Visas issued at Madrid in February 2024
U.S. Embassy, Spain. The page of the post has the wait times of Madrid.
In February 2024, the post issued 5,432 nonimmigrant visas and 114 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 861,383 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 | Feb 2024 | Jan 2024 | Feb 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 5,432 | 3,935 | 2,176 |
| Immigrant | 114 | 154 | 73 |
Nonimmigrant classes, February 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2024 | Share | Jan 2024 | Feb 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 3,443 | 63.4% | 2,364 | 1,188 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 629 | 11.6% | 362 | 302 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 439 | 8.1% | 196 | 129 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 149 | 2.7% | 67 | 36 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 130 | 2.4% | 121 | 71 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 98 | 1.8% | 108 | 76 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 80 | 1.5% | 118 | 51 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 76 | 1.4% | 86 | 39 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 45 | 0.8% | 100 | 32 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 44 | 0.8% | 65 | 40 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 38 | 0.7% | 45 | 19 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 35 | 0.6% | 15 | 0 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 24 | 0.4% | 14 | 16 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 24 | 0.4% | 24 | 24 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 22 | 0.4% | 21 | 11 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 22 | 0.4% | 39 | 53 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 21 | 0.4% | 31 | 24 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 20 | 0.4% | 33 | 3 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 19 | 0.3% | 6 | 3 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 11 | 0.2% | 9 | 4 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 10 | 0.2% | 30 | 7 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 9 | 0.2% | 8 | 3 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 9 | 0.2% | 0 | 4 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 9 | 0.2% | 7 | 8 |
| 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 | 7 | 0.1% | 16 | 10 |
| H3 | Trainee | 5 | 0.1% | 15 | 0 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 4 | 0.1% | 10 | 6 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 0 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 3 | 0.1% | 7 | 9 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 2 | 0% | 2 | 1 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 6 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, February 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Feb 2024 | Share | Jan 2024 | Feb 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 27 | 23.7% | 58 | 10 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 18 | 15.8% | 20 | 14 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 17 | 14.9% | 1 | 0 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 15 | 13.2% | 0 | 0 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 8 | 7% | 24 | 8 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 8 | 7% | 12 | 5 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 5 | 4.4% | 11 | 3 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 4 | 3.5% | 4 | 8 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 3 | 2.6% | 8 | 4 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 3 | 2.6% | 1 | 0 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 2 | 1.8% | 1 | 2 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 2 | 1.8% | 1 | 0 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 0.9% | 1 | 1 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 1 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of February 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 570 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Madrid lists every month. The page of February 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +38%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, February 2024. Report an error.