Visas issued at Abu Dhabi in April 2025
U.S. Embassy, United Arab Emirates. The page of the post has the wait times of Abu Dhabi.
In April 2025, the post issued 3,692 nonimmigrant visas and 280 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 993,250 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 | Apr 2025 | Mar 2025 | Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 3,692 | 3,082 | 3,033 |
| Immigrant | 280 | 228 | 124 |
Nonimmigrant classes, April 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Apr 2025 | Share | Mar 2025 | Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 2,949 | 79.9% | 2,728 | 2,407 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 202 | 5.5% | 77 | 176 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 176 | 4.8% | 10 | 109 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 143 | 3.9% | 134 | 125 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 41 | 1.1% | 27 | 37 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 34 | 0.9% | 6 | 36 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 27 | 0.7% | 19 | 34 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 26 | 0.7% | 12 | 17 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 19 | 0.5% | 11 | 20 |
| A3 | Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A1 or A2, or immediate family | 18 | 0.5% | 35 | 6 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 12 | 0.3% | 0 | 20 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 9 | 0.2% | 3 | 0 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 7 | 0.2% | 3 | 7 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 7 | 0.2% | 2 | 3 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 6 | 0.2% | 2 | 10 |
| D | Crewmember (sea or air) | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 10 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 3 | 0.1% | 5 | 1 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 1 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 1 | 0% | 0 | 4 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, April 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Apr 2025 | Share | Mar 2025 | Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 51 | 18.2% | 52 | 52 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 37 | 13.2% | 12 | 14 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 37 | 13.2% | 24 | 11 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 23 | 8.2% | 12 | 2 |
| F4 | Family fourth preference: brother or sister of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age, spouse and child (F41, F42, F43) | 22 | 7.9% | 12 | 5 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 20 | 7.1% | 27 | 12 |
| EW | Employment third preference, other worker (subgroup numerical limit), spouse and child (EW3, EW4, EW5) | 17 | 6.1% | 6 | 0 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 13 | 4.6% | 14 | 6 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 12 | 4.3% | 18 | 1 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 8 | 2.9% | 0 | 0 |
| F2B | Family second preference (2B): unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and child (F24, F25, C24, C25, B24, B25) | 7 | 2.5% | 8 | 0 |
| F3 | Family third preference: married son or daughter of U.S. citizen, spouse and child (F31, F32, F33, C31-C33, B31-B33) | 7 | 2.5% | 8 | 3 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 7 | 2.5% | 7 | 10 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 7 | 2.5% | 7 | 5 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 4 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 3 | 1.1% | 0 | 1 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 2 | 0.7% | 13 | 1 |
| T5 | Employment creation (EB-5) in targeted rural or high unemployment area, spouse and child (T51-T53) | 2 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| F1 | Family first preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen, and child (F11, F12, B11, B12) | 1 | 0.4% | 7 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of April 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 145 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Abu Dhabi lists every month. The page of April 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: +20%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, April 2025. Report an error.