The panacea, a little bit of trouble, how to get a US visa?
Why the US Visa?
As the US visa provides convenience in entering many countries or obtaining visas, it is suitable for people who travel frequently. It is very useful to have it in your passport.. Of course, the relations of the destination country with the USA also play a role in this matter.. For example, Mexico does not require a visa from those who have a valid US or Schengen visa.. That’s why I applied.
Application Process and Application Form
The basis of getting a visa is filling out the application form correctly and completely.. Filling the application form online at https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/. An important point to note is that you need to fill in the application form for the city from which you will apply.. In other words, if you fill out the form for Istanbul and then go to Ankara with that form, you will not be able to enter the consulate.. The form must be filled online.. Forms that are printed out and filled in manually are not accepted.. It is useful to save the form as soon as it is filled and write the number of the form on the side.. Because the system gives a timeout error at 2-3 minute intervals and throws it from the form screen.. Therefore, when filling out the form, it will be easier to register as soon as you can.
Questions to Take Care of
Contact Information: In response to the question of who are you going to in America, you can show your family or a friend, or you can show a friend I know. you can say no one. Since it is not possible to skip this part of the form without completing it, I wrote a hostel address in the contact information section and the name of the hostel in the name section.. Discussions about whether giving a familiar name can be beneficial or harmful are intense.. Since my personal preference is to write the real thing, I chose to provide hostel information.
Are you a terrorist: There are interesting questions one after the other in one part of the form.. These are questions that vary, such as do you intend to participate in a terrorist act, have you engaged in human trafficking?. Since there are very strange questions in a row, it is necessary to carefully read and answer all of them.. The questions are so many that people get bored and mark all of them as yes or no, but do not be complacent to get your visa guaranteed.
Salary information: You can enter your income information a little above the truth, but you need to be able to show it approximately when you are asked to document it.. In other words, if you write that you have a monthly income of 10000 TL with a salary of 1500 TL, you will lose your credibility when you show the breakdown of your account activities.
Photo
Although you can upload the photo online and apply, take the printed version of the photo at the time of application. need. For this reason, it will be convenient to ask the photographer for both the digital and himself.. Don’t forget to tell the photographer that you are going to apply for a visa to the USA, the background must be white and the photo size must be 5x5cm.. All the details of the photo can be found at this link http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/photos/photos.html.
Confirming the Form
After completing the form completely Coming to the confirmation page. It is important to read and check the entirety before confirming.. I found 3 different errors in my own form. After correcting, I rechecked and approved the form from start to finish.. It is not possible to make changes after approval.. Therefore, review it carefully and note down the number written after approval.. The next steps will be made with this number.
Making an Appointment
You are requesting an appointment for your non-immigrant visa at https://ais.usvisa-info.com/tr-tr/niv. First of all, after creating an account, you can pay with your visa application number and make an appointment.. There are two options in the payment area, one is payment in TL and the other is payment in USD.. Considering the current exchange rate, paying in dollars is a much more logical option because there is a difference of 50 TL.. (Thanks to Routeless Traveler for the tip) I filled out my form for Istanbul, but when making an appointment, Ankara made an appointment 1 week before Istanbul, so I made the mistake that should not be made and made an appointment for Ankara.. It is not possible to apply from Ankara with the Istanbul form.. I called the consulate. They asked me to fill out a form again for Ankara and call them again.. The officer on the phone canceled the Istanbul form and changed my appointment for the Ankara form.. Since the paid fee is an appointment fee, the form or date can be changed up to 3 days in advance.. After getting the appointment, the job is to collect the necessary documents and go to the interview.
Required Documents
A valid passport suitable for travel to the USA. The passport must be valid for at least six months after the end of the stay in the USA
Passport with the most recent US visa issued
Confirmation page of the DS-160 Non-Immigrant Visa Application Form.
Confirmation and Instructions page printed from the website.
One 5 x 5 cm color passport photo taken within the last 6 months. Additional details on Department of State photography rules can be found at:
Original marriage certificate (spouse) and/or birth certificate (unmarried under 21 years old) of accompanying family members, as applicable, unless traveling to the United States for any other purpose. children) should be presented.
And supporting documents
Supporting documentation is an open-ended concept. Therefore, when obtaining a Schengen visa, collect all the documents you have collected and take with you whatever you think will be useful.. These can be plane tickets, title deeds, documents documenting your account activities or business cards.
Interview
9.30 for my appointment at 9.10. i was in front of the consulate and i got to the end of a long queue. They never take bags inside.. Apart from documents and passport, you can take a car key and wallet with you.. You can leave your bags at the counter on the opposite side for a certain fee.. After a long and endless queue, I went inside after about an hour.. On the way in, the security guard rubbed the paper against my body and my belongings, probably to spoil something magnetic.. As a woman, it is easier to wear tight and body-fitting clothes to pass through the call point comfortably.
When you enter, the officer who gives the queue number asks if you want to conduct the interview in Turkish or English.. I preferred English in order to gain both time and sympathy.. I think all the staff speak both Turkish and English.. After receiving the queue number, you sit with all the chairs turned in the opposite direction of the interviewers and wait for your turn to come.. First your fingerprints are taken and then you are directed to a random officer.. (It was 11.15 when my fingerprint was taken.. 11.40)
The dialogue between me and the officer is as follows….
-Hello
-Hi (putting on my sweetest self)
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-Where will you go in America?
-California, but first I will go to Cancun, Mexico, from there I will go up and return from California to Turkey.
-America Have you been to Turkey before?
-No
-Have you been abroad before?
-Yes
-Which countries have you been to? ?
-India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand…..
-Enough, thanks… Do you have family members living in America?
-No
-Are you married?
-I’m single
-What do you do?
-I’m a computing analyst, I work in a home office but besides that I also have a travel blog.. That’s why I’m traveling. (it is useful to compress additional information)
-How long do you plan to stay in America?
-(Hop man back to the beginning. Probably doing a consistency check. ) I can stay for 1 or 2 weeks. I am not sure. I’ll be back when I find the cheapest flight. Flights from America to Turkey are cheaper than to Mexico.
-Are you freelancing or working with a company?
-Depending on the company
– What is the company name?
-(hop again consistency check) xyz
-How long have you been working for that company?
-5 months
-Can I see your account activity?
-Here you go (I just extended the document below)
-Your visa has been approved.
– (with an irrepressible grin) Thank you
When the visa is approved, they hand you a paper that says congratulations, your visa has been approved, you can now leave the consulate building. I laughed so much when I saw this. More in Napayim consulate building. I arrived at 9 in the morning without breakfast, it was almost 12 o’clock. I’m hungry. Let me go and have a nice breakfast for myself.
Special note: My personal opinion is that America hesitates to give visas to people who die to go to their country, in case they stay there.. I’m going to put on a relaxed atmosphere and go, but I’ll be back. I think if you can make me feel in the mood, the visa will be approved.
Special note 2: No matter what happens, be careful not to argue with the officials.. The officers may be adverse, they may refuse your visa without speaking to you, but remember that your place is not Turkey but the United States of America and you will be judged accordingly.
I just received my passport.. They gave the visa for 10 years.
If you have any questions about the visa, please write in the comment section.
