What to Bring to Your O-1 Visa Interview? Here are the documents you’ll need…
What to Bring to Your O-1 Visa Interview?
Here are the documents you’ll need for your O1 visa interview at the US consulate or embassy:
Your DS-160 application’s printed confirmation page,
your letter of appointment for the interview,
a valid passport that is valid for at least 6 months after your planned stay in the United States,
a photograph must be taken,
the USCIS’s Approval Notice for Form I-797 and the printed fee for the Machine Readable Visa (MRV).
How much does the O-3 Visa cost?
The fee for applying for an O-3 visa is $190.
To continue with your application and have it processed further, you must pay this fee and show the proof at your Visa interview at the consulate/embassy.
What is a O-1, O-2, O-3 Visa?
The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for individuals with exceptional skill in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who have an established record of great performance in the motion picture or television sector that has been recognized nationally or internationally.
The O-2 Visa is for Individuals who will accompany an O-1 artist or athlete to help with a specific event or performance and the O-3 Visa which includes spouses and children of O-1 and O-2 visa holders
To qualify for an O-2 visa, you must demonstrate that you are an essential component of the O-1 principal’s real performance and that you have vital skills and expertise that are not of a generic character and cannot be done by others.
How long is the O-1 Visa valid for?
During the first application, these visas are usually issued for up to three years.
As long as the visa holder is employed in the United States, the visa can be renewed nearly indefinitely for periods of up to one year. Employers can pay a $2,500 premium processing charge to have USCIS approve, refuse, or issue an RFE within 15 calendar days after filing an O-1 petition.
Aside from that, an O-1 visa takes two to three months to process.
How can I transition from another nonimmigrant status to O-2 status in the United States?
If you qualify as an O-2 foreign national and are currently in the United States, you can alter your nonimmigrant status to O-2.
If you entered the United States without being inspected or if you have overstayed your allotted period of entrance under your current status, this option is not accessible.
The documents needed for a O-3 Visa are:
Your valid passport,
a photograph,
the Form DS-160 confirmation page,
proof of paid fees,
interview confirmation letter,
the O-1 or O-2 visa holder’s Form I-797,
the O-1 or O-2 visa holder’s copy of passport,
Proof of your relationship with the O-1 or O-2 visa holder;
If you are the spouse, then you need a valid marriage certificate and for children, you need a valid birth certificate.
How many O-3 Visa applications have been accepted?
Many Non-immigrant O-3 Visas have been granted in recent years!
The number of applicants started gradually increasing each year, as interest went up, but then they started going down drastically because of the current situation but in the future it should go back to its natural increase.
