Visas issued at Kolkata in May 2025
U.S. Consulate General, India. The page of the post has the wait times of Kolkata.
In May 2025, the post issued 4,627 nonimmigrant visas and 0 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 897,937 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 | May 2025 | Apr 2025 | May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 4,627 | 4,517 | 3,730 |
| Immigrant | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nonimmigrant classes, May 2025
| Class | The Department's description | May 2025 | Share | Apr 2025 | May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 3,975 | 85.9% | 4,257 | 3,076 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 440 | 9.5% | 169 | 478 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 108 | 2.3% | 25 | 71 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 19 | 0.4% | 10 | 18 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 16 | 0.3% | 3 | 6 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 15 | 0.3% | 3 | 26 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 12 | 0.3% | 21 | 27 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 8 | 0.2% | 1 | 12 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 8 | 0.2% | 4 | 3 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 5 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 4 | 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 2 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 3 | 0.1% | 5 | 6 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
| U3 | Child of U-1 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 1 | 0% | 0 | 2 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 1 | 0% | 6 | 1 |
| U2 | Spouse of U-1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of May 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 8 months. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Kolkata lists every month. The page of May 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: +2%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, May 2025. Report an error.