Web-based US visa form soon

29 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Dhaka

The US Embassy in Dhaka will soon introduce a completely web-based Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) application form. The new DS-160 NIV application takes advantage of new technology to serve visa applicants better, said a US Embassy press release yesterday. The new DS-160 replaces all existing NIV application forms with a single interactive online form. Available now, applicants will be required to submit NIV applications using the DS-160 with effect from May 15. Applicants will continue to complete visa application forms online, as they did with the Electronic Visa Application Form (EVAF). The new DS-160 is available at: . With the new form, each applicant will be required to upload a visa photograph, and submit the form via the internet. Instead of bringing multiple forms to his or her interview, some electronic and some handwritten, applicants using the DS-160 will now need only the printout of confirmation page, said the release. The form is currently available in English, but a Bangla version of the form will be available soon.