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Today I bring you the guide on how to renew or obtain the visa for the first time to USA on Ecuador for the consulate of Guayaquil and embassy in Quito.
I will first indicate that the information available here is for the visa renewal process in Ecuador, the same that can change from country to country according to protocols of each one.
You can also see it explained in video, where I resolve some additional concerns about the renewal process of the North American visa:
After having restarted the process of renewal and issuance of new visas suspended by the pandemic, the demand has been very high and the Embassy of the USA in Ecuador has reported that more than 150 thousand requests, the highest number of all other embassies and consulates worldwide.
Renew or get a visa to the United States for the first time
With the recent experience of having carried out this procedure, I share with you the non-migrant visa renewal process, the same one that is exactly the same to obtain the visa for the first time.
- One difference is currently in a stage of the form where they will be asked for information on the previous visa they have had..
- It also differs in the interview, where those who obtain it for the first time will have to present more papers and the consular process could be stricter.
Process
let's go step by step, the process is not difficult, but it is quite long, especially the phase of filling out the form that we will see in detail:
Paso 1
Go to the official website of the Department of State: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/es-ec/niv
Paso 2
We will start the visa application process by clicking on the link next to 1 Apply for:
Paso 3
A new application is started by filling in the following fields:
Afterwards, the formal filling of the form begins., an app id will be generated and a security question is set, it is important to save both data since they will allow the application to be recovered in case of disconnection.
recommendations
- The process takes at least 90 minutes.
- Have passports on hand, addresses, studies, work places, contact of family or friend in the United States, etc.
Visa photo
This is an important point and I clarify what you need to have:
- The photo must be both digital and physical (print on photography paper) that they measure 5 x 5 cms (2 x 2 inches).
- be in color.
- have been taken within the last 6 months to reflect your current appearance.
- have a white background.
- without glasses
Paso 4
Complete the entire form and its 10 sections including security questions and have uploaded the photo that meets the required requirements. Once this is done, they must digitally sign the document by filling in their full name., saving and sending the form to finish this stage.
Remember to download the form in pdf format and all the instructions on the screen along with the application as backup.
Paso 5
They should return to the page: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/es-ec/niv and click Continue:
Paso 6
This screen will open, where they should enter with their account. If they do not have one, they must create one or recover the key in case they lose it.:
Paso 7
We advance by clicking on New group:
Paso 8
We click on continue in the Current Status section – Add Applicants:
Paso 9
We click twice on Add applicant:
Paso 10
They must fill in all the requested data that must exactly match what is indicated in the DS-160:
Continuing in the process, they will be asked to indicate where they will carry out the procedure., passport delivery at the office, appointment date and finally, the respective payment.
- A screen will be displayed with all the requirements that must be submitted on the date of your appointment, so save that information so you are prepared for when the day comes.
- From the 4 april 2022 some people in the renewal process may not require an in-person interview.
Payment
Payment is made by credit card directly and exclusively on the website of the Department of State
- Value of $160 Dollars
- Never make payments on any other website than the following: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/es-ec/niv
- The wire transfer option works only for people with US accounts.
Other
From the 4 april 2022, the visa renewal process changed and some people would be eligible to avoid the face-to-face interview, therefore, they must follow the instructions and wait for consular approval to skip this point, For this they must comply with the following:
- You must be renewing a B1/B2 visa issued in Ecuador that is current or has expired within the last 48 months; and,
- You are an Ecuadorian citizen or permanent resident of Ecuador and are physically present in Ecuador; and,
- Fingerprints were taken (of the 10 fingers) when your last B1/B2 visa was issued; and,
- Your last B1/B2 visa was not lost, or was stolen or revoked; and,
- Your last B1/B2 visa application was not denied; and,
- Other requirements to establish your eligibility may apply.
for new visas, waiting time is 1 year and 5 months, but these times could be reduced depending on the processing of visas and the user's responsibility to check daily for new quotas in the nearest months..
Please note that due to an increasing backlog of visa appointment requests, there may be a significant delay between paying your visa fee and scheduling an interview appointment.
Interview
At the moment, both new and renewal visas require a face-to-face interview at the embassy or consulate, unless otherwise indicated by the subsequent system when selecting the date for the same.
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Buenas tardes, I am requesting renewal for a family group, My partner's appears without an interview but I do require an interview, and the appointments are for April 2026, They only assigned him an appointment at the CAS, for my case CAS and consulate. His quote can be separated from mine.? or you definitely have to wait until I have the appointment?
They are independent, his quote, which really will only be to leave the passport since it does not require an interview, You will be notified by email when you can go and leave your documents..
Buenas tardes, my renewal qualified without an interview. They already asked me to send the documents to the Consulate and I already did it. What is the next step? I will receive another email informing me that I can collect my documents with the visa at DHL?
Hello Jessenia, If you did not pay for the service to have it delivered to your house, Yes, They will send you an email informing you that you can go pick up the passport with the visa.
