The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently announced that it has begun
accepting electronic, web-based applications for nonimmigrant visas at
a number of international consular posts, with the goal of having the
new, web-based application system in place worldwide as soon as
possible. Currently, consular posts in Ciudad Juarez, Dublin, Hamilton
(Bermuda) Hermosillo, Hong Kong, Matamoros, Monterrey, Montreal,
Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Tripoli, and Vancouver accept these web-based
applications and, shortly, the applications will be accepted at all
posts in Canada.
Many of the above-stated consulates are requiring the use of the
web-based nonimmigrant application form. To apply for a nonimmigrant
visa using the new, web-based DS-160 form, please visit
https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/, or, when applicable, the specified Web
site page for the consular post you are applying at. When you have
completed the form, you will receive confirmation; you should bring a
print-out of this confirmation page with you to your personal
interview. Additionally, if you were not able to scan in your
photographs into the web-based application system, you should plan on
bringing hard copies of those photos to your personal interview.
