Emergency Appointments

Applicants* may inquire about an expedited appointment under certain circumstances via email, such as:

• An immediate relative's death, grave illness or life-threatening accident in the United States. Be sure to include the name, relationship, place and description of the situation, and contact information for the attending physician or funeral home.
• Urgent medical treatment for the applicant or their minor child.
• An application for a student or exchange visitor (F/M/J) visa (and dependent family members traveling with them) whose I-20 or DS-2019 has a start date that is earlier than the first available visa appointment. We are unable to currently consider ESL programs with rolling start dates.
• An unexpected need to travel to the United States for urgent business purposes that is occurring within 10 days after the first available visa appointment.
• An unexpected visit that is of significant cultural, political, journalistic, sporting or economic importance that is occurring within 10 days after the first available visa appointment.
• Please be aware: Due to demand we are unable to grant every qualified emergency appointment request, and we will take into consideration factors including recent visa refusals.

Requesting an Expedited/Emergency Appointment
You must schedule an appointment through the ordinary procedure first either by calling the call center or the website at www.usvisa-info.com. Only if you do not receive an appointment in time for your emergency travel listed above, you may use the following procedure:

Email: You must contact the Consular Section (choose either Istanbul OR Ankara) where you scheduled your interview to request an emergency appointment:  

• Ankara: Emergency Request Form
• Istanbul: NIVUrgent@state.gov 

The Consular Section will review your request and send you an e-mail response informing you whether your request has been granted. If the Consular Section is unable to grant your request, you may keep your original interview time.

 > In all cases, the applicant will be expected to bring documentation to the interview which substantiates the emergency in addition to those forms and supporting documents normally required.

* For Iranian Applicants - ANKARA ONLY
Due to the high demand for visa appointments and the limited number of Farsi-speaking officers, Iranian applicants may request an expedited appointment under the following limited circumstances, such as:

• An immediate relative's death, grave illness or life-threatening accident in the United States. Please include in your email documentation in either PDF or Microsoft Word format to include the name, relationship, place and description of the situation, and contact information for the attending physician or funeral home.
• Urgent medical treatment for the applicant or their minor child. 
  An applicant for a student or exchange visitor (F/M/J) visa (and dependent family members traveling with them) whose I-20 or DS-2019 has a start date that is earlier than the first available visa appointment. 
• Students enrolled in English language programs are not eligible for emergency appointments.  

To Request an Emergency Appointment in Ankara please fill out the Emergency Request Form.