If you have a form I-20, be sure to fill in pages 2 and 5, sign page 2, and check that your date of expected arrival is still current before you take it to your interview. This is the form that you received from your university or your sponsoring agency confirming acceptance into their programs. The following additional materials are also required. It needs to be completed fully in English and signed with your name as it appears on your passport and other official English-language documents. government form that you currently need to fill out to apply for a visa is the DS-160. You can find current links to these consular Web sites and more information on the visa process by visiting What should I bring with me when I go for my visa interview? However, procedures vary for different consular offices so you need to contact them for exact information. You will use the information you receive after completing the DS-160 to make an appointment for a visa interview, and then bring a print out of the completed visa application form and supporting materials with you to that interview. (Many Amideast offices can provide assistance completing the DS-160 should you need such help.) Then fill out the online DS-160 visa application, pay application fees. You will need to go to that embassy's Web site to get their specific requirements. embassy or consulate in their home country or country of residence. Normally students apply for visas at the U.S. Where should I go to apply for a visa? What is the process? consulate or embassy will hold your visa and issue it to you once you have reached the 120 day date. If you complete the visa process more than 120 days before your program the U.S. visa regulations, visas cannot be issued more than 120 days before whatever program start date is indicated on your form I-20 or DS-2019-however, you will want to apply for your visa as soon as you have your I-20 or DS-2019. (If you are a sponsored student, you should receive the DS-2019 from your sponsoring agency showing that you are participating in their program instead of an I-20 from your university, and the DS-2019 is the form that you should use in applying.) Generally, this means as soon as you have decided which school you want to attend and have received the official I-20 form indicating academic acceptance at that institution. You will want to apply as soon as you can.
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