DS- 160 Form: Fill in the details online and download it.
The DS- 160 form is an online non-immigrant visa application for temporary travel to the United States. The DS- 160 form is submitted electronically to the website of the State Council through the Internet.
Consular officials use the information entered on DS- 160 to process visa applications, and combine personal interviews to determine the applicant's non-immigrant visa eligibility.
The website for online filling in the DS 160 form is https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/..
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We provide online Chinese filling service for DS- 160 application form. Please click here to enter if necessary.
Before filling in the DS- 160 form, you must complete:
1. Prepare the personal data needed when filling out the form.
2. Prepare a photo that meets the requirements (electronic version): 5 1mmX5 1mm color photo with white background. View the size requirements of US visa photos.
If you want to use this form now, please click on the link above and follow the following steps:
Step 1: Login page.
(1) On the first page of the form, please select "Chinese" in the language window in the upper right corner. In this way, when you hover over each question in the English table, the table will automatically display the corresponding Chinese translation.
(2) Select the embassy or consulate applying for a visa.
(3) Test photos: When you select the location of the consulate, a link to the test photos will appear. You can choose to upload your own photos first to test whether they meet the photo requirements in the DS- 160 form.
-If your photos meet the upload criteria, you can click "ContinueUsingThisPhoto".
-If your photo doesn't pass, please click "ContinueWithoutAPhoto".
(4) After completing the previous steps, click the "STARTANAPPLICATION" button on the right side of the webpage to start the application.
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If you have applied before, there is an application form filled in before on the computer, or you want to modify the unfinished application form saved after filling in half last time, you can click "Upload" in the middle.
"Apply" button to upload the previous application form.
Step 2: Remember the application number and set security questions.
After entering this page, you need to:
(1) Save your application number.
(2) Set up security questions (be sure to remember)
This function is:
(1) If you want to leave the information in the system and fill it in later, you need to use this application number. When filling out the application form, you need to: fill in your application number and answer security questions.
(2) When applying again in the future, you can use the application number and answer security questions, and call up your information from the system to fill in a new application form.
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(1) If you want to leave the computer for more than 20 minutes, be sure to save it locally. Otherwise, you will lose the information you filled in before.
(2) If the DS- 160 form is not completed within 30 days, it must be saved to the computer, and there will be a save button in each step below.
Step 3: Fill in personal information (name, full Chinese name, previous name, gender, marital status, date and place of birth).
(1) All the information you fill in must be consistent with the information in your passport, so I suggest you take out your passport and compare it at this time.
(2) Item 3 in this table: "Full name"
NativeAlphabet means to fill in your full name in your mother tongue, which is the full name of Chinese for us, as shown in the figure. This is the only place to fill in the form in Chinese.
(3) If you select Yes for the previous name, a box will appear to supplement the names and full names of other names. If "No" is selected, continue to fill in. If your name consists of two Chinese characters, when you answer the question on the form, "Have you ever used another name? (Pre-marital, religious, professional and other aliases, etc. ) ",please select" Yes ". Then enter your last name and first name. There must be a space between the two words of your name. Such as: (last name) XXX
(Name) XXXXXXXX.
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(1) Fill in the DS 160 form and save it while writing. After filling in the information on this page, it is strongly recommended that you save it, as shown in the figure below, and click "Save". After that, you will jump to a page and click Save.
If the ApplicationtoFile is stored locally, a. dat file will be generated. You can save it on your computer, and then you can choose to upload the existing table when you continue to fill it out later.
(2) Click' ContinueApplication' to jump to the page you just finished, and click' ExitApplication' to exit the application page.
Step 4: Fill in personal information 2 (nationality and ID number, American social security number, American taxpayer ID number).
Click "Next Person 2" on the right side of "Save" to continue filling in the form.
(1) For those who apply for a visa for the first time, most of them only need to fill in their nationality and ID number. Other unavailable options should be noted in "Don't Do"
Check the box before "Apply".
(2) You can save' Save Again', or choose Next to continue to fill in the contact address and information.
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You can save "Save" again or select "Next" to continue filling in the contact address and information.
Step 5: Fill in the address and telephone number (home address, mailing address, contact telephone number, email address, etc.). ).
(1) When filling in the first part of the home address, it is recommended to fill in the same information as in the passport. If your permanent address is not the address on your passport, please fill in the following mailing address.
(2) Whether the mailing address and home address are the same. If you choose Yes, you don't need to fill in the mailing address. If you choose No, you need to fill in the mailing address again. This is very important, because this is the information sent by the visa and passport.
(3) When filling in the telephone contact information, it is recommended to fill in the mobile phone information, because there is no guarantee that you will always stay on the landline.
Step 6: Fill in personal passport information (passport number, issuing agency, etc.). )
The information here can be found in your passport.
(1) If you don't know the passport number, you can contact the passport issuing agency.
(2) The last item is to fill in whether you have ever lost or stolen your passport. If yes, select "Yes" to make a backup, and fill in the number and issuing place of your previous passport, and simply make a backup. Be sure to fill it out truthfully, which will not affect your visa issuance.
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(1) Make sure that the passport is valid for more than 6 months.
(2) Click "Save" to save the information on the computer. The next time you apply, you just need to upload the documents to the system, instead of filling them out one by one.
Then fill in the following information step by step according to the prompts:
Step 7: Tourism Information Tourism Information
Step 8: Information environment information of travel company.
Step 9: Previous travel information in the United States, information about past visits to the United States.
Step 10: American contact information for the United States
Step 1 1: Family Information: Relatives Family Information: Relatives
Step 12: Current Work/Education/Training Information Current Work/Education/Training Information
Step 13: Previous Work/Education/Training Information Past Work/Education/Training Information
Step 14: Other Work/Education/Training Information Other Work/Education/Training Information
Step 15: security and background: part I
Step 16: security and background: part 2: security and background: part 2
Step 17: security and background: part 3: security and background: part 3.
Step 18: security and background: part 4 security and background: part 4
Step 19: Security and Background: Part V Security and Background: Part V
Step 20: Upload photos (upload photos)
Step 2 1: Review (check the information filled in before)
Step 22: Sign and Submit (Sign and Submit)
Step 23: Confirm.
At this point, the DS- 160 form has been completed online! Here are the inspection steps.
Step 7: Check the application information.
Click "Travel" on the right side of "Save" to enter the "Travel Information" page.
(1) Please check carefully to make sure all the information is correct, because you will not be able to make any changes after submission.
(2) Click "Print" in the upper right corner to print this page.
Step 8: Submit the application
Click "American Contact" on the right of "Save" to enter the signature submission page. Click "Sign and Submit"
The application will generate your electronic signature to prove that all your answers are true. Then click "OK" to the right of "Save".
Step 9: Print your confirmation letter.
(1) Print the confirmation page. You just need to bring the printed interview confirmation page.
(2)PrintApplication prints a complete form and files it yourself.
(3)EmailConfirmation sends the confirmation page to others by email.
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(1) It is suggested to fill in Chinese full name and corresponding Chinese telegraph code.
(2) Be sure to pay attention to whether there is a bar code. If there is no barcode on your confirmation page, please go back and check the previous contents. In short, the printed confirmation page must display the barcode, otherwise it will be invalid.
(3) Photo: If the photo is not displayed normally, or an "X" is displayed, it means that the photo was not uploaded successfully. What shall we do? Don't panic, just bring a photo that meets the specifications when interviewing.
The full text is reproduced from the website of American Visa Center.