Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application (DS-160)

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Apply For a Nonimmigrant Visa

Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application (DS-160)

Please Note: Embassy Visit is Required for Interview. Once approved, your permit is valid for up to 10 years.

Applicant Information

Applicant Information

Please ensure that the First name(s) on your passport or travel document match exactly with the information you provide.
Please ensure that the Family name(s) on your passport or travel document match exactly with the information you provide.

Email Information

Please make sure you enter a valid email address. We will use it to contact you about your application.


Please enter the telecode for first/given name(s).
Please enter the telecode for family name(s).

If your place of birth is not listed on your passport, please enter the name of the city/town/village where you were born.
Please select the country of your birth as indicated on your travel documents.

Phone Information

Passport Information

Passport Information


Enter the passport number exactly as it appears on the passport information page

? Upload a copy of your passport (This document is mandatory to obtain your Visa).

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? Kindly upload your scanned ID photo in clear colour (white background) in one of the following formats: jpg, jpeg, gif, pdf. The photo must be less than 6 months old

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Contact Information

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Renewal with Interview Waiver: You can use this form to renew your valid U.S. visa without attending an embassy interview. In addition, if your visa has expired within the last 12 to 48 months (depending on your citizenship), you may be eligible for an interview waiver.



Please provide some more details in relation to you being refused a U.S. Visa, or being refused admission to the United States, or getting your application withdrawn for admission at the port of entry.

U.S
Contact

Contact Person or Organization in the United States


Address and phone number of point of contact

Family Background

Contact Information

Spouse Information

Spouse Information






Employment / Education

Employment / Education




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Review & Certification

Applicant Information

  • First name(s) or given name(s):
  • Family name(s) or last name(s):
  • Gender:
  • Marital Status:
  • Date of Birth:
  • City of Birth:
  • State/region/province of birthplace:
  • Country of Birth:

Have you ever gone by other names, such as maiden, religious, professional, or alias names?

  • Additional given name(s):
  • Additional family name(s):

Have you used a four-letter code to represent your name in a communication system?

  • Telecode for first/given name(s):
  • Telecode for family name(s):

Passport Information

  • Type of passport/travel document :
  • Passport/Travel Document Number :
  • Passport Book Number :
  • Issuing country of the passport :
  • City :
  • State/Region/Province :
  • Passport Issuance Date :
  • Passport Expiration Date :
  • Country/Region of Origin (Nationality) :
  • National Identification Number :
  • U.S. Social Security area number :
  • U.S. Social Security Group Number :
  • U.S. Social Security Serial Number :
  • U.S. Taxpayer ID Number :

Contact Information

  • Street address (Line 1) :
  • Street address (Line 2) :
  • City :
  • State/Province :
  • Postal Zone/Zip Code :
  • Country/Region :
  • Primary Phone Number :
  • Secondary Phone Number :
  • Work Phone Number :

Contact Person Or Organization In The United States

  • Family name(s) :
  • Given name(s) :
  • Organization name :

Address And Phone Number Of Point Of Contact

  • Street address (Line 1) :
  • Street address (Line 2) :
  • City :
  • State/Province :
  • Postal Zone/Zip Code :
  • Phone number :
  • E-mail address :

Contact Information

  • Father's First name(s) :
  • Father's Family name(s) :
  • Mother's First name(s) :
  • Mother's Family name(s) :

Security Question

  • 1) Have you resided in any country/region for six months or longer since you attained 16 years of age?
  • 2) Have you belonged to, contributed to, or worked for any professional, social, or charitable organisation ?
  • 3) Have you ever been member of the Taliban ?
  • 4) Do you have any specialized skills or training, such as firearmes, explosives, nuclear, biological, or chemical experience ?
  • 5) Have you ever served in the military?
  • 6) Have you ever served in, been a member of, or been involved with a paramilitary unit, vigilante unit, rebel group, guerrilla group, or insurgent organization ?
  • 7) Have you traveled outside your country (not including the United States) in the last 5 year ?
  • 8) Do you have a communicable disease of public health significance? (Communicable diseases of public significance include chancroid, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, infectious leprosy, lymphogranuloma venereum, infectious stage syphilis, active tuberculosis, and other diseases as determined by the Department of Health and Human Services.)
  • 9) Do you have a mental or physical disorder that poses or is likely to pose a threat to the safety or welfare of yourself or others ?
  • 10) Are you or have you ever been a drug abuser or addict ?
  • 11) Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime, even though subject of a pardon, amnesty, or other similar action ?
  • 12) Have you ever violated, or engaged in a conspiracy to violate, any law relating to controlled substances ?
  • 13) Are you coming to the United States to engage in prostitution or unlawful commercialized vice or have you been engaged in prostitution or procuring prostitutes within the past 10 years ?
  • 14) Have you ever been involved in, or do you seek to engage in, money laundering ?
  • 15) Have you ever committed or conspired to commit a human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States ?
  • 16) Have you ever knowingly aided, abetted, assisted or colluded with an individual who has committed, or conspired to commit a severe human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States ?
  • 17) Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of an individual who has committed or conspired to commit a human trafficking offense in the United States or outside the United States and have you within the last five years, knowingly benefited from the trafficking activities ?
  • 18) Do you seek to engage in espionage, sabotage, export control violations, or any other illegal activity while in the United States ?
  • 19) Do you seek to engage in terrorist activities while in the United States or have you ever engaged in terrorist activitiess ?
  • 20) Have you ever or do you intend to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations ?
  • 21) Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization ?
  • 22) Have you ever ordered, incited, committed, assisted, or otherwise participated in genocide ?
  • 23) Have you ever committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in torture ?
  • 24) Have you committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in extrajudicial killings, political killings, or other acts of violence ?
  • 25) Have you ever engaged in the recruitment or the use of child soldiers ?
  • 26) Have you, while serving as a government official, been responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom ?
  • 27) Have you ever been directly involved in the establishment or enforcement of population controls forcing a woman to undergo an abortion against her free choice or a man or a woman to undergo sterilization against his or her free will ?
  • 28) Have you ever been directly involved in the coercive transplantation of human organs or bodily tissue ?
  • 29) Have you ever sought to obtain or assist others to obtain a visa, entry into the United States, or any other United States immigration benefit by fraud or willful misrepresentation or other unlawful means ?
  • 30) Have you ever withheld custody of a U.S. citizen child outside the United States from a person granted legal custody by a U.S. court ?
  • 31) Have you voted in the United States in violation of any law or regulation ?
  • 32) Have you ever renounced United States citizenship for the purposes of avoiding taxation ?
  • 33) Are you the spouse, son, or daughter of an individual who has engaged in terrorist activity, including providing financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations, in the last five years ?
  • 34) Have you ever been removed or deported from any country ?