General Information

Visa Application Form

DS-156 Nonimmigrant Visa Application All applicants applying for a U.S. nonimmigrant visa must complete the DS-156 application form.

On Line Electronic DS-156
The online DS-156 form contains a bar code, which will allow us to electronically transfer data.  Once the application form is completed online, it must be printed, and then submitted at the time of the visa interview. Click here to download the online DS-156 from the State Department website.

For now, DS-157 and DS-158 application forms are still non-electronic and cannot be filled out online.  They can be downloaded from this page and you can type your answers into the forms and print them out.

DS-157 Supplemental Nonimmigrant Visa Application
All applicants 16 years of age and older must complete the DS-157 application form, which is one page. Click here to download the DS-157 form, type your answers in the space provided below each item and print out the completed form. You don’t need to fill out a Chinese DS-157, but if you need its Chinese translation to help understand the English form, click here. (Note: When filling out Item 3 “Full Name (In Native Alphabet)”, Chinese applicants should write down their full name in Chinese characters.  Chinese applicants must also fill out items 5, 6, 7, 12 & 17 in Chinese characters.)

DS-158 Contact Information and Work History for Nonimmigrant Visa Applicant
All Chinese applicants applying for F (Student), J (Exchange) and M (Non-academic Student) visas, and their dependents (F-2, J-2, M-2), must complete the DS-158 application form, which is two pages. Click here to download the DS-158 form, type your answers in the space provided below each item and print out the completed form.  You don’t need to fill out a Chinese DS-158, but if you need its Chinese translation to help understand the English form, click here.

You can also obtain paper copy visa application forms free of charge at the participating branches of the CITIC Bank in China when you go there to pay the visa application fee and fill out the forms manually.

For other U.S. visa applications forms like DS-156E, DS-156K or DS-2013, etc., please click here.