationality only. The rate for nationals of Iceland is on the nationality page.