NONIMMIGRANT VISAS
Required Documents: Mandatory & Supporting
Mandatory Documents
You must bring the following documents to your visa interview:
- A passport that must be valid on entry to the U.S. Applicants whose passports will expire in less than six months are strongly encouraged to renew their passports prior to traveling to the U.S. as you will be admitted only until the date on which the passport expires.
- A completed and signed Nonimmigrant Visa Application (DS-156 Form)
- One photo that matches the requirements
- A completed and signed Supplemental Nonimmigrant Visa Application (DS-157 Form) only if you are 15 to 55 years of age
- HDFC Bank Visa Fee Receipt with two bar code stickers
- Interview appointment letter
- A completed and signed DS-158 Form only if you are applying for a F-1, M-1 or J-1 visa
- Demand draft for the Blanket L-1 Visa Fee only if you are the principal applicant for a L-1 visa and are using a blanket petition to apply for your visa
- Demand draft for the Visa Issuance Fee, if applicable. Indian and Bhutanese citizens and holders of the yellow Identity Certificate are exempt from this fee
Further Instructions & Information:
- Have all mandatory documents in your hand when you approach the counter windows outside the Consular Section
- Do not push folders or sealed envelopes through any of the counter windows outside or inside the Consular Section
- Diplomats and Officials are only required to bring documents 1, 2 and 3 and the appropriate supporting document(s)
- Present only valid documents. Fraud or misrepresentation can result in permanent ineligibility for a U.S. visa
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Supporting Documents
Other documents support your application for a visa. You should bring these documents to your visa interview along with your mandatory documents.
To find out the suggested supporting documents for a specific type of visa, click on a title below.
Tourism, Business & Transit
Students
Temporary Work in the U.S.
Diplomats & Officials
Other
Further Instructions & Information:
- Issuance of a visa is not guaranteed because you bring supporting documents
- A Consular Officer relies mainly on the oral visa interview to determine eligibility for a visa
- Supporting documents must only be shown when asked for by a Consular Officer
- Present only valid documents. Fraud or misrepresentation can result in permanent ineligibility for a U.S. visa
- It is not necessary to bring duplicates of supporting documents, unless it is requested
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