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Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates. Interview months from the State Department’s update of October 7, 2026.

Interview scheduling at Abu Dhabi

NVC is scheduling most interviews for cases that became documentarily complete in:

Spouses, children and parents of US citizens

March 2025

same as on Sep 23

Family preference: F1, F2A, F2B, F3 and F4

August 2025

same as on Sep 23

Employment: EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 and EB-5

October 2023

same as on Sep 23

Compare with the month NVC emailed you that your case was documentarily complete.

What this month means

It is not a wait time: it is the month NVC is scheduling most interviews for now, and it can move backwards. “Current” means NVC is already scheduling cases from the update’s month; it can also mean the post schedules none, so check the embassy’s own website (usembassy.gov). Documentarily complete: NVC has accepted all your documents.

Family preference and employment cases also need a current priority date in the Visa Bulletin.

Source: State Department IV Scheduling Status Tool, updated Oct 7, 2026.

Recent news:
Special cases:

Visa classes at Abu Dhabi

Badges: visas issued per month, Mar 2025 – Feb 2026.

1.3K/mo
167/mo
109/mo
107/mo
101/mo
45/mo
41/mo
26/mo
21/mo
15/mo
14/mo
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9.0/mo
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5.9/mo
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5.0/mo
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3.0/mo
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51 visa classes with none issued at Abu Dhabi, Mar 2017 to Feb 2026

AM

Vietnam Amerasian, and certain family members

B2A

Self-petitioning spouse or child of lawful permanent resident, and their children

B2B

Self-petitioning unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident, and their children

BBBCC/BBBCV

Border Crossing Card

BX

Self-petitioning spouse or child of lawful permanent resident, exempt from the per-country limit, and their children

C4

C4/D3

CQ

Afghan special immigrant (employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government) admitted as a conditional permanent resident, and their spouse and children

CW1

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) transitional worker

CW2

Spouse or child of CW1

D3

E1

Treaty trader, spouse or child

E2C

Northern Mariana Islands investor, spouse or child

E3R

Returning E3

E4

G3

Representative of non-recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family

H1B1

Free Trade Agreement Professional

H1C

Shortage area nurse

IB2

Self-petition child of U.S. citizen

IH3

Child adopted abroad by U.S. citizen under Hague Convention

IH4

Child to be adopted in U.S. by U.S. citizen under Hague Convention

K3

Spouse of U.S. Citizen (barely used in practice, see instead CR1/IR1)

K4

Child of K3

M2

Spouse or child of M1

N8

Parent of SK3 or SN3

N9

Child of N8 or some special immigrants

NATO1

Principal U.S. representative of NATO member state, members of official staff, principal NATO officers, and immediate family

NATO2

U.S. representative of NATO member state and immediate family, member of NATO-agreed force, and dependents

NATO3

NATO4

Official of NATO, and immediate family

NATO5

Experts employed by NATO, and dependents

NATO6

Civilian accompanying a NATO-agreed force, and dependents

NATO7

Attendant, servant, or personal employee of NATO-1 through NATO-6, and immediate family

P2

Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program

S7

Immediate family of S5 or S6

SF

SG

SR

Certain religious workers, and their spouse and children

SSC

SU

Spouse, child or parent of a U-1 visa holder (victim of criminal activity)

SW

T2

Spouse of T1

T3

Child of T1

T4

Parent of T1 under 21 years of age

T5

Unmarried sibling under age 18 of T1 under 21 years of age

T6

Adult/minor child of derivative beneficiary of T1

U1

Victim of criminal activity

U2

Spouse of U1

U3

Child of U1

U4

Parent of U1 under 21 years of age

U5

Unmarried sibling under age 18 of U1 under 21 years of age