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Visa appointment wait times in Islamabad

U.S. Embassy, Pakistan ยท The Department's name: U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan

On 1 July 2026, the Department listed 6.5 months for the next B1/B2 visa appointment in Islamabad.

In September 2025, Islamabad issued 2,391 nonimmigrant visas.

In September 2025, Islamabad issued 1,786 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 tourism6.5 monthsread
  • 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

B1/B2 average wait time in the month before the reading: 7 months.

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

From the reading of to the reading of :

  • B1/B2 next available appointment: 7.5 months, then 6.5 months.
  • F, M, J next available appointment: 1.5 months, then 1 month.
  • H, L, O, P, Q next available appointment: 1.5 months, then 1 month.
  • C, D, C1/D next available appointment: 1.5 months, then 1 month.

Wait history, November 2022 to July 2026

0612Months20232024202520260612Months2023202420252026
  • 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 Islamabad, 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
6.5 months1 month1 month1 month7 months
7.5 months1.5 months1.5 months1.5 months7 months
6 months1.5 months1 monthunder 0.5 month6 months
7 months1.5 months1.5 months7.5 months6.5 months
5.5 months1 month1.5 monthsunder 0.5 month5.5 months
6.5 months1 month1 monthunder 0.5 monthNot listed
6.5 months1 month1 monthunder 0.5 month6.5 months
6 months1.5 months1 monthunder 0.5 month6 months
5.5 months2 months1 monthunder 0.5 month5.5 months
7.5 months2 months1 monthunder 0.5 month7.5 months
8.5 months2 months1 month1 month8.5 months
6.5 months1 monthunder 0.5 month1 month11 months
7 months2 months1 month1 month2.5 months
7 months2 months1 month1 month2.5 months
6.5 months2 months1.5 months1.5 months8 months
204 days50 days39 days39 daysNot listed
298 days26 days5 days5 daysNot listed
298 days26 days5 days5 daysNot listed
298 days26 days5 days5 daysNot listed
364 days3 days10 days10 daysNot listed
312 days2 days4 days4 daysNot listed
331 days3 days3 days3 daysNot listed
333 days4 days2 days2 daysNot listed
334 days2 days4 days4 daysNot listed
410 days2 daysNot listedNot listedNot listed
342 days2 daysNot listedNot listedNot listed
364 days20 daysNot listedNot listedNot listed
365 days2 daysNot listedNot listedNot listed
248 days1 dayNot listedNot listedNot listed
280 days1 dayNot listedNot listedNot listed
360 days29 daysNot listedNot listedNot listed
339 days2 daysNot listedNot listedNot listed
324 days2 days2 days2 daysNot listed
375 days3 days3 days3 daysNot listed
357 days8 days12 days12 daysNot listed
353 days32 days31 days18 daysNot listed
353 days32 days31 days18 daysNot listed
309 days3 days7 days2 daysNot listed
322 days24 days1 day2 daysNot listed
323 days21 days4 days4 daysNot listed
290 days2 days3 days1 dayNot listed
295 days14 days16 days1 dayNot listed
323 days2 days2 daysNot listedNot listed
373 days4 days29 daysNot listedNot listed

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 Islamabad Each column is one monthly table. The columns are not added.
VisasSep 2025Aug 2025Sep 2024
Nonimmigrant2,3912,6061,960
Immigrant1,7862,2822,869
Nonimmigrant visas issued at Islamabad by class, September 2025
ClassThe Department's descriptionVisasShare
B1/B2Temporary visitor for business and pleasure1,91780.2%
F1Student in an academic or language training program682.8%
A2Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family592.5%
J1Exchange visitor532.2%
J2Spouse or child of exchange visitor441.8%
K1Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen401.7%
H1BTemporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse381.6%
H4Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3361.5%
G2Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family351.5%
P3Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program200.8%
IRepresentative of foreign information media, spouse and children180.8%
F2Spouse or child of F1120.5%
Immigrant visas issued at Islamabad by class, September 2025
ClassThe Department's descriptionVisasShare
SQ3Child of SQ134119.1%
IR5Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age31717.7%
IR1Spouse of U.S. citizen31617.7%
F4Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43)28816.1%
SQ1Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government1448.1%
SQ2Spouse of SQ11176.6%
IR2Child of U.S. citizen784.4%
F3Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33)593.3%
CR1Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status)291.6%
E1Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15)251.4%
FXFamily second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3)231.3%
I5Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53)140.8%

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

02,0004,0006,000October 2022: 2,895November 2022: 2,540December 2022: 3,274January 2023: 3,758February 2023: 3,895March 2023: 3,626April 2023: 3,413May 2023: 4,352June 2023: 4,492July 2023: 2,816August 2023: 3,064September 2023: 3,351October 2023: 3,456November 2023: 3,260December 2023: 2,729January 2024: 2,521February 2024: 2,526March 2024: 1,886April 2024: 1,661May 2024: 2,071June 2024: 1,863July 2024: 1,636August 2024: 1,966September 2024: 1,960October 2024: 2,284November 2024: 2,653December 2024: 4,489January 2025: 4,365February 2025: 2,713March 2025: 2,454April 2025: 2,411May 2025: 2,617June 2025: 2,405July 2025: 2,275August 2025: 2,606September 2025: 2,391202320242025
Each bar is one monthly table. The darker bar is September 2025, the newest month.

