K-Visa Application Checklist printable pdf download

Consulate General of the United States of America

Immigrant Visa Unit, Gießener Straße 30, 60435 Frankfurt am Main

Immigrant / Fiancé(e) & K Visa Application Checklist

This office has received an approved visa petition on your behalf. Please follow these instructions to prepare for your interview. Failure

to follow the instructions and/or provide required documents could result in significant processing delays.

Obtain the documents listed below that are applicable to your case (even if they were previously submitted to USCIS or NVC). Once you

have assembled all documents pertaining to your case, please send them to us by regular mail. All documents not in English or German

must be accompanied by an English translation. Translations must be certified by a competent and registered translator. Do not

separate original and the copy. Please complete page 3 of this checklist and place it on top of your pile of documents. (NOTE: - Your

original documents will be returned to you at the time of the formal visa interview with the consular officer.)

Immigrant Visa Applicants: Complete the DS-260 “Immigrant Visa Electronic Application Form” for each applicant (spouse, children,

etc.). The DS-260 is available at:

https://ceac.state.gov/iv/default.aspx

and print the confirmation page with barcode.

***If you do not have an invoice number, you should provide your case number (normally beginning with FRN) and your date of birth

(in the format YYYMMDD) in place of the invoice number. Fiancé(e) and (K) Visa Applicants: Complete the DS-160 “Nonimmigrant

Visa Application Form” online for each applicant at

https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/

and print the confirmation page. IMPORTANT,

please select “Frankfurt” as the processing post.

DOCUMENT DELIVERY ADDRESS: Prior to your interview, you must provide an address where you want your visa package to be

delivered after issuance. Our Visa Service Provider will arrange that the visa package be delivered by the Deutsche Post free of charge.

In order to prepare this, please visit

to register and create ONE profile only. You will need your Immigrant

Case Number (FRN#) to register and enter your document delivery address. Do not enter a P.O Box, APO, DPO, or a non-German

CIVILIAN Address although the registration screen may allow you to do so. The Deutsche Post cannot deliver inside U.S. bases; U.S.

military applicants must provide a civilian address in Germany. Please ensure that the visa recipient’s name (or the care/of name)

matches the name on the mail box.

Please remember to include a copy of your registration confirmation page with the other

Note: Fiancé and K visa applicants need to submit their

documents that you send to the Consulate before your interview.

appointment confirmation at the time of the visa interview instead of the registration confirmation. Further information on

document delivery is available at

FEES: Immigrant Visa Applicants must be prepared to pay the visa fee on the appointment date. For detailed information about

immigrant visa fees please see our website https://de.usembassy.gov/visas/family-immigration/fees/. K Visa applicants must pay the

application fee in the local currency equivalent. In order to pay the fee, you must create a profile with our Visa Service Provider:

Information on fee payment process is available

visafeeinfo.asp.

You will not be able to schedule your appointment without payment of the online fee.

PASSPORT (photocopy of biographic page ONLY): The passport must be valid for travel to the United States and have at least 6

months validity beyond the issuance date of the visa. Children must have their own individual passports. Do not mail in your original

passport unless specifically requested to do so!

BIRTH CERTIFICATE (original & one copy): An original or certified extract of a birth registration entry for each applicant. Birth

records must be presented for all unmarried non-U.S. citizen children under age 21, even if they do not wish to immigrate at this time.

The date and place of birth and parent(s) name(s) must be shown on the birth certificate. If you or any of your children were adopted,

you must also submit a certified copy of the final adoption decree.

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE & DEATH CERTIFICATE (original & one copy): Married persons are required to present a marriage certificate.

Proof of the termination of any previous marriage must also be provided (e.g. death certificate of spouse; final divorce decree or

annulment).

POLICE CERTIFICATE (original & one copy): Each applicant aged 16 years or older must present a police certificate, if obtainable,

from his/her country of current residence and country of nationality (if the applicant resided there for more than six months). Police

certificates are required from countries of previous residence, if residence there was for more than one year. The certificate from your

current country of residence must be of recent date (not older than 12 months) when presented to the consular officer. Further

FRN-IV-11

5/2016

K-Visa Application Checklist

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