Visas issued at Ankara in January 2025
U.S. Embassy, Turkey. The page of the post has the wait times of Ankara.
In January 2025, the post issued 4,506 nonimmigrant visas and 571 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 954,595 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 2025 | Dec 2024 | Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 4,506 | 3,855 | 3,791 |
| Immigrant | 571 | 651 | 659 |
Nonimmigrant classes, January 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2025 | Share | Dec 2024 | Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 3,976 | 88.2% | 3,436 | 3,266 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 110 | 2.4% | 80 | 64 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 85 | 1.9% | 73 | 116 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 53 | 1.2% | 21 | 43 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 45 | 1% | 41 | 62 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 32 | 0.7% | 57 | 23 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 29 | 0.6% | 11 | 11 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 26 | 0.6% | 55 | 112 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 25 | 0.6% | 17 | 14 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 21 | 0.5% | 3 | 11 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 16 | 0.4% | 11 | 13 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 15 | 0.3% | 7 | 9 |
| 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 | 13 | 0.3% | 2 | 4 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 10 | 0.2% | 16 | 10 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 9 | 0.2% | 2 | 12 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 8 | 0.2% | 5 | 1 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 7 | 0.2% | 1 | 0 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 4 | 0.1% | 2 | 3 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 4 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 4 | 0.1% | 2 | 4 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 3 | 0.1% | 5 | 3 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 2 | 0% | 1 | 1 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 2 | 0% | 0 | 3 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 2 | 0% | 2 | 3 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| N8 | Parent of SK-3 or SN-3 special immigrant | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| NATO5 | Experts, other than NATO-4 officials, employed in missions on behalf of NATO, and their dependents | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 |
Immigrant classes, January 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Jan 2025 | Share | Dec 2024 | Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 136 | 23.8% | 2 | 175 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 110 | 19.3% | 128 | 122 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 67 | 11.7% | 105 | 74 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 52 | 9.1% | 68 | 43 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 36 | 6.3% | 38 | 16 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 26 | 4.6% | 31 | 16 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 23 | 4% | 37 | 7 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 19 | 3.3% | 35 | 19 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 15 | 2.6% | 7 | 46 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 14 | 2.5% | 29 | 29 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 14 | 2.5% | 28 | 28 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 13 | 2.3% | 28 | 17 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 12 | 2.1% | 48 | 35 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 10 | 1.8% | 16 | 3 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 7 | 1.2% | 10 | 0 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 6 | 1.1% | 13 | 0 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 6 | 1.1% | 3 | 13 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 3 | 0.5% | 6 | 2 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 5 |
| SI1 | Certain aliens employed by the U.S. Government in Iraq or Afghanistan as translators or interpreters | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 1 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of January 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 560 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Ankara lists every month. The page of January 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: +17%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, January 2025. Report an error.