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U.S. Visa Appointments for Haiti

Nonimmigrant visa services at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince are suspended. If you are trying to book an interview in Haiti and finding nothing, that is why — it is not your fee, your DS-160 or the booking site.

This page exists because the appointment service itself does not say so. On 18 September 2026 the AIS Haiti site still listed Port-au-Prince with its street address and no suspension notice, while the embassy's own site carried the announcement. The embassy is the authority. The booking system is out of date.

What the embassy actually says

From the U.S. Embassy in Haiti's visa page, read 18 September 2026:

The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince is on Restricted Operations status. The reduction in staff impacts our ability to provide routine consular services. Nonimmigrant visa services are suspended until further notice. The U.S. Embassy in Nassau has been designated to conduct visa services for residents of Haiti. Applicants should review the U.S. Embassy in Nassau page for additional instructions. Applicants with appointments currently scheduled should reach out to the National Visa Center using the Public Inquiry Form to request or confirm an appointment.

Four separate things are in that paragraph, and they apply to different people:

  1. Restricted Operations — a staffing status, not a closure of the embassy itself.
  2. Nonimmigrant visa services suspended — B1/B2, F, J, H and the rest. "Until further notice" means no published end date.
  3. Nassau is designated for residents of Haiti.
  4. If you already have an appointment, contact the National Visa Center through the Public Inquiry Form to request or confirm it. Do not simply turn up.

An honest gap: Nassau's page does not spell this out

The embassy tells Haitian applicants to review the Nassau page for instructions. We read the U.S. Embassy in The Bahamas visa page the same day and found no Haiti-specific instructions on it — it reads as a standard Bahamas visa page.

We are not going to resolve that for you by guessing. What we can say:

  • Port-au-Prince names Nassau as the designated post. That is published and current.
  • Nassau's public visa page, as we read it, does not carry separate guidance for residents of Haiti.
  • The one concrete, named channel in the notice is the National Visa Center Public Inquiry Form, and it is the instruction given to people who already hold an appointment.

If you are starting fresh rather than holding an appointment, the notice does not give you a step-by-step route. Treat the embassy notice and the NVC form as your starting points, and check both embassy pages again before spending money on travel — this is a situation that changes.

Two other things that apply specifically to Haitian nationals

These are separate from the suspension and neither is fixed by going to Nassau.

You cannot use the interview waiver. Since 7 August 2025, Haiti has been among the nationalities required to attend an in-person interview, including on a renewal, and it applies regardless of where you apply. Going to another post does not make you eligible to skip the interview — see the interview waiver.

Haiti is named in Presidential Proclamation 10998. Applicants subject to it may still submit applications and attend scheduled interviews, but may be ineligible for visa issuance or admission. This is about the outcome, not the appointment — see the travel ban proclamation.

Taken together: the interview cannot be waived, the post that would normally conduct it is suspended, and issuance may be restricted even after an interview. Anyone selling you a shortcut around any of the three is selling you something that does not exist.

Applying somewhere other than Haiti

The standing rule is that nonimmigrant visa applicants should apply at the post in their country of residence or nationality, and that fees are non-refundable and non-transferable between posts. Paying in one country and trying to interview in another generally does not work, and the money does not come back.

Nassau being designated for residents of Haiti is an exception created by the Department of State, not a general invitation to choose a country. See applying from outside your home country for how the residence rule behaves in practice.

Frequently asked questions

Can I get a U.S. visa interview in Haiti right now?

No. The embassy states that nonimmigrant visa services at Port-au-Prince are suspended until further notice.

Why does the booking site still show Port-au-Prince?

The AIS Haiti site still listed the consular section with its address and no suspension notice when we read it on 18 September 2026. The embassy's own announcement is the authority.

Where should Haitians apply instead?

The embassy names the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas, as designated to conduct visa services for residents of Haiti.

I already have an appointment. What do I do?

The embassy tells applicants with scheduled appointments to contact the National Visa Center using the Public Inquiry Form to request or confirm the appointment.

Does going to Nassau let me skip the interview?

No. Haitian nationals have been required to attend an in-person interview since 7 August 2025, and the requirement applies regardless of where you apply.

Will I get a visa if I do get an interview?

Not necessarily. Haiti is named in Presidential Proclamation 10998; applicants subject to it may attend interviews but may be ineligible for issuance or admission.

Can I get my fee back?

Visa application fees are non-refundable and non-transferable, including between posts.

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