Personal Information - Part 1
Surnames
Enter all surnames as listed in your passport. If only one name is listed in your passport, enter that Surname.
Given Names
If your passport does not include a given name, please enter 'FNU' in Given Names.
Full Name in Native Alphabet
If your passport does not include a given name, please enter 'FNU' in Given Names.
Other Names
Other names used include your maiden name, religious name, professional name, or any other names which you are known by or have been known by in the past.
Telecode
Telecodes are 4 digit code numbers that represent characters in some non-Roman alphabet names.
Sex
Please select MALE or FEMALE
Date of Birth
If day or month is unknown, enter as shown in passport.
Country/Region
Select the name that is currently in use for the place where you were born.
Personal Information - Part 2
Permanent Resident
Permanent resident means any individual who has been legally granted by a country/region permission to live and work without time limitation in that country/region.
Identification Numbers
Your National ID Number is a unique number that your government provides. The U.S. Government provides unique numbers to those who seek employment (Social Security Number) or pay taxes (Taxpayer ID).
Purpose of Visa
Travel Plans
If you are unsure of your Date of Arrival in U.S. or Date of Departure from U.S., please provide an estimate.
Payer Address
Provide the street address, apartment number (if applicable), city, state or province, country, and postal zone (if applicable) of the person or organization that is paying for your travel.
Travel Companions
Traveling with Others
You should answer Yes to this question if you are traveling with family, as part of an organized tour, or as part of a performing group or athletic team. You do not need to list individuals who are traveling with you for the purposes of employment with the same employer.
Previous U.S. Travel History
Previous U.S. Visits
If you are unsure about when you visited the U.S., please provide a best estimate.
Address and Phone Details
Mailing Address
If your mailing address is different from your home address, please provide your mailing address.
Phone
You must provide a primary phone number. The primary phone number should be the phone number at which you are most likely to be reached; this could be a land line or a cellular/mobile number. If you have an additional land line or a cellular/mobile number please list that as your secondary phone number.
Email Address
You must provide an email address. The email address you provide will be used for correspondence purposes. Provide an email address that is secure and to which you have reasonable access.
Passport Information
Passport/Travel Document Number
Enter the information on the travel document you will be using when traveling to the U.S. Your travel document should be a valid, unexpired passport or other valid, unexpired documentation that is sufficient to establish your identity and nationality.
Passport Book Number
The Passport Book Number is commonly called the inventory control number. You may or may not have a Passport Book Number on your passport. The location of the Passport Book Number on your passport may vary depending on the country that issued your passport. Please contact your passport issuing authority if you are unable to determine whether or not your passport contains a Passport Book Number.
Expiration Date
In most cases your passport/Travel Document must have at least six months of validity beyond the date of your visa application and/or your arrival in the United States.
US Contact Information
Contact Person or Organization in the United States
Your U.S. Point of Contact can be any individual in the U.S. who knows you and can verify, if necessary, your identity. If you do not personally know anyone in the U.S., you may enter the name of the store, company, or organization you plan to visit during your trip.
Contact Person
Organization Name
Family Information
Immediate Relatives
Means fiancé/fiancée, spouse (husband/wife), child (son/daughter), or sibling (brother/sister).
Spouse Information
Current Occupation
Previous Occupation
Level of Education
You must answer Yes to this question if you have ever attended, for any length of time, a high school/secondary school (or its equivalent in your country) or college, university, graduate school, a doctoral program, or a vocational program.
Additional Occupation Details
Enter only one language per field. To add more languages, use the Add Another button below — do not list several languages in the same field.
Security Background - Part 1
Security Background - Part 2
Security Background - Part 3
Security Background - Part 4
Security Background - Part 5
E-Visa: Business Profile
The U.S. Enterprise
This whole section is about the business in the United States that your E visa is based on: the company you have invested in (E-2) or that carries on the trade (E-1). Give its full legal name as registered in the U.S., not the name of your employer or parent company abroad.
Type of Business Enterprise
Corporation covers incorporated companies, including LLCs. Choose Subsidiary if the U.S. business is owned by a company abroad, and Branch/Liaison Office if it is an office of the foreign company itself rather than a separate U.S. company. Privately Owned is a sole proprietorship. Joint Venture is a business owned jointly by two or more companies.
Date Established or Incorporated
The date on the certificate of incorporation, articles of organization or business registration in the United States. For a branch office, use the date it registered to do business in the state.
