Step by step, how to get the visa for the United States and the last changes to take into account

The flights to the United States come and go totally full of Argentines who choose destinations such as Miami, New York or Orlando’s theme parks.

And of course, there are also many passengers traveling for business, studies or medical treatments.

For all, one of the biggest concerns before traveling revolves around the Visa to enter the United Stateswithout losing sight of any of the changes that were announced in recent weeks.

As is known, Argentine travelers will have to get a “non -immigrant visa” to visit USA, unless they have European passport and process this.

The procedure for the beginning of the procedure has not changed: the first thing is to verify 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/tourism-visit.html

Most travelers need a Visa for business or tourism (B1/B2).

The next step is to complete the formulario DS-160 of the Internet visa of the United States government in https://ceac.state.gov/CEAC.

Precisely, among the last novelties that began to govern on May 2, 2025, those that refer to the Generation of DS-160 confirmation codes for each visa applicant on the website.

Because? Because the alphanumeric code used to program interviews in the dating system has to match the DS-160 form code.

If someone received help from other people to complete the application and for the programming of the interview, they must review the documentation with the third party that helped it.

Visa applicants are the only ones responsible for the information contained in the application, regardless of who has completed it.

The official communication of the US Foreign Ministry pointed to “third parties” that made procedures for the eventual traveler and mentioned “travel agents” and “a visa services company.”

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.

Then, you will select an 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 schedule the appointments.

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

1) Verify that the application identification code matches the identification code in the dating system in https://ais.usvisa-info.com.

If you have managed it through a third party, as a travel agency, that person must provide it with the applicant.

2) If the application code does not match the application code in the dating system, enter the correct code into the dating system, replacing the incorrect.

All updates must be made at least Three business days before the date of the visa interviewor the appointments must be rescheduled using the correct application number.

To update the code:

a) Log in your account in https://ais.usvisa-info.com

b) On the “applicant’s summary page”, make a “configuration” and select “edit”.

c) Update the field “number DS-160” with the correct code and complete confirmation.

d) Click “Save”.

3) If help is needed to update the application code in the appointment system, contact the Visa applicant care center.

4) Take the DS-160 confirmation page to the interview.

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.

For renewal, the appointment is at the applicant’s 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 the first time that a visa is requested or if it won for more than 12 months, in addition to going to the CAS (By. Colombia 4300).

Those who have their visas in force or defeated with less than 12 months at the time of the interview in the CAS, will only have that appointment to update the photo and personal data. These days, it is a shift that is achieved in two weeks or less.

Clarification: Each traveler can renew the visa when he wants, without being defeated or already defeated.

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 everything is returned with the visa.

Children under 14 years old or those over 80 are also not going to the embassy.

In the latter case, at the embassy you cannot enter with any device: not even the cell phone off.

However, a few months ago a lockers system was arranged a few meters in the sidewalk, where people can leave their belongings during the time of permanence in the consular interview.

There you can leave small articles such as phones, watches, keys, electronic devices, creams or makeup. The price is $ 7,000.

Those who live outside the Metropolitan Area of ​​Buenos Aires will be able to manage the visas by mail / messaging.

However, for the moment, this governs only for the renovations of children under 14 and over 79 years oldthat do not require interviews.

According to the United States Embassy in Argentina, “Applicants who comply with the criteria of the Interview Exemption Program (Interview Waiver Program, IWP) and reside outside the Metropolitan Area of ​​Buenos Aires will be able to send their visa application package by messaging from their province from May 27.”

“Previously, all applicants under the IWP had to go to the applicant’s care center (Applicant Services Center) in Buenos Aires to present their request for renewal in person. Those who have already scheduled an interview, must attend as planned,” It was pointed out.

Finally, it was clarified: “The new shipping program is already active. Complete instructions and eligibility criteria are available on the Embassy Visas Information Website and on the dating programming platform.”