Busy and quiet months

  1. 102
  2. 99
  3. 89
  4. 98
  5. 99
  6. 121
  7. 94
  8. 97
  9. 98
  10. 107
  11. 124
  12. 128
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 Islamabad, one row for each monthly table, newest first A month with a link has a page with its classes.
MonthNonimmigrantImmigrantNonimmigrant, a year before
Sep 20252,3911,7861,960 +22%
Aug 20252,6062,2821,966 +33%
Jul 20252,2752,1711,636 +39%
Jun 20252,4051,8641,863 +29%
May 20252,6171,9692,071 +26%
Apr 20252,4112,5291,661 +45%
Mar 20252,4542,3291,886 +30%
Feb 20252,7132,1812,526 +7%
Jan 20254,3651,9262,521 +73%
Dec 20244,4893,1842,729 +64%
Nov 20242,6532,3433,260 -19%
Oct 20242,2842,5113,456 -34%
Sep 20241,9602,8693,351 -42%
Aug 20241,9662,9923,064 -36%
Jul 20241,6362,4722,816 -42%
Jun 20241,8632,5094,492 -59%
May 20242,0713,5164,352 -52%
Apr 20241,6612,4283,413 -51%
Mar 20241,8862,6263,626 -48%
Feb 20242,5262,3893,895 -35%
Jan 20242,5212,3063,758 -33%
Dec 20232,7291,7663,274 -17%
Nov 20233,2601,2882,540 +28%
Oct 20233,4561,1682,895 +19%
Sep 20233,3511,2563,318 +1%
Aug 20233,0641,5223,725 -18%
Jul 20232,8169083,299 -15%
Jun 20234,4921,1963,773 +19%
May 20234,3521,4192,825 +54%
Apr 20233,4131,2322,828 +21%
Mar 20233,6261,3962,551 +42%
Feb 20233,8951,3792,824 +38%
Jan 20233,7581,7902,089 +80%
Dec 20223,2741,2961,831 +79%
Nov 20222,5406251,822 +39%
Oct 20222,8957391,521 +90%
Sep 20223,3181,3541,742 +90%
Aug 20223,7258501,776 +110%
Jul 20223,2997461,337 +147%
Jun 20223,7736281,790 +111%
May 20222,825546834 +239%
Apr 20222,828820655 +332%
Mar 20222,551985650 +292%
Feb 20222,824994356 +693%
Jan 20222,089310473 +342%
Dec 20211,831669607 +202%
Nov 20211,822548491 +271%
Oct 20211,521697490 +210%
Sep 20211,742840164 +962%
Aug 20211,77696494 +1789%
Jul 20211,3371,310183 +631%
Jun 20211,790918234 +665%
May 2021834511302 +176%
Apr 202165552267 +878%
Mar 20216506651,427 -54%
Feb 20213563582,208 -84%
Jan 20214733283,136 -85%
Dec 20206072962,510 -76%
Nov 20204913212,578 -81%
Oct 20204902122,800 -82%
Sep 20201641812,046 -92%
Aug 202094631,676 -94%
Jul 2020183842,500 -93%
Jun 2020234661,621 -86%
May 202030281,836 -84%
Apr 202067412,141 -97%
Mar 20201,4275561,645 -13%
Feb 20202,2087661,368 +61%
Jan 20203,1361,1561,697 +85%
Dec 20192,5107681,067 +135%
Nov 20192,5786891,437 +79%
Oct 20192,8009712,181 +28%
Sep 20192,0465721,372 +49%
Aug 20191,6765272,311 -27%
Jul 20192,5005322,895 -14%
Jun 20191,6217032,479 -35%
May 20191,8368672,504 -27%
Apr 20192,1418742,008 +7%
Mar 20191,6455801,599 +3%
Feb 20191,3686161,681 -19%
Jan 20191,6979172,078 -18%
Dec 20181,0676371,441 -26%
Nov 20181,4375931,306 +10%
Oct 20182,1819381,383 +58%
Sep 20181,3727611,747 -21%
Aug 20182,3118442,102 +10%
Jul 20182,8957212,447 +18%
Jun 20182,4798322,404 +3%
May 20182,5049292,505 0%
Apr 20182,0089561,914 +5%
Mar 20181,5991,1731,907 -16%
Feb 20181,681743no data
Jan 20182,078987no data
Dec 20171,441758no data
Nov 20171,306781no data
Oct 20171,3831,019no data
Sep 20171,747786no data
Aug 20172,1021,125no data
Jul 20172,447770no data
Jun 20172,404719no data
May 20172,5051,010no data
Apr 20171,9141,190no data
Mar 20171,907935no data

Other U.S. posts in Pakistan

B1/B2 next available appointment, reading of .

U.S. posts near Islamabad 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 Islamabad", https://consulatereport.com/post/pakistan/islamabad/. 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 Islamabad?

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 Islamabad issue most in September 2025?

In September 2025, the classes with the most visas were B1/B2 (1,917), F1 (68) and A2 (59). Together they are 86% of the nonimmigrant visas of the post in that month.

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

In September 2025, the post issued 2,391 nonimmigrant visas. In September 2024, it issued 1,960. The count of September 2025 is 22% more than the count of September 2024.

Does the Department publish a refusal rate for Islamabad?

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