根据美国政府问责局（GAO）的一份报告，在2025财年，印度申请人获得美国访客签证面谈的加权平均等待时间为346天，是新冠疫情前记录的42天平均值的八倍多。
Indian applicants faced a weighted average wait of 346 days to obtain a US visitor visa interview in fiscal year 2025, more than eight times the 42-day average recorded before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a US Government Accountability Office report.
周一发布的GAO报告发现，漫长的等待时间部分原因在于领事人员配备水平未能跟上需求。2025财年，印度有68名领事官员处理非移民签证，共受理1,455,255份申请，相当于每位官员处理21,401份申请。
The GAO report, released on Monday, found that long waits were linked in part to consular staffing levels not keeping pace with demand. India had 68 consular officers working on nonimmigrant visas in FY2025 while handling 1,455,255 applications, equivalent to 21,401 applications per officer.
346天这一数字是指获得访客签证面谈的加权平均时间。这并不意味着每位申请人都等待了346天，也不代表获得最终签证决定所需的时间。
The 346-day figure refers to the weighted average time to obtain an interview for a visitor visa. It does not mean that every applicant waited 346 days, nor does it represent the time taken to receive a final visa decision.
美国签证 · GAO报告 印度人等待美国签证面谈长达346天 美国政府审计发现，印度的领事官员工作量位居全球最繁重之列，印度申请人面谈等待时间接近一年。
US visas · GAO report Indians wait 346 days for a US visa interview A US government audit finds consular officers in India carry one of the heaviest workloads anywhere, and Indian applicants wait nearly a year for an interview.
天数：印度平均等待时间，2025财年 印度每位官员处理21,401份申请 68名官员处理146万份申请 全球访客签证面谈等待时间最长 等待时间最长 官员太少 过去与现在 访客签证面谈等待时间最长的前10个国家 平均等待天数，2025财年
days: India’s average wait, FY 2025 21,401 applications per officer in India officers for 1.46 million applications longest visitor-visa wait worldwide Longest waits Too few officers Then and now Top 10 countries with the longest waits for a visitor-visa interview Average wait in days, FY 2025
- 哥伦比亚
- Colombia
- 土耳其
- Turkey
- 加拿大*
- Canada*
- 洪都拉斯
- Honduras
- 秘鲁
- Peru
- 哥斯达黎加
- Costa Rica
- 印度
- India
- 阿拉伯联合酋长国
- United Arab Emirates
- 孟加拉国
- Bangladesh
- 乌干达
- Uganda
*GAO在加拿大数据后附有脚注；详见报告。美国2025财年为2024年10月至2025年9月。
*GAO attaches a footnote to Canada’s figure; see the report. US fiscal year 2025 ran from October 2024 to September 2025.
需求不减，人手减少 2025财年领事官员非移民签证（NIV）工作量 巴西 1,141,235份申请 非移民签证领事官员 13,118份申请/官员 32天平均面谈等待 中国 1,206,011 10,135 印度 1,455,255 墨西哥 2,658,627 21,441 283天 印度申请量超中国 但少51名官员 印度每位官员处理量约为中国官员的两倍墨西哥的每位官员处理量与印度几乎相同，但其平均等待时间却短了63天 蓝色条形图对比每位官员处理的申请量；红色条形图对比等待时间。等待时间是指获得面谈的加权平均时间。
Same demand, fewer hands Non-immigrant visa (NIV) workload by consular officers, FY 2025 Brazil 1,141,235 applications consular officers on NIVs 13,118 applications per officer 32 days average interview wait China 1,206,011 10,135 India 1,455,255 Mexico 2,658,627 21,441 283 days India had more applications than China 51 fewer officers Each officer in India handled about twice the load of one in China. Mexico’s per-officer load was almost the same as India’s, but its average wait was 63 days shorter Blue bars compare applications per officer; red bars compare wait times. Wait is the weighted average time to obtain an interview.
自疫情以来，访客签证等待时间激增 所有国家访客签证面谈平均等待时间 2019财年 2025财年 六年内延长近八倍 美国政府问责局（GAO）建议国务院定期评估需要领事人员的地点。国务院既未同意也未反对。
Visitor-visa waits have ballooned since the pandemic Average wait for a visitor-visa interview, all countries FY 2019 FY 2025 Nearly eight times longer in six years GAO recommends that the State Department regularly assess where it needs consular staff. State neither agreed nor disagreed.
来源：美国政府问责局（GAO-26-107902），对国务院数据的分析，2026年9月。Express InfoGenIE GAO报告发现了什么？
Source: US Government Accountability Office (GAO-26-107902), analysis of State Department data, September 2026. Express InfoGenIE What did the GAO report find?
GAO审查了美国国务院对非移民签证的处理情况，其中包括旅游和商务访客签证，以及学生、外交官和临时工人的签证。
The GAO examined the US State Department’s handling of nonimmigrant visas, which include visitor visas for tourism and business as well as visas for students, diplomats and temporary workers.
在全球范围内，获得访客签证面谈的加权平均等待时间从2019财年的26天增加到2025财年的201天——几乎是疫情前水平的八倍。
Worldwide, the weighted average wait to obtain a visitor-visa interview increased from 26 days in fiscal 2019 to 201 days in FY2025 — nearly eight times the pre-pandemic level.