Fax number
The DS-160 requires a fax number for every office. If the office has none, enter its telephone number again.
Nature of the Business
What the U.S. business does, as a set of categories. Answer Yes to each one that applies. A restaurant is Retail Sales and Services; a company shipping goods between the U.S. and your country is Exports from U.S. and/or Imports to U.S.; a consultancy or software firm is Services/Technology. If none fit, answer Yes to Other and describe it. At least one must be Yes.
Description of the Business
A few sentences on what the business sells or does, who its customers are and how it operates day to day. The consular officer uses this to confirm the enterprise is real and active, so be specific: products, services, location, number of staff.
E-Visa: Foreign Parent Business
Foreign Parent Business
A parent business is a company outside the United States that owns the U.S. enterprise, usually a majority of it. If you own the U.S. business personally, or together with other individuals rather than through a company, answer No.
Fax number
The DS-160 requires a fax number here. If the business has none, enter its telephone number again.
Foreign Entities
Companies, partnerships or other organisations outside the United States that own part of the U.S. business. List each one with its share. People who own part of the business go in the next question, not here.
Percent of Ownership
The share of the U.S. business this entity holds, as a number from 0 to 100. For an E visa, nationals of your treaty country must together own at least 50 percent of the business.
Foreign Individual Owners
People, not companies, who own part of the U.S. business and are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. If you are the investor or trader, include yourself. Together, the owners you list here and the entities above should account for the whole business.
E-Visa: Investment
Type of Investment
Choose how the investment was made. Creation of a New Business means you started the business yourself; you will be asked what it cost to set up. Purchase of an Existing Business means you bought a business that already existed; you will be asked the purchase price. Continuation of an Existing Business means the business you invested in is carrying on, for example when renewing an E visa; you will be asked its current fair market value. Choose Does Not Apply only if you are an employee of the enterprise rather than an investor.
Investment from Abroad
Money and assets brought into the United States from outside the country to fund the business in the most recent year, split by what they paid for. Initial Investment is the amount put in when the business was set up or bought; Total Cumulative Investment is everything invested to date, including that initial amount. Answer No only if no funds came from abroad.
Investment amounts
All amounts in whole U.S. dollars. The DS-160 requires every box to be filled in, so enter 0 where there was no investment of that kind.
Source of Investment Capital
Where the invested money came from, and the evidence that it is yours and has been committed to the business. Consular officers expect an E-2 investor to be able to show this, so answer Yes and describe your documentation unless you are an employee of the enterprise rather than an investor.
Source of Investment
Personal Funds are your own savings or the proceeds of selling property. Corporate Funds come from a company, typically the foreign parent. Loans are borrowed money; for an E-2 the loan must be secured on your own assets, not on the U.S. business. Choose Other for inheritances, gifts or a mix, and explain.
Where the Funds Are From
The country the money was in before it was invested. Treaty Country is the country whose nationality qualifies you for the E visa. Domestic means the funds were already in the United States. Third Countries means anywhere else.
Documentation
The evidence you will bring to the interview showing the money reached the U.S. business: wire transfer records, bank statements of the business and of yourself, or a promissory note for a loan. Answer Yes to each kind you have; at least one is required.
E-Visa: U.S. Personnel (1/2)
U.S. Personnel Head Count
This page counts everyone the U.S. business employs, for the current year and your best estimate for next year. Say first whether your counts follow the company's fiscal year or the calendar year. The staff are then split by nationality into three groups, and within each group by role: Managerial/Executive for directors and managers, Specialized/Essential for staff with skills essential to the business, and All Other Employees for the rest. Every box needs a number, so enter 0 where there is nobody.
Nationals of the Treaty Country
Employees who share your treaty nationality and work in the United States on an E, H or L visa. Include yourself if you already work at the U.S. business on one of those visas.
U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
Employees who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders). Consular officers look at whether the business employs U.S. workers, so count them carefully.
Third Country Nationals
Employees who are neither treaty-country nationals on E, H or L visas nor U.S. citizens or permanent residents, for example staff from other countries on other visas.
E-Visa: U.S. Personnel (2/2)
U.S. Status of Personnel
How this person is allowed to work in the United States. Nonimmigrant Visa Holder means they hold a visa such as E, H or L; you will then be asked which one and when it was issued. Lawful Permanent Resident means a green card holder; you will be asked for their A-Number. Choose Other for someone whose status is pending or unknown, or who is not yet in the United States, and explain.
