Definitely, everyone who wants to go to America first of all starts browsing countless forums. Thus legends are born that a visa to the United States, which is quite easy to obtain, is not available for Russian citizens, because they are not expected there, girls are not allowed into the country, considering them potential emigrants. This approach is fundamentally wrong: almost everyone can get a visa. It is important to be careful and stock up on free time.
Travelers who need a visa to the United States, you need to make sure that they really need to apply for it. For those who want to obtain a visa again, if it has not expired or has expired recently, there are separate instructions. The rest should follow the following plan:
- Pay the usual consular fee by credit card online.
- Fill out the Regulated Application for a Nonimmigrant Visa (DS-160). It is submitted in electronic form. It is imperative to print and save the confirmation page.
- Sign up for an interview by presenting a unique barcode number from the application confirmation page, the number of the consular fee receipt and the number of your personal passport.
- Every traveler who needs a visa to the United States, you need to take a picture at a photo studio. The photo has special requirements: format 5x5 cm; color; 60% of the total photo should occupy the face. Most often in photo studios they know about these requirements, however, it will not hurt the traveler to be in the know.
- Come for an interview at a US consulate or embassy at the appointed hour and day. You need to take with you: a printout of the sent letter with an invitation to an interview; all previously issued foreign passports; Confirmation submission page; Valid passport and photo taken.
A visa to the United States, which is not so difficult to obtain on your own, will be sent to the applicant through the "Pony Express" to the address that he indicated at the interview.
Regardless of whether the traveler is seeking a student or
tourist visa to the United States, for which he independently submits documents, he needs to be prepared for standing in line for a long time. Usually it begins at the entrance to the embassy, and nervous and late fellow citizens, trying to break out of turn, pretty much get on their nerves. On the territory of the embassy, where anyone will be issued a tourist or student visa to the United States, you will have to say goodbye to all the entertainment in the form of telephones, players and other gadgets. After that, the participants will be given a ticket where the serial number will be indicated. You need to follow him on the scoreboard and go to the indicated rooms, where fingerprints will be taken from potential travelers. At the interview, in order for the applicant to get a visa to the United States, for which he has already applied for, he needs to prove a strong relationship with his homeland (marriage, various job certificates, photos of beloved grandparents, etc.). If everything is done correctly, then the cherished stamp “Approved” will be put on the questionnaire, and the traveler will only have to wait for a passport with a glued visa.