Embassy of the United States

Ask The Consul

Consular Chief Doron Bard consults with members of his staff. The overwhelming majority of applicants are granted visas.

Your opportunity to ask questions

Doron will give you the answers 
 
This is your opportunity to ask questions related to United States visa policies and procedures.

Through this interactive form, US Consular Chief Doron Bard will answer your visa questions.  Latest answers to your questions will be posted on our "QUESTIONS & ANSWERS" web page the next week.

Plenty of information on U.S. visas and the application process can be found on this website under “Non-Immigrant Visas.”

DOs and DON'Ts

Do ... Look over our 13  most commonly asked questions (right) before submitting a question as due to the heavy volume of questions submitted, we are no longer able to respond to routine questions readily answered elsewhere on our website.

Do ... Please consider including your email address below.  If your question is time-sensitive or unique to your case we will email you back directly.   You may also write to the appropriate consulate:
ConsularJohannesburg@state.gov
ConsularCapeTown@state.gov
ConsularDurban@state.gov
In the case of answers posted on 'Ask the Consul', we will delete your email address so it’s not available to the public.

Don't ... Ask questions about specific visa cases. These cannot be addressed in this interactive forum.

Please type your question in the space below. When you are done, please click on the "submit" button. Thank you.