Visas issued at Ankara in August 2025
U.S. Embassy, Turkey. The page of the post has the wait times of Ankara.
In August 2025, the post issued 3,721 nonimmigrant visas and 358 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 842,878 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 | Aug 2025 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,721 | 3,569 | 2,461 |
| Immigrant | 358 | 488 | 400 |
Nonimmigrant classes, August 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2025 | Share | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 3,018 | 81.1% | 2,881 | 1,829 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 168 | 4.5% | 298 | 203 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 150 | 4% | 108 | 85 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 70 | 1.9% | 20 | 16 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 53 | 1.4% | 11 | 39 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 34 | 0.9% | 27 | 16 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 34 | 0.9% | 24 | 19 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 29 | 0.8% | 37 | 44 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 23 | 0.6% | 39 | 20 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 22 | 0.6% | 24 | 32 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 16 | 0.4% | 15 | 20 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 14 | 0.4% | 22 | 19 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 12 | 0.3% | 7 | 3 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 12 | 0.3% | 10 | 83 |
| 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 | 11 | 0.3% | 10 | 6 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 10 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 10 | 0.3% | 8 | 6 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 7 | 0.2% | 0 | 3 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 7 | 0.2% | 3 | 5 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 4 | 0.1% | 7 | 0 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 0 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 2 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 2 | 0.1% | 4 | 2 |
| D | Crewmember (sea or air) | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| H3 | Trainee | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 4 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, August 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2025 | Share | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 122 | 34.1% | 108 | 52 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 98 | 27.4% | 81 | 67 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 41 | 11.5% | 76 | 32 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 25 | 7% | 53 | 29 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 17 | 4.7% | 41 | 9 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 10 | 2.8% | 24 | 15 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 10 | 2.8% | 16 | 8 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 9 | 2.5% | 23 | 9 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 6 | 1.7% | 22 | 81 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 4 | 1.1% | 1 | 9 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 4 | 1.1% | 2 | 14 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 0.8% | 22 | 9 |
| F2A | Family second preference (2A): spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (F21, F22, F23, C21-C23, B21-B23) | 3 | 0.8% | 0 | 20 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 3 | 0.8% | 5 | 1 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 5 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 18 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of August 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 16 months. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Ankara lists every month. The page of August 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: +4%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, August 2025. Report an error.