visas
Emergencies
A limited number of visa applicants may qualify for emergency
visa interview appointments. To obtain an emergency appointment
you must satisfy one or more of the criteria listed below.
The criteria:
- You to need to obtain urgent medical care in the U.S.
- You need to accompany an immediate family member who
requires urgent medical care. Immediate family members
include mother, father, brother, sister, child, grandparent
or grandchild.
- An immediate family member in the U.S. has a serious
medical condition and requires your presence urgently.
- You need to attend the funeral of an immediate family
member
- You need to attend an urgent and late breaking business
matter, where the need to travel to the U.S. could not
have been foreseen
- You need to make an appearance in a U.S. court
What you need to consider:
If you believe you qualify for an emergency appointment,
please read the following points carefully, before you apply
for an emergency appointment:
- In order to initiate your request for an emergency
appointment, you must first have applied for a regular
appointment.
- You must have documentary evidence to prove that you
satisfy one or more of the criteria for an emergency appointment.
(See above.)
- If the consular officer finds you misrepresented your
reason for travel to the U.S., a record of the misrepresentation
goes in your case file and may adversely influence the
outcome of your current and future visa applications
- If the consular officer determines you do not have a
genuine emergency, as defined by the criteria above, the
officer will ask you to come back on your regular appointment
date.
- Once you obtain an emergency appointment, you are treated
as a normal visa applicant; you must qualify for a U.S.
visa in every respect
- The Visa Application Fee and the appointment fee are
nonrefundable
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