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Interview Waiver U.S. Visa | Apply for a non-immigrant visa without an interview (Do you qualify?) - YouTube
Channel: Maneesha Mukhi
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If you're applying for a non-immigrant visa聽
from abroad, then this video is for you.聽聽
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The Department of Homeland Security recently聽
expanded the ability of consular officers abroad聽聽
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to waive the in-person interview requirement for聽
certain types of non-immigrant visas if you've聽聽
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already held that classification before.
What does that mean? It means that聽聽
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if you have any of these types of non-immigrant聽
visas, and I'll get into which ones, and it聽聽
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expired in the last 48 months, then you can renew聽
it if you're eligible based on certain conditions聽聽
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without going to a biometrics appointment or聽
an in-person interview. In today's video, I'm聽聽
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going to talk about who qualifies, how you can do聽
this and I'll mostly be on my screen and I'll walk聽聽
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through some of the details. Let's dive right in聽
and be sure to subscribe to our channel so you聽聽
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don't miss updates like this in the future.
Okay, so here you see the announcement from聽聽
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the state department, which talks about聽
the expanded ability of consular officers to聽聽
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waive the in-person interview requirement for聽
individuals applying for a non-immigrant visa聽聽
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and the classification that they've already聽
held before. An example of this would be,聽聽
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you've had a B-1 visa and it's expired sometime聽
in the last 48 months and you'd now like to聽聽
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get another one. You may qualify for this,聽
and I'll get into the details in a second.聽
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This policy is in effect聽
until December 31st, 2021.聽聽
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I'm actually going to take an example of a U.S.聽
Consulate and Embassy abroad. I'm going to go to聽聽
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India because I've been getting a lot of questions聽
from Indian nationals, and let's just take a look聽聽
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at an example. Then I would encourage you to聽
do the same and go on the U.S. Embassy and聽聽
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Consulate website of the country that you are聽
in and trying to get a non-immigrant visa in.聽
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Again, if you're trying to apply for a聽
non-immigrant visa, like B-1 or B-2 but you've聽聽
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never ever had one before, this interview waiver聽
is not for you. Now let's take a look here. The聽聽
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U.S. Embassy in New Delhi is currently processing聽
all visa categories, including student visas,聽聽
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H1-B, H-4, L-1, L-2, C1/D, B1/B2 visas. And聽
now because their capacity is limited, they're聽聽
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trying to take some appointments off their plate聽
and they have introduced Drop Box applications.聽聽
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As you can see here, they're accepting Drop Box聽
applications for renewals of non-immigrant visas聽聽
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up to 48 months after expiration. And聽
they've listed all their drop-off locations.聽
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Now, I want to take a look at this next page,聽
where they actually talk about who qualifies for聽聽
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this interview waiver. They have a checklist聽
here and I will paste all these links in the聽聽
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description below so you can check. If you can聽
answer yes to all of these questions or statements聽聽
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on this checklist, then you likely qualify. I'm聽
just going to go through some of them and then聽聽
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you guys can read the rest of these in your own聽
time and just make sure that you really qualify.聽
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If you have any question that perhaps maybe聽
you don't qualify for one of them, I would email聽聽
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the embassy and ask if you could potentially聽
still qualify for the waiver. You don't know聽聽
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until you ask. Let's just quickly go through the聽
criteria. If you are below the ages of 14 and 80,聽聽
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you've had a previous use visa in the same聽
class as the visa for which you wish to apply.聽聽
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Your most recent visa was issued in India. It聽
was issued after January 1, 2008. You've never聽聽
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had refusals for visa in any class after your聽
most recent visa issuance. If you are applying聽聽
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for an H or L or R visa, your prior visa in the聽
same class is still valid or expired within the聽聽
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last 12 months. Whereas for everybody else it's聽
48 months, for the H, R, L, it is last 12 months.聽
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Okay, and then if you have a child below 14 years聽
of age and/or if you're over 80 years of age,聽聽
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then you may also qualify even if you don't have聽
some of those other criteria. Then they actually聽聽
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walk you through the step-by-step how to apply.聽
The visa application, it's the same. It's still聽聽
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DS-160 form. You then register an account and聽
they link to the webpage where they want you聽聽
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to do that. You pay the visa application fee.
Then if you qualify for an interview waiver,聽聽
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you will be able to select the post that聽
will process your renewal application and聽聽
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then they'll give you a date on which you can go聽
and submit or drop off your application. They're聽聽
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pretty clear instructions and they tell you聽
exactly what to do and what time to drop it off.聽
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Then it says you will receive a decision聽
on your case within seven to 10 business聽聽
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days of when your documents are submitted. If聽
they're actually sticking to this timeline,聽聽
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that's pretty good. And it says, "If additional聽
information is needed to complete processing of聽聽
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your case, you'll be informed by email.聽
And if your application is approved,聽聽
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your passport and visa will be delivered for聽
pickup to your selected document collection center聽聽
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that you have already specified聽
when you scheduled your drop-off."聽
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That was a quick overview of the聽
non-immigrant visa interview waiver process.聽聽
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