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U.S. Express Business Visa

Address of the Consular Section of the US Embassy: 4 Aircraft Designer Igor Sikorsky Street, Kyiv 04112, Ukraine (former Tankova St.)

The Chamber’s U.S. Express Business Visa service is only available to direct employees of Chamber Member Companies in Good Standing.

The Chamber facilitates the process of scheduling the appointment for direct employees of Chamber Member Companies at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy and provides a letter of support for single entry visa.

This service is offered to the following individuals:

• ONLY to the direct employees of Chamber Member companies
• Those direct employees who have never had a U.S. visa rejection in the past
• Those direct employees who travel for legitimate business purpose

The Chamber will be unable to process family members at any time for any reason in accordance with the Chamber’s agreement with the US Embassy regarding the US Express Business Visa service.

Please note that the Chamber does not guarantee that applicant will receive a visa, nor we can influence the decision of the Embassy. The Embassy does not provide any explanations to the Chamber about visa refusals.

Interested parties should contact us as early as possible, as we can send a limited number of applicants each Monday to the U.S. Embassy Consular Section. The written request to the Chamber should be done well in advance of the travel dates as poorly planned business trips are not considered an emergency and cannot be rushed.

Please NOTE!!! If the applicant does not cancel the reservation in advance (before the list of Chamber applicants is submitted to the Embassy) and is not present at the interview at the appointed time, he/she will not have an opportunity to use US Express Business Visa service in the future.

To take advantage of the Chamber U.S. Express Business Visa service a Member Company should submit the documents to the Chamber by 5PM on Monday (prior to the desired appointment date). The Chamber schedules appointments for 2:30 PM every Monday (except for official holidays)

NECESSARY DOCUMENTS:

1. DS-160 confirmation number
2. Visa fee payment receipt
3. The original of Request Form for U.S. Express Business Visa Service of the Chamber [DOWNLOAD THE FORM]
   Please note that the form should be signed by the COI* of the Chamber Member Company)
4. A copy of the first page of the applicant's international passport.
5. A copy of official Letter of Invitation from an organization in the United States
6. The original of employment certificate (provided by HR or Accounting department)
7. The original of Personal Data Usage and Transfer Consent signed by the applicant [DOWNLOAD THE CONSENT]

The applicant will then receive a letter from the Chamber that must be picked up on Friday prior to the appointment date and presented to the U.S. Embassy Consular Section upon arrival, in addition to OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO THE INTERVIEW requested by the U.S. Embassy:

1. An international passport, valid for at least 6 months after the anticipated departure from the USA.
   
   
2. A completed copy of each application forms necessary for the type of visa which the applicant will be requesting.
   DS-160: Web-based Nonimmigrant Visa Application: the form must be filled out online, correctly, without mistakes, and submitted at least 2 days prior to the appointment date. Note that the photograph that the applicant shall be asked to upload before submitting the form must be of a good quality and meet all the requirements. In case you have failed to upload a photo while filling out DS-160, you must bring one to the interview. Please click here on useful tips to fill out the DS-160 form.
   
   NOTE: Uploading the photo is highly recommended. The photo must meet following requirements:
   • A 5 x 5cm color photograph taken within the last 6 months, for each applicant regardless of age.
   • The photograph must be, taken against a white background, with applicant facing the camera directly, having a neutral facial expression, ears are exposed, no dark glasses nor head covering (unless the applicant's religion prohibits the absence of a head covering).
   • The face should cover 50 percent of the area of the photo.
   • Click here for more details.
3. Visit http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ua, select your visa type, and print out the deposit slip for the visa application fee amount (fee differs based on visa type).
4. Pay the application (MRV) fee at a Raiffeisen Bank branch in Ukraine.

• Applicants must bring a deposit slip for their visa class in order to pay at the bank.
• Payment must be made in cash and only in Ukrainian Hryvnia.

All applicants are subject to the same processes and qualifying factors.

As a part of the visa application process, U.S. Consular Officers must take scans of all fingers of all visa applicants. Officers take the scans at the time of the interview. The electronic scanning procedure takes only a few seconds and does not use ink. Click here for more information about it.

ATTENTION:

Certain U.S. visa holders will not need to interview when applying for a new visa. Any applicant who has previously enrolled a full set of fingerprints (10 prints) at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate will no longer need an interview if he or she:

• resides in Ukraine and is not from a country which is a state sponsor of terrorism;
• is renewing a B1/B2, C1/D, F, I or M visa that expired no more than 12 months ago;
• is not ineligible to receive a visa under U.S. visa law;
• has never been refused a visa - or if refused, the refusal has been overcome.

For more information please click here.

IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR TO FIND OUT MORE DETAILS ON US EMBASSY REQUIREMENTS PLEASE VISIT THEIR OFFICIAL WEB-PAGE OF THE U.S. CONSULAR SECTION.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine reserves the right to refuse access to the Express Business Visa Referral Service to any Member in Good Standing of the Chamber for any reason at any time.

For more details, please, contact Lilia Topol, Chamber Administrative Assistant at (+380-44) 490-5800.

* The Chamber Captain of Industry (COI) designation is provided to the senior most representative of a Chamber Member company.