Visas issued at Lusaka in August 2025
U.S. Embassy, Zambia. The page of the post has the wait times of Lusaka.
In August 2025, the post issued 151 nonimmigrant visas and 40 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 | 151 | 235 | 246 |
| Immigrant | 40 | 31 | 15 |
Nonimmigrant classes, August 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2025 | Share | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 75 | 49.7% | 138 | 125 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 20 | 13.2% | 40 | 55 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 16 | 10.6% | 8 | 9 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 13 | 8.6% | 6 | 3 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 7 | 4.6% | 19 | 8 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 6 | 4% | 1 | 3 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 3 | 2% | 6 | 7 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 2 | 1.3% | 5 | 17 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 2 | 1.3% | 0 | 0 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 1 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 1 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 1 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 1 | 0.7% | 6 | 1 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 1 | 0.7% | 1 | 1 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 1 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 1 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, August 2025
| Class | The Department's description | Aug 2025 | Share | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 28 | 70% | 22 | 6 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 7 | 17.5% | 3 | 1 |
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 3 | 7.5% | 1 | 0 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 2 | 5% | 3 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of August 2025 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 6 months. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Lusaka lists every month. The page of August 2025 has all posts. Change from the month before: -36%.
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.