The U.S. Department of State is continuing the phase-in of its new Nonimmigrant Visa Application form, Form DS-160. The new form incorporates several previous forms, such as the DS-156, DS-157 and DS-158 and combines them into one form which will be used for all nonimmigrant visa applications.
To view a sample of the new Nonimmigrant Visa Application form, please click here. For instructions and specifications on uploading the required photograph, please click here.
For a listing of Consulates presently requiring use of the new form, please visit their website at http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/forms/forms_4230.html.
Further, please note that the State Department has mandated that numerous additional Consulates begin using the new form no later than March 1, 2010. This includes the following Consulates:
- Vienna, Austria
- Manama, Bahrain
- Minsk, Belarus
- Beijing, China
- Guangzhou, China
- Shanghai, China
- Havana, Cuba
- Djibouti, Djiouti
- Paris, France
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Surabaya, Indonesia
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Jerusalem
- Amman, Jordan
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Muscat, Oman
- Islamabad, Pakistan
- Dhahran, Saudia Arbia
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Singapore, Singapore
- Khartoum, Sudan
- Damascus, Syria
- Taiwan, Taiwan
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- London, United Kingdom
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Sana’a, Yemen