Visas issued at Ankara in July 2025
U.S. Embassy, Turkey. The page of the post has the wait times of Ankara.
In July 2025, the post issued 3,569 nonimmigrant visas and 488 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 823,304 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 | Jul 2025 | Jun 2025 | Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,569 | 2,260 | 2,932 |
| Immigrant | 488 | 343 | 433 |
Nonimmigrant classes, July 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Jul 2025 | Share | Jun 2025 | Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,881 | 80.7% | 1,792 | 1,744 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 298 | 8.3% | 111 | 450 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 108 | 3% | 62 | 191 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 39 | 1.1% | 23 | 26 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 37 | 1% | 22 | 120 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 27 | 0.8% | 14 | 17 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 24 | 0.7% | 2 | 23 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 24 | 0.7% | 18 | 50 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 22 | 0.6% | 13 | 16 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 20 | 0.6% | 60 | 106 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 15 | 0.4% | 16 | 28 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 11 | 0.3% | 9 | 3 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 10 | 0.3% | 8 | 58 |
| 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 | 10 | 0.3% | 74 | 36 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 8 | 0.2% | 2 | 8 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 7 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 7 | 0.2% | 3 | 4 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 4 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 4 | 0.1% | 4 | 4 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 4 | 0.1% | 4 | 13 |
| NATO5 | Experts, other than NATO-4 officials, employed in missions on behalf of NATO, and their dependents | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 6 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 2 |
| C2 | Alien in transit to United Nations Headquarters district | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, July 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Jul 2025 | Share | Jun 2025 | Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 108 | 22.1% | 84 | 43 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 81 | 16.6% | 79 | 142 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 76 | 15.6% | 32 | 28 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 53 | 10.9% | 45 | 13 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 41 | 8.4% | 8 | 30 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 24 | 4.9% | 14 | 11 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 23 | 4.7% | 2 | 15 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 22 | 4.5% | 8 | 12 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 22 | 4.5% | 30 | 54 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 16 | 3.3% | 13 | 8 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 5 | 1% | 3 | 0 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 5 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 2 | 0.4% | 4 | 10 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 16 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 13 |
| GV1 | Certain employee or former employee of the U.S. Government abroad | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 1 |
| CR2 | Child of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 1 | 0.2% | 9 | 9 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 7 |
| GV2 | Spouse of GV1 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 1 |
| GV3 | Child of GV1 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 3 |
| IB1 | Self-petition spouse of U.S. citizen | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0 |
| IR4 | Orphan to be adopted in the United States by U.S. citizen | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of July 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 5.5 months. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Ankara lists every month. The page of July 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: +58%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, July 2025. Report an error.