U.S. Status of Personnel
How this person is allowed to work in the United States. Nonimmigrant Visa Holder means they hold a visa such as E, H or L; you will then be asked which one and when it was issued. Lawful Permanent Resident means a green card holder; you will be asked for their A-Number. Choose Other for someone whose status is pending or unknown, or who is not yet in the United States, and explain.
Type of Visa Issued
The visa class printed on the person's current U.S. visa, for example TREATY INVESTOR (E2) or INTRACOMPANY TRANSFEREE (L1). The list is CEAC's own and includes every class ever issued.
U.S. Status of Personnel
How this person is allowed to work in the United States. Nonimmigrant Visa Holder means they hold a visa such as E, H or L; you will then be asked which one and when it was issued. Lawful Permanent Resident means a green card holder; you will be asked for their A-Number. Choose Other for someone whose status is pending or unknown, or who is not yet in the United States, and explain.
Type of Visa Issued
The visa class printed on the person's current U.S. visa, for example TREATY INVESTOR (E2) or INTRACOMPANY TRANSFEREE (L1). The list is CEAC's own and includes every class ever issued.
E-Visa: Applicant Present Position
Type of Applicant
Your relationship to the enterprise. Principal/Owner/Investor/Trader is the person who made the investment or carries on the trade. Executive, Manager, Supervisor and Specialist are for employees of the treaty enterprise coming to work in the United States in that role. Choose Other if none of these fit, and explain.
Present Position and Duties
The job you hold now, in detail: your title, what you are responsible for, who reports to you and who you report to. If you run your own company abroad, describe your role in it. This shows the consular officer that you are qualified for the position in the United States.
Present Employer
The business you work for now, normally outside the United States. If you are self-employed or own the company, give the company's name and address. Years with Present Employer is a whole number of years.
Highest Level of Education
Your highest qualification: the school or university, the degree or diploma (for example BACHELOR OF SCIENCE or HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA), the field of study, and the year you completed it. All four are required, so for a school-leaving qualification put the diploma as the degree and the main subject as the major.
Other Relevant Education
Any other qualifications that support your role in the U.S. business: professional certifications, trade licences, industry training or courses. Answer No if there is nothing beyond your highest qualification above.
E-Visa: Applicant Position in U.S.
Your Position in the United States
The job you will hold at the U.S. enterprise. For an investor or trader this is usually the owner, president or managing director; for an employee it is the executive, managerial or specialist role you are being sent to fill.
Duties
What you will actually do in that position: the decisions you make, the areas you direct, the staff you supervise or the specialised work you perform. Be concrete; this is how the officer judges that the role is executive, managerial or essential.
Immediate Subordinates
People at the U.S. business who will report directly to you. Give their names. If the business has no staff yet, or nobody will report to you, answer No.
Annual U.S. Salary and Benefits
What the U.S. business will pay you each year, in whole U.S. dollars. Salary is your base pay. Allowances/Benefits is the yearly value of anything else you receive, such as housing, a car or health insurance; enter 0 if there is nothing. An owner who draws no salary yet should still give a realistic figure the business plans to pay.
Replacing a Worker
Answer Yes if you are taking over a position currently held by someone in the United States, for example replacing a manager whose E or L visa is ending. You will be asked for that person's name and the visa they hold. For a new position, or if you are the investor setting up the business, answer No.
E-Visa: Application Contact
Responsible Officer
The person at the U.S. enterprise who is answerable for this application, normally the owner, president or chief executive. If you are the investor running the business, this can be you.
Application Contact
Who the U.S. embassy or consulate should contact with questions about the application: often the company's immigration attorney, or its office manager or HR contact. The address may be inside or outside the United States. Choose Does Not Apply for fax or email if the contact has none.
E-Visa: U.S. Employer
Where You Intend to Work
The U.S. business you will work for. For an investor or trader this is your own enterprise, the same business described in the E-Visa section; give its main U.S. address and phone number.
E-Visa Company Registration Number
Some U.S. embassies and consulates keep a register of treaty enterprises and give each company a registration number once its first E visa is approved. Enter it if the company has one. A new business, or one applying for its first E visa, will not have a number: choose Does Not Apply.
Preparer of Application
Preparer of Application
If someone other than you completed this application, provide their details here. You must still electronically sign the application yourself.