Once the DS-160 form is completed, have made the payment, How long does it take for me to receive the email asking me to send the documents to the consulate? (Why do I qualify for renewal without an interview?)?
Hello Jessenia, Don't forget that you must also choose an appointment, once with the appointment, the email that arrives to you can go from 1 a 2 month quietly.
Hello there, I am renewing my visa and the instructions in the email say: Include a copy of these instructions along with the list of documents you send to the consulate.
Only include the requested documents.
4. Print Confirmation and Instructions Page from this Web page.
Ask: Should I include a printout of the email I received or just the confirmation page and instructions printed from the website?
Thank you very much
Hello there, just the confirmation page and instructions.
Hi Nicolas, thanks for the info. I have a son who is about to turn 12 and obtained a visa for the first time at 7 years. I don't remember if they took the 10 fingerprints, in this sense, What should I fill out in the form?, whether or not it has fingerprints?
Hello Belen, when in doubt, better to say that it does not have fingerprints.
Hi Nicolas, my wife and I have to renew our visa, but I must obtain a visa for the first time for the child of 3 years, What would the process be like??
Hi Jose, You put it in the same application as a family group and when it is your child's appointment, You will also carry your documents along with those of your wife.
greetings Nicholas, a question: for the renewal of the visa a girl of 16 years old, can she come alone to the interview or does she need to have her legal guardian accompany her?? First of all, Thanks
Hello Jorge, if it is renewal, I may not even have to do an interview, but if so, I recommend that you attend with the legal guardian, At the entrance they will tell you if it is necessary for you to enter or not.
Hi there, I am renewing a visa that expired, but this previous visa was obtained in another country(mexico), Is it possible to renew it in my country?(ecuador), Since I currently return to my country,
Yeah right, without any problem.
Very kind Nicholas, for your answer. one last concern! So it implies that you have to make an appointment as if it were the first time and wait for the embassy's decision or how it is? Thank you very much in advance for your answer.
Yes, that's exactly how it is. The system or an agent will later see that no interview is required (unless otherwise determined) and indicate an email to deliver the documents and already.
Very clear information about filling out the DS-160 form. In my particular case, I want to renew and I meet all the requirements to do it without an interview. Could you help me how is the procedure for me to complete the process and obtain the visa without attending the interview?, since nowhere in the explanation, mentions this procedure. Thank you very much for the help.
Hi Kareem, the interview or not is decided by the system once you pay the value for the visa. That decision may take a few weeks..
greetings Nicolas, I am renewing my visa and they have already sent me the documents that I need to send in which it appears: The non-immigrant visa application, confirmation page of the DS-160 form and the confirmation and instructions print page from the website. what is the visa application for non-immigrants, form confirmation page?
You must have received a small link in the email, that if you open it there is the information that you must send.
Greetings, very well the explanation; My family and I qualify to avoid the face-to-face interview, you need to submit form DS-160, or only the confirmation page of the DS-160 form, together with the other documents that if I have them clear.
Thanks in advance
Hello Jorge, Thanks for your comment. You need to send only the confirmation and everything detailed in the email.
thank you blessings.
A pleasure
Good evening:
I applied for visa renewal for two minors 12 and 13 years ( 30 december) but so far they have not confirmed the sending of the documents. Confirmation usually arrives quickly and according to what I have read, it takes between 3 a 10 business days the confirmation of sending documentation. The visas expired in Feb.. 2021. How can I know if the application was filled out correctly?? or the reason for the delay ?
Hola Yessenia, you completed all the steps up to the point of already paying for the renewal and selecting an interview date?
greetings Nicholas. Thank you very much for the video, it is very explanatory and it helps us a lot.. I have two questions that maybe you can help me. My wife and I wish to renew the visa without an interview, but we also have to obtain the visa for my little one from 5 years that is the first time. You should request everyone together or first ours and in another process the child's?. And at what point is family information entered into the system?. Thank you very much for your kind attention and help.. keep going with your videos, especially the historical ones of Ecuadorian aviation.
Hi Diego, your son of 5 years will have an interview yes or yes. If you do not want to go through that process in the renewal, they will have to apply separately from your child's.
Hello my questions. We are all renewal and we have always traveled without problems, our visa expires in jan 2023, but we have new passports and we want to renew. I must fill out the D-160 of each one (mami 88, papi 76, is 18 and me 49) take appointment date and then create a user and enter everyone in a group. Can I register them as a group?, or should it be on my dad's account. On 2018 an account was created with him and we were all a group in his account. I could now make an account of mine and that everyone is a group in my account?
hello jessyka, Yes, no problem who believes the group, you can do it yourself or anyone else after filling out the DS-160.
I am close to renewing a visa with my family group, (children and wife), but I want to include my nephew for the first time, what steps should I follow??
You must fill out the DS-160 for each one and later incorporate it as a single request in the Step 8.
