How to fill in the US visa DS 160 form?

1. Where can I fill in the online DS- 160 form?

1. Click to open the visa website: https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/. Click to open DS- 160 to fill in the website online and start the first page. To help you understand and fill in the form correctly, please select "Chinese" in the language window in the upper right corner, so that when you fill in the form, just move the mouse to the place where you want English words, and a Chinese translation will appear to help you understand and fill in the form correctly.

Then at the bottom of the first page, at the bottom of this page, click "Start Application" to enter the formal application form.

2, fill in the steps:

Click "Start Application"-After starting the application, start the following steps:

Step 1: Choose the place where you submit your application form-that is, which consulate you are going to interview. When you select a consulate, a link to the test photos will appear. You can upload your own photos first to test whether it meets the requirements of DS- 160 form.

Step 2: Select the location of the consulate, and after uploading the electronic photos, you can choose your "application method". There may be two situations here:

1), it is the first time to use DS- 156, please click "Start New Application";

2) If you have applied before, such as the unfinished application form saved after filling in half last time, or want to modify the DS- 160 form filled in before, you should choose "Application saved before uploading".

Step 3: Fill in the personal information 1, including: name, full Chinese name, previous name, gender, marital status, date and place of birth). This page is a page to fill in personal basic information. Attention should be paid to when filling in:

1), all the information you fill in must be consistent with the information in your passport, so when you fill in this column, you should put your passport next to it and fill it out one by one according to the information in your passport;

2) Item 3: "Full name in the mother tongue alphabet", which means "Fill in your full name in your mother tongue". For China students, it is the full Chinese name-this is the only place to fill out the form in Chinese;

3) For the "previous name" item, if you have a previous name, select "Yes", and a box will appear for you to add the name and full name of other names. If not, then choose "No". Then immerse yourself in the next column and continue to fill in.

Step 4: Fill in personal information 2, including: nationality and ID number, American social security number and American taxpayer ID number. It should be noted that for those who apply for a visa for the first time, "American social security number and American taxpayer identification number" are not available yet, so all they need to do is fill in the nationality and ID number.

For other unavailable options, just tick "Not applicable".

Step 5: Fill in the address and telephone number (home address, mailing address, contact telephone number, email address, etc.). ).

Note 1: Whether your "mailing address" and "home address" are consistent. If they are consistent, you can choose Yes, and you don't need to fill in the mailing address. If it is different, you should choose No, so it is very important to fill in the "mailing address" again, because this "mailing address" is the important information that the consulate will use when issuing you a visa and passport after you are signed.

Note 2: When you fill in the first part of your home address, please keep the information in your passport consistent. If your permanent address is not the address on your passport, you need to fill in the "mailing address".

Note 3: Fill in the "telephone contact information" and be sure to fill in the mobile phone number, because no one can guarantee to stay on the landline all the time. How can the visa office keep in touch with you in time without a valid mobile phone number?

Step 6: Personal passport information-passport number, issuing agency, etc.

Passport information can be found in your passport.

It should be noted that the "validity period" of a passport should be at least 6 months. If you don't know the "passport number", you can ask the passport issuing agency and they will tell you.

Besides, you should fill in "Have you ever lost or stolen your passport?" If yes, select "Yes" for backup, and fill in the number and issuing place of your previous passport. This is just a backup. Please fill in this form truthfully, because it will not affect whether your visa will be issued or not.

All the above steps are completed, then the online filing of DS- 160 is completed. After completing the form, you can print a confirmation page.

When printing the confirmation page, there are the following precautions:

1), carefully check whether the information is wrong.

2) If the photo is not displayed normally, or an "X" is displayed, it means that the photo was not uploaded successfully.

What if the upload is unsuccessful?

The requirement of the consulate is: when submitting the confirmation page of DS- 160 form for interview, attach the printed photos that meet the requirements.

If the confirmation page already contains photos, the upload is successful, and there is no need to print another photo.

3) Attach the "Visa Application Fee Receipt"-please paste the visa application fee receipt in the "place where the receipt is pasted" in the lower part of the confirmation page with glue or tape.

4), be sure to pay attention to whether the barcode is displayed. If there is no barcode on your confirmation page, please go back and check the previous contents. A valid confirmation page must display a barcode.

5) For the printed confirmation page, it is also very important to indicate your name code, Chinese name, Chinese home address, company name and address.

Finally, I need to remind you that every time you complete a step, click "Save" to save the uploaded information in time! ! !

Don't worry, fill it out slowly step by step! Hope to adopt