
List of Documents Required for F1 USA Visa

Priyank Piyush
IMPORTANT -
BUY A HARMONIUM FOLDER TO KEEP ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS INTACT AND SEPARATED, SO IT’S EASIER FOR YOU TO DISPLAY IT WHEN ASKED, YOU CAN DIVIDE IT INTO LABELS. You can buy sticky strips and paste them for distinguishing
1. Application Category(Mandatory)
- DS-160 Form
- DS-160 Form Receipt with Barcode (Must have)
- Appointment confirmation appointment letter
- Appointment confirmation biometric
- I20 Form(Signed by the university and you)
- SEVIS Fees receipt
- Passport*
- Birth Certificate(Convert it in English)
2. Personal Documents
- Aadhar card
- Pan card(if you have)
- Resume
3. Education
- All acceptance letter and reject letters, congratulatory mail
- University Package(if received by the university)
- Fees Deposit(if you have paid anything in advanced)
- GRE Score, TOEFL/IELTS Score -> Relevant test scores
4. For Bachelors, Diploma, HSC(12th) & SSC
- Passing certificate
- Leaving certificate
- Marksheets
- Transcripts(if you have)
- Diploma degree(if applicable)
- Extracurricular activities Documents
- Work Experience(if applicable)
5. Finance
- Affidavit of Support from sponsors(Date should be around 4-5 days before the interview)
- Bank Statement(Last 4-6 months)
- Passbook
- Credit card statement(if you or your sponsor have)
- Property Documents(all, if you own any)
- Stocks, mutual funds, PPF...
- Fixed deposits
- Valuation letter of gold, diamonds, silver
- Land documents
- Salary slips(of your sponsor, last 4-6 months) - if salaried.
- Balance sheet - if a businessman
- Proof of ownership of the business
- Any insurance, policies
- The balance sheet of business(Your sponsor, if applicable)
- Proof of ownership(Your sponsor, if applicable)
- Life insurance or any other policies
- ITR(Last three years)
- Bank statements
- Bank loan letter
- Fund flow certificate
Tips & Suggestions
- It’s not necessary to print DS-160 Form, but it is highly recommended that you take a print out of it with all your answers. (Be extra prepared)
- DS-160 is the form benign looked at when the officer is interviewing, so don’t say anything contradictory to those answers.
- (Tip) - Print our course information and faculty information as well; it will help you in interview preparation
- If any of your previous passports were canceled or expired, take that also with you.