Visa

GUIDANCE SHEET FOR BUSINESS TRAVELLER / TOURIST / FAMILY VISIT

Visa Class: B1/B2 ON THE DAY OF INTERVIEW:
Please be at the Visa Hall entrance, not more than 15 minutes before your appointed time. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE INTERVIEW:

1. Current & old Passports, original blue visa fee receipt issued by HDFC bank, CEAC Bar code confirmation letter and VFS Interview appointment letter.
2. National of foreign countries may be required to pay an Issuance Fee. To check the availability as well as the issuance fee amount, log on to www.travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/index. The fee if any needs to be paid via demand draft in INR at the prevailing Consular rate of exchange.

Note: Mention your Name and Passport number on the reverse side of the demand draft.

3.

Original Birth Certificate for children below 14 years of age.

4. If you are visiting a relative, carry photocopies of the relative’s proof of status e.g. Green Card, naturalisation certificate, valid visa etc.
5. Business travellers need to produce proof that the Company will finance the trip. If the company is new or unknown it is helpful to carry tax records of the firm for the last 3 years.

6. A tourist may show evidence of financial resources through bank statements and tax returns for the past 3 years. 7. Dependents joining their spouse on-board ship need to carry their original marriage certificate and entire wedding photo album along with the spouse’s visa copy. 8. For parents visiting a child resident in the US: If child is an Indian citizen. (a) Childs’s original birth certificate. (b) Photocopy of all pages of child’s passport.
(c) Where the US visa of child has expired, photocopy of the renewed petition required.

(d) Where child is a legal permanent resident in USA, photocopy of the green card (front and back) is required. If child is a U.S. citizen.
(a) Photocopy of bio-data page of US passport or photocopy of Naturalization Certificate.

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