Immigrant Visa Interview Procedures

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT PROCESS YOUR VISA IF YOU DO NOT BRING ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.

Step 1: Check-In. Turn in your passport and appointment notice at Window Four (3rd Floor). Please do not arrive at AIT any more than thirty (30) minutes prior to your scheduled interview; cases with earlier interview times will be handled first. Please have a seat and wait until the visa assistant at Window One, Two, or Three calls your name. Cases will be processed at each window in the order they were assigned to that window.

Step 2: Application fee. After you are called to the window, you will first be asked to go to the second floor cashier and pay an application fee of US $330 for each visa application that has not been prepaid at NVC in the United States. A surcharge of US $74 that all applicants must pay on the day of their interview has been added to the current fees for immigrant visas. The new schedule will be effective March 8, 2005. You may pay in U.S. dollars, NT dollars or credit card. Checks are not accepted.

Step 3: Document Review. After you have paid the fee(s), please give the receipt(s) to the visa assistant at Window One, Two or Three. The assistant will then review your documents with you. The visa assistant does not decide whether you qualify for a visa, but helps you prepare for your interview with an American Consular officer. After the document review, you will then be asked to sit down again until an American officer at Window Five or Six calls you.

Step 4: Visa Interview. The American Consular officer will review your application, ask questions, and make a decision about your case. If your application is not approvable that day, the officer will provide you with a written explanation of what is lacking in your case. In that instance, you will have to provide the missing information at a subsequent interview or by mailing the missing documents to the Immigrant Visa Unit at AIT. Detailed instructions on how to provide missing information will be given to you at the time of your interview.

Step 5: Issuing Visas. When an immigrant visa application has been approved, the visas, passports, and other documentation will be returned to visa applicants through our courier service. Applicants will be given courier forms after their application has been approved. They should then fill out the courier forms and then go to the courier service window on first floor to complete courier processing. This service will be provided by Chau Feng Express Company, Ltd. at the rate of NT$160 per envelope. One envelope can hold up to four visas; issuance of five or more visas will require additional envelopes. Passports containing visas and the additional documents will be returned to applicants in sealed envelopes via our courier service within two to three working days once a Consular officer approves the immigrant visa application. Applicants should NOT open their envelopes and must hand-carry them on the airplane.

Please Note: The validity of your visa is six months after the completion of your medical exam, not after issuance of the visa.