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4 January 2010
The DS-160 web-based nonimmigrant visa application form has arrived
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The U.S. Embassy is to introduce the new web-based nonimmigrant
visa application form DS-160. Applicants applying for petition based visas - H, L, O, P, Q or R – in person on or after February 1, 2010 will be required to complete the new form DS-160.
For all other applicants, March 1 is the all important date.
The DS-160 is web-based and once completed, transmits the applicant’s data to the post where s/he will apply for the visa. As the data is collected electronically, it means that we will be able to
conduct various forms of pre-processing and pre-screening in advance of the application which should reduce processing delays. It also means that applicants who apply for visas on a frequent basis can
save their original application and simply submit the updated form.
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