Published: Jan 18, 2015, Updated: Mar 11, 2020
There are a number websites in existence that offer appointment scheduling with a given US embassy, however you need to make sure you schedule your appointment at the right website for the US embassy location nearest to you. It can be confusing to determine which of the many US government run websites is the right one to schedule your embassy appointment, (or embassy interview as others may interchangeably call it). Furthermore, many of the legitimate appointment scheduling sites don't appear as though they are official, which makes it even harder to be sure if you're on the correct website. You should also be mindful of other non-US government run websites, which you may be unwillingly tricked into over-paying a third party provider to act on your behalf in scheduling your interview for you. These providers often add a service fee on top of the US government schedule fee of $160 USD (as of March 2020).
In order to assist users who are looking to schedule an appointment at their nearest US embassy, we've created a list of US government sites that you will need to use to schedule your US embassy appointment, based on your location. Please be mindful that only after you have submitted your DS-160 form, should you then proceed to schedule your US embassy appointment and pay the necessary $160 USD fee. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us.
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