The US Embassy in Dhaka resumed accepting applications to renew certain classifications of different types of non-immigrant visa from Sunday.
Qualified applicants need to log in and/or update their respective profiles online at www.ustraveldocs.com/bd.
Then they need to submit the application packet after paying associated visa fees at the designated offsite service provider at https://bd.usembassy.gov/important-notice-regarding-changes-visa-ollection-center, according to an embassy statement.
The embassy will process applications that are qualified for interview-waiver renewal of visa under F, J, M, O, Q or C1/D categories.
The interview-waiver checklist is available at https://bd.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites /70/2017/01/drop-box-checklist-revised-13117.pdf, it noted.
To qualify for renewal, an application must suit the same classification of visa and be made within 24 months of the expiry date of the old visa.
After the embassy receives an application, the reviewing consular officer may determine that an applicant will require an in-person interview.
These applicants will have to schedule an interview when regular visa services resume.
Visa application fee is valid and may be used to schedule an interview appointment in the country where it was purchased within one year of the date of payment.
Applicants with an urgent issue and intending to travel immediately can contact at this email address at [email protected].
Applicants for H1B, L1 and certain J categories and their dependents covered by the Presidential Proclamation 10052 can request an appointment.
But the authorities should have reasons to believe they qualify for one of the exceptions listed in the Proclamation https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspending-entry-aliens-present-risk-u-s-labor-market-following-coronavirus-outbreak.
According to the statement, the US embassy is accepting applications to renew the following visa classifications:
C1/D is for transit/ship crew. F1 is for students wishing to renew visa, but only applies to those who continuing in the same field of study at the same institution.
It is not for students who are beginning their study in the US and/or are changing academic programmes or who need an interview for any reason.
F2 is for spouses and/or unmarried children under the age of 21 of continuing F1 students.
J is for exchange visitor visa (does not include aliens participating in an intern, trainee, teacher, camp counsellor, au pair, or summer work travel program per Presidential Proclamation 10014).
M is for students (vocational), O for foreign nationals with extraordinary ability in science, arts, education, business, or athletics and Q for exchange visitors (international cultural).
The embassy is not yet processing applications for B1/B2 visa but will make an announcement soon.
Aspirants can visit the embassy's website and social media platforms for updates, the statement concluded.
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