Visas can be a pain for any traveler. It involves tons of paperwork, large expenses and can even cause delays to your trip. Those of us with weak passports can relate to this very well. It's not all doom and gloom. Holding certain visas can be highly beneficial to you, such as a US visa. There are a number of benefits of US visa, which I will cover in this article. There are different types of US visas but I will focus on the B1/B2 visa in this article. The US B1/B2 visa is a non-immigrant … [Read more...]

The US visa appointments are very limited these days. Oftentimes, you don’t see any available appointments at all. Even if there are any, they are taken in a blink of an eye.  Checking for availability 24/7 is very much necessary. But if you check for them too often, the system will prompt you with the following message.  "You are approaching the maximum number of times you may view this page. Please complete your transaction at this time." It's already frustrating with … [Read more...]

With the limited availability of US visa appointments, it’s already a pain to find an appointment for your visa interview. You have to check for available appointments several times a day, even at odd hours such as late nights or early mornings. And, on top of that, it’s quite frustrating if your US visa account is frozen for 72 hours for suspicious activity.  When your CGI account is frozen, you are often presented with the following error message. "Your account has been frozen for … [Read more...]

The full name in native alphabet is a field that appears on the DS-160 form. DS-160 form is an online visa application form for non-immigrant US visas such as B1/B2, H1, L1, etc.  The full name in native alphabet field in DS-160 form should be filled out, as the name suggests, in your native language. This involves using any special characters or accents that your name might include. This field needs to be filled out after you have filled out your surnames and given names … [Read more...]