Non Immigrant Visa
CONSULAR SECTION
Tel: 081-8803724 - Fax: 0813010560
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR VISITOR VISA APPLICANTS
(MEDICAL CARE)
Visitor visa applications are accepted only by appointment made online on the U.S. Embassy’s website: http://kinshasa.usembassy.gov and must be scheduled two to three weeks minimum before the projected date of the travel. Applicants must go to CITI (CITIBANK) at the intersection of Avenue Ngongo-Lutete and Avenue Colonel Lukusa in Gombe to pay the MRV fees. They should bring their receipt showing payment of $131 when they are received on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings at 8:00 a.m. or 9:30 a.m. to the Consular Section. Note that the $131 fee is not refundable if the visa is denied. If the visa is issued, Congolese citizens will have to pay $150 for a 1-month visa or $250 for a 3-month visa. The reciprocity visa fee schedule will be applied for all nationalities. The passport will be returned on the day following the interview. Pick up time is from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Fridays. In some cases the clearance may take longer. Please plan accordingly.
A visitor visa for the United States is neither an entry permit nor an authorization for a temporary stay. It allows the recipient of a visa to appear in front of an Immigration Officer of the Department of Homeland Security at the port of entry in order to apply for admission into the United States of America territory. These officials have the authority to decide on admission and the length of stay (normally less than 6 months).
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Laws states that a Consular Officer must assume that each visitor visa applicant is an intending immigrant. It is up to the applicant to overcome this presumption by demonstrating sufficient strong ties to his or her country of residence that will compel him or her to return after a short visit to the United States.
Requirements
1. Residence in Congo: non-residents’ applications will rarely be approved, and, if so, only at the consular officer’s discretion.
2. Applicants from outside this office’s consular district may apply for visas. However, you should be aware that language difficulties and interviewing officer’s unfamiliarity with local conditions in other countries may make it more difficult to demonstrate your qualifications for a visa here than in your home district or at a post designated for your application
3. Passport: each traveler should submit his passport. Children must submit their own passport.
4. Passport validity: your passport must be valid for at least 6 months longer than the date you apply for the visa.
5. Non-immigrant visa application form (ds-156): you must complete this form using the website http://evisaforms.state.gov, print out the form and bring all three pages with you on the day of your interview. Applications filled out any other way will no longer be accepted. You must respond to each question. If the question does not apply to you, you must indicate “not applicable” where necessary.
6. Photograph: one unmounted full-face photograph (2 inches square or 50mm x 50mm) with the head centered in the frame and taken within the past six months. It may be either in color or black and white and must be taken against a white or off-white background showing the applicant facing the camera directly. Photos should be stapled on corners, avoiding the applicant’s head.
7. Transit visas: the applicant must have all transit visas necessary for their proposed journey.
8. Local doctor’s letter: a local doctor’s letter describing the applicant’s diagnosis and prognosis which includes a detailed medical report as well as a detailed description of the reasons why the applicant cannot be treated in DRC and indicating any other treatment received outside of the DRC.
9. US. Doctor’s letter: a U.S. doctor must provide the same information as the local doctor, using the local doctor’s report as the basis for their conclusions. In addition, the U.S doctor must include the estimated cost for the proposed medical treatments (including surgical operations and other special treatments).
10. Justification of sufficient financial resources: the patient should demonstrate that he has sufficient means to pay for medical treatments in USA and any follow-up care or medicine (medical insurance in the USA, prepayment of estimated costs of the proposed medical treatments, etc.).
11. Letter from any medical care provider: a letter from prior medical care providers confirming that all previous bills have been paid (in case the patient has already been treated in the U.S.).