Visa Webchats

At intervals we will have a Consular Officer from our Visa section on hand to answer your visa questions.This is your chance to get plain-English answers on those visa issues on which you are unsure.
Please note that for privacy reasons we cannot accept case-specific questions but you are welcome to provide a generic question.

Please note that for privacy reasons we cannot accept case-specific questions but you are welcome to provide a generic question to any of our webchats.

Our most recent visa webchat was held on 27 November 2009 and covered questions about the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and ESTA. A transcript can be found below!

Upcoming Webchats

18 December 2009: Nonimmigrant Visas Visa Section webchat : All About Nonimmigrant Visas We regret that due to technical difficulties we are postponing today’s webchat which was scheduled to take place at 10:00.

Webchat Transcripts

The following Visa webchats are available:

18 December 2009: Nonimmigrant Visas
Apologies for not being able to join you today. A transit of the questions (and answers) that were submitted in advance of the chat can be found here (PDF 16 pages)

27 November 2009 : Visa Waiver Program and ESTA
Another busy webchat and thank-you again to all of you who participated. You can read the transcript here (PDF, 12 pages).

30 October 2009 : Immigrant Visas & Immigration Issues
This was a very lively webchat with lots of useful questions - here's the transcript (PDF, 22 pages).

30 September 2009 : U.S. Visas's and You: Your questions Answered
Thank-you again to all of you who participated. We have a transcript of that session now in PDF format (19 pages total). Enjoy!

11 August 2009 : U.S. Visas's and You: Your questions Answered
Thank-you to all of you who participated in our Visa webchat! We've got a partial transcript available now (PDF, 14 pages, as of 13 August @ 1810 BST). We hope the chat has been of use and we will bear all your comments in mind for our next webchat. We will announce the date and time of our next webchat here and via Twitter so please check back often.

20 February 2008
About Nonimmigrant Visas (PDF, 5 pages)

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