Guide to request the United States visa, how much does it cost and how much it takes

To the Malls and beaches of Miamito the Disney and Universal parks in Orlandoto the viewpoints and the end of attractions of New York … the Argentines who choose the destinations of the United States are usually aware of the maturities of their passports and their visas, to which those who are taking advantage of the price of the dollar. .

But in addition to pleasure trips, there are people traveling for business or medical treatments. Everyone will have to get a “non -immigrant visa” to visit the United States, unless they have a European passport and process this.

For those who never took out the visa and do not know where to start, or for those who have to renew it and do not remember almost anything about the process, these are the steps to take into account:

1) See what type of visa is needed for the trip. That information is on the official website: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html.

Most travelers need a Business or Tourism Visa (B1/B2).

2) Complete the formulario DS-160 of the Internet visa of the United States government in https://ceac.state.gov/CEAC.

Once the electronic non-immigrant visa application is completed, a DS-160 confirmation sheet (barcode) must be printed for each applicant. The procedure is individual.

The application can be completed directly in https://ceac.state.gov/genniv

3) On the visa information service site there is a lot of information to clear doubts: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/es-ar/niv.

The traveler can create a user (with an email and key), choose the visa category you want to process, enter the requested information together with the DS-160 confirmation number for each of the visa applicants, and then select a address or location where you decide to receive the documents of the consular section (or you can go to withdraw), pay the visa tariff and program appointments.

You have to have the current passport (and previous if any) and the barcode of the DS-160 confirmation sheet for each applicant.

Prices depend on the category of the visa you want to get:

The most common visas are:

• Visitor (category B): For tourism, business or medical treatments.

• Transit in the United States (c).

• Academic student (f) or technical (m).

In all those cases, the Business or Tourism Visa (B1/B2) costs $ 185.

Meanwhile, visas for temporary employment or internship (H), employee transferred within their company (L), people with extraordinary skills (O), athletes, artists or animators (P), International Cultural Exchange (Q) or Religious Worker (R), the visa costs $ 205.

The applicant can choose between paying the tariff with a credit or cash card. In the last case, the disadvantage is that the operation will take up to 3 business days to impact the system and allow the turn.

After paying, you have to ask for an appointment in the consular section to attend the indicated day.

For the renewalthe appointment is in the Applicant Care Center (CAS)which remains in Córdoba 5160 between Thames and Uriarte. You have to take everything that is indicated when the interview agreed.

If it is first time that a visa is requested, in addition to going to the CAS, an appointment will be arranged in the United States Embassy (Av. Colombia 4300). Attention: You cannot enter with a phone, not even off.

Most tourists who want to renew their visa do not have to go to the embassy for the interview with the consular official. They only leave the form and passport in the CAS and in a few days they are returned with the visa.

Children under 14 years old or those over 80 should not go to the embassy either.

The estimated waiting time to receive an appointment for an interview at an Embassy or Consulate of the USA can change weekly and is based on the workload and staffing.

In February 2025, who have to request the visa for the first time or in cases that it is required to go to the consular interview, The delay is 35 days. For other cases, a turn could be achieved from 1 day.

You can go checking online and if shifts are released, it can be advanced.

If the visa is approved, within the next 5 to 7 business days, an email is received with the notification to determine when the passport with the visa is removed in the CAS or other option that has been established.

If the visa is not approved, the tariff paid by the applicant is not reimbursable or transferable.

For more information: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/es-ar/niv/information/niv#how_to_renew_visa