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Important Notice of the Embassy
1.Nonimmigrant visa application forms must now be generated online.
Effective November 1, 2006, all applicants must fill out their applications online to improve accuracy and speed up processing at the time of the visa interview. Those who booked their visa interview appointment online through VFS are not affected by this change.

Those who have handwritten or typed applications should provide application forms generated through the Department of State's website or ones generated online through the VFS booking system. To generate application form, be it DS-156, DS-157 or DS-158, through Department of State's website logon to http://travel.state.gov/visa/ forms/ forms-1342.html.

At your visa interview appointment, if you do not present appli­cation forms generated online, your application will not be ac­cepted. You will be asked to obtain application forms generated online. Please do not enter the queue outside Gate 6 (Visa Gate) of the u.s. Embassy, New Delhi unless you have forms generated online.

Visa applicants should also present unmounted, passport-style, full-face photos with a white background. The photos should be 2 inches (50 mm) square with the applicant's head being 1 inch to 13/ 8 inches (25 mm to 35 mm) from top to bottom. The photos must have been taken in the last six months. For more details, see 'Photo Specifications' below.

2. English-speaking applicants can now apply at the U.S. Embassy, New Delhi or the U.S. Consulates in Chennai or Mumbai (December 4, 2006)

In an effort to improve services, nonimmigrant visa applicants who speak fluent English now have the option to apply for a nonimmigrant visa at the U.s. Embassy, New Delhi or the U.s. Consulates in Chennai or Mumbai. Applicants who wish to take advantage of this option should book their appointment online through VFS (http://www. vfs-usa.co.in)


If you are a resident of India, you are required to select your current 'State of Residence' where you have been residing for the past six months or longer. Later in the process, when you are scheduling your interview, you may see calendars offering dates at more than one post.

If you are a fluent English speaker and have not been previously refused a visa, you may select an interview date from any post shown. If you are not fluent in English or were previ­ously denied a visa, you must select a date only from the post covering the area where you reside. Applicants denied a visa can only seek to have the decision reviewed by reapplying at the post where the denial occurred.

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