与此同时，处理非移民签证的美国领事官员人数从2024财年的1,342人减少到2025财年的904人。GAO表示，这种下降与招聘冻结和人员自然流失有关。
At the same time, the number of US consular officers working on nonimmigrant visas fell from 1,342 in FY2024 to 904 in FY2025. GAO said the decline was associated with hiring freezes and attrition.
美国处理的访客签证数量超过新冠前水平 更长的等待时间并非源于签证处理数量的下降。疫情前的2019财年，国务院裁决了920万份访客签证。受新冠疫情扰乱国际旅行影响，该数字在2021财年降至150万份，但到2025财年升至1,170万份——高于疫情前水平。
US processed more visitor visas than before Covid The longer waits did not result from a fall in the number of visas being processed. The State Department adjudicated 9.2 million visitor visas in FY2019, before the pandemic. The figure fell to 1.5 million in FY2021 as Covid-19 disrupted international travel, but rose to 11.7 million in FY2025 — above the pre-pandemic level.
GAO表示，国务院在确保某些领事馆的人员配备水平跟上需求方面遇到了困难。为什么美国签证等待时间这么长？
GAO said the State Department has had difficulty ensuring staffing levels keep pace with demand at some consular posts. Why are US visa waits so long?
该报告指出，美国某些领事馆在人员配备方面存在供需不匹配的问题。负责处理非移民签证的官员人数从2021财年的最低点（1,104人）回升至2024财年的1,342人，已接近疫情前的水平。但根据美国政府问责局（GAO）的数据，由于招聘冻结和人员流失，这一数字在2025财年又下降至904人。
The report points to a mismatch between demand and staffing at some US consular posts. The number of officers working on nonimmigrant visas had recovered from a pandemic-era low of 1,104 in FY2021 to 1,342 in FY2024, close to the pre-pandemic level. But that number fell to 904 in FY2025 amid hiring freezes and attrition, according to GAO.
美国国务院实施了一项名为“全球人员重新配置计划”（Global Repositioning Exercise，简称GREX）的措施，旨在评估各领事馆的工作负荷，并使人员配备与实际需求相匹配。然而，GAO指出美国国务院自2019年以来仅进行过一次此类评估；2021年和2022年因新冠疫情相关原因未实施该计划，2024年和2025年则因政策优先级调整而未进行评估。
The State Department has a Global Repositioning Exercise, or GREX, designed to assess workloads and help align staffing with demand across posts. However, GAO said State had conducted the exercise only once since FY2019. It was not conducted in FY2021 and FY2022 because of Covid-related issues and was not conducted in FY2024 and FY2025 because of changing policy priorities.
GAO建议美国国务院建立相关机制，要求领事事务局定期开展此类评估。对于这一建议，美国国务院既未表示同意也未表示反对。
GAO recommended that the State Department establish a mechanism requiring the Bureau of Consular Affairs to conduct the exercise consistently. The State Department neither agreed nor disagreed with the recommendation.
报告还提到：许多印度申请人申请访问签证是因为该签证在印度被视为一种社会地位的象征，但他们实际上并无前往美国的计划。据美国国务院官员称，核实这些情况需要额外的时间。
In addition, they said that many people apply for a visitor visa because it is seen as a social status symbol in India, but they have no intention of actually travelling to the US. Checking these types of factors takes additional time, according to State officials.
那么，漫长的等待时间对印度旅客意味着什么呢？2025财年的平均等待时间为346天，但这并不意味着所有印度申请人都必须等待这么长时间才能获得签证。这一数据仅反映了申请访问签证后获得面试机会所需的时间；实际等待时间可能因领事馆、签证类型以及预约情况的不同而有所差异。此外，该数据并未包括美国国务院在面试后处理签证申请所需的时间。
What does the long wait mean for Indian travellers? The 346-day figure is a historical FY2025 average and should not be interpreted as a fixed appointment wait for every applicant in India. It measures the time taken to obtain an interview for a visitor visa. The actual wait can vary by consular post, visa category and appointment availability. It also does not measure how long the State Department takes to decide a visa application after an interview.
GAO还指出，漫长的等待时间对美国经济产生了负面影响：2025年国际旅行和旅游业为美国经济贡献了1760亿美元，这一数字比2024年减少了50亿美元，也低于疫情前的水平（280亿美元）。
Long waits also affect the US economy GAO noted that international travel and tourism contributed $176 billion to the US economy in 2025. That was $5 billion lower than in 2024 and $28 billion below the pre-pandemic level.
报告指出，游客签证面试等待时间过长是导致签证申请数量下降的原因之一。
The report said long waits for tourist-visa interviews were among the factors contributing to the decline.
美国监察长（GAO）表示，国务院必须在签证办理的速度与效率之间取得平衡，同时考虑到国家安全方面的要求；在大多数情况下，签证发放前必须进行面试。
GAO said the State Department has to balance the speed and efficiency of visa processing with national-security requirements, with interviews required in most cases before a visa can be issued.