Visas issued at Panama City in January 2024
U.S. Embassy, Panama. The page of the post has the wait times of Panama City.
In January 2024, the post issued 3,663 nonimmigrant visas and 35 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 875,162 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 | Jan 2024 | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,663 | 3,260 | 3,103 |
| Immigrant | 35 | 10 | 40 |
Nonimmigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 3,039 | 83% | 2,838 | 2,762 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 229 | 6.3% | 148 | 8 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 162 | 4.4% | 75 | 115 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 61 | 1.7% | 82 | 52 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 24 | 0.7% | 13 | 17 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 18 | 0.5% | 12 | 11 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 16 | 0.4% | 4 | 0 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 15 | 0.4% | 9 | 10 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 13 | 0.4% | 8 | 21 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 12 | 0.3% | 14 | 21 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 12 | 0.3% | 5 | 15 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 9 | 0.2% | 1 | 2 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 8 | 0.2% | 7 | 18 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 8 | 0.2% | 17 | 15 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 6 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 5 | 0.1% | 3 | 3 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 5 | 0.1% | 5 | 7 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 4 | 0.1% | 1 | 6 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 4 | 0.1% | 10 | 0 |
| M2 | Spouse or child of vocational student | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 1 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 4 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, January 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2024 | Share | Dec 2023 | Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 14 | 40% | 4 | 2 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 7 | 20% | 1 | 7 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 6 | 17.1% | 2 | 8 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 3 | 8.6% | 0 | 6 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 2 | 5.7% | 0 | 0 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 1 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
| IW | Certain spouses of deceased U.S. citizens, and their children (IW1, IW2) | 1 | 2.9% | 1 | 0 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 1 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of January 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 350 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Panama City lists every month. The page of January 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +12%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, January 2024. Report an error.