By country
US talent visa by country: where applicants file and interview
Updated: Author: Alina Kanametova
The O-1 or EB-1A petition is the same for everyone, but the consular part depends on your passport and country of residence: some home embassies handle the talent visa, some applicants must book in a third country as a TCN, and for some the visa is shorter than the petition under reciprocity. Below is a page per country: posts, the typical path, document language, salary comparison and community answers.
- KazakhstanHome post: AlmatyApplicants from Kazakhstan interview for the talent visa at home: at the US Consulate General in Almaty or the embassy in Astana.Open the page
- UkraineHome post: KyivThis site has no separate page on the embassy in Kyiv, so for applicants from Ukraine we describe what the community actually shows: the nearest post covered here is Warsaw, which handles both O-1 (DS-160) and immigrant EB-1 interviews after the NVC.Open the page
- Belarusvia third countriesThe site has no separate page on the embassy in Minsk; Belarusian applicants in the community interview in third countries, and the most discussed of the posts covered here is Warsaw, followed by Tbilisi and Yerevan.Open the page
- GeorgiaHome post: TbilisiFor applicants from Georgia, and for relocated people living there, the home post is the US Embassy in Tbilisi.Open the page
- ArmeniaHome post: YerevanFor applicants from Armenia, including relocated people, the home post is the US Embassy in Yerevan.Open the page
- UzbekistanHome post: TashkentFor applicants from Uzbekistan the home post is the US Embassy in Tashkent.Open the page
- KyrgyzstanHome post: BishkekThe site has no separate page on the embassy in Bishkek, so for applicants from Kyrgyzstan we describe the nearest posts covered here: Almaty and Astana in Kazakhstan and Tashkent in Uzbekistan.Open the page
- SerbiaHome post: BelgradeFor Serbian citizens and for Russian-speaking relocated people living in Serbia, the home post is the US Embassy in Belgrade.Open the page
- Russiavia third countriesThe US Embassy in Moscow currently does not provide most visa services, so applicants from Russia interview as third-country nationals (TCN).Open the page
- Moldovavia third countriesThe site has no separate page on the embassy in Chisinau, and the community rarely discusses Moldova, so here is only what applies to any applicant: for O-1 (DS-160) you can book at almost any US consulate, for EB-1 after the NVC the interview is assigned by default to the country of permanent residence, and a move is requested in writing through the NVC.Open the page
Reference information and community experience, not legal advice. The AAO figures are lessons from appeals, not approval odds; fees and timelines change - verify on uscis.gov.