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.