NONIMMIGRANT VISA SERVICES

STEP 3:  SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT

Department of State regulations require virtually all nonimmigrant visa applicants to appear in person at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate and interview with a consular officer.  At U.S. Embassy Freetown, all nonimmigrant visa appointments are scheduled through an online appointment system. 

Please click here to schedule an appointment.

Once you have completed the online visa appointment process, you will be prompted to print a receipt page.  Please print and bring the receipt with you on the day of your interview.

Emergency Appointments

Emergency appointments are granted on a case-by-case basis in limited circumstances, and only if no appointment is available prior to the intended date of travel.  Applicants are encouraged to plan ahead for their travel to the United States, and failure to do so is not a basis for an emergency appointment.  Please see if one of the following applies to you, and please e-mail consularfreetown@state.gov with your requested date of appointment, intended date of travel, and other information requested below.

MEDICAL

• You need to obtain urgent medical care in the U.S.
  
• You need to accompany an immediate family member who requires urgent medical care. Immediate family members include a biological or legal mother, father, brother, sister, child, grandparent or grandchild.
  
• An immediate family member in the U.S. has a serious medical condition and requires your presence urgently.
  

Please provide the name and location of the doctor, the description of the medical problem, your relationship to the person who needs care, and the date you need to arrive in the U.S.

OTHER

·       You need to attend the funeral of an immediate family member. Please provide the
        name and relationship of the deceased family member, the date of the funeral,  
        and contact information for the funeral home.

• You are an applicant for a student or exchange visitor (F, M, or J) visa whose I-20 or DS-2019 shows a start date that is earlier than or less than three days after the first available visa appointment. Please provide your SEVIS number from your I-20 or DS-2019 (starts with an N, followed by numbers), your program start date, and orientation date.
  
• You need to attend an urgent and late breaking business matter, where the need to travel to the U.S. could not have been foreseen.  Please describe the reason for travel, whom you will meet, where you will meet him or her, and why the travel could not be foreseen and cannot be delayed.
  
• You need to make an appearance in a U.S. court.  Please list the court, the case, and the details of the court summons, subpoena, or other document requesting your court appearance, including which date you are expected.