Good morning, My parents have already completed the visa renewal process and generated a message of "Consular Authorization Pending" as indicated in the message. It is NOT necessary to attend the interview and that you must wait for instructions to send the application to the email address provided.; but we have not been able to schedule an appointment nor does it allow you to select the place of delivery of passports. It could clear up that doubt that we have? I thank you in advance. Kind regards.
It is worth mentioning that if we were able to make the payment successfully.
Hello Nathali, When the “consular authorization pending” message appears, they will notify you by email when you can go and drop off your passports., this process can take several weeks until the renewal is approved without an interview.
hello,I did my visa renewal process without an interview. on the page it indicates “no status” I don't know when I should send the documents; elsewhere it appears as "current status" sending documents; I don't know who to turn to. guide me please?
Hello there, You received the email saying that you did not have to do an interview?
The minor children of 21 years can go accompanied by the parents to the interview?
They are of legal age, they must go alone.
Hello there, Can you help me with the process to reschedule my consular appointment?, THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
Hello Oscar, You must enter the system with your username and password.. Once inside, you will find the option to review your appointment, done this you will have the option to modify it.
Hi Nicolas, I have a question about the payment since I carried out all the steps but in the payment part it does not give me a payment option, only the amount appears and there are no appointments available.
You must look for the appointment until 2023 or beyond, there you can pay.
Thanks for answering!. And how do I look for appointments? ? because it only appears in the final part below the fee amount «There are no appointments available at this time. Please check back in a few days as the Consular Section will open more appointments.”
that message is new, I had not heard before. The normal process is that a calendar opens after selecting the Consulate where the procedure will be carried out and then selecting the date and paying.
a minor who has a visa and that expires in November of the 2022, He has not been able to travel due to the pandemic and wants to renew the visa, you can do it without any hassle? thanks for your correct answer
If you haven't used it, you can renew it, but it is possible that you have to do the face-to-face interview.
If that minor complied 14 years already… have to do an interview.
If it is less than 14 no interview needed.
Thank you Nicholas, the information is clear, I have a private query, I have my valid visa, from my wife expired in december 2021, we want to travel with my two minor children (11 and 13 years) in December vacation or next July vacation, can i apply for my wife visa renewal as a group, where my two children are included or should I do an independent process. Thanks for your correct answer.
Those that are renewal are better to do them separately from those that are for the first time.
Good afternoon, how can I make an appointment to renew my visa? I live far away. Can you help me please? And God bless you always.
Good afternoon, how can I make an appointment to renew the visa, please help me.
You must follow the steps presented here.
Hello there, You must follow the steps indicated here.
Thanks for the info, I am going to renew it, I want you to remind me if once all the information is saved I can proceed to update or modify information; since I have a passport renewal 13/10, but I want to move forward
Yeah right, with the code that is generated from the DS-160 you can save and add information, but only for a while.
The information is kept 30 days, after that it is deleted and you will have to make a new form. If you enter before 30 days the counter returns to zero, that is to say you have 30 days but… that's how you keep the data.
You must enter and click on save.
Thanks for the input.
Thanks for all the information shared.. How long does the entire visa renewal process take from the time the form is entered until it is received, please??
Depends, in my case it took in total 4 months. But you must be aware of advancing the appointment or that you receive the mail indicating that you are only going to leave the passport.
https://ais.usvisa-info.com/es-ec/niv/information/visa_wait_times There you can check the waiting times for the different procedures.
Good afternoon Nicolás, thanks for the very timely information, I have two questions, the first is the subject of the signature is an electronic signature obtained through the civil registry? Or is it a digitized firm, i.e. scan or something.
My visa expired a long time ago but I have had a good record of previous visas and travel, to you of 2015, this could help in the case of starting a new process to obtain a visa ?
Hello there, the signature is only writing your name in a part of the form, nothing more. Definitely, they do check your travel history, but since so much time has passed, it's like getting it for the first time.
Expired visas up to maximum 48 months may not require interview, in your case you must renew but with an interview.
good morning Nicholas,First I want to thank you for this blong and your youtube channel which is of great help for people with no experience in renewal and visa application for the first time..
my questions is, I can make the application for the renewal of the visa with 6 months before the current visa expires?
Hi, Pablo, Thank you very much for your comment. About your question, yes you can renew it early, just keep in mind that in practice you would be losing 6 months of the visa you paid. So long before I had not seen before, the normal thing is to start 3 months before expiration, but I understand why you want to do it given the delay in the process.
A query if the visa expires on 23 of July 2022 Can I renew before the date or do I have to wait for it to expire?
You can renew it before without any problem.
Hi Nicolas:
P. For visa renewal I still have to make an appointment.
Thanks.
Hello Henry, Yes, to renew we all must make an appointment, then the system analyzes each case and if so, they eliminate the appointment and you receive an email indicating that you are going to leave the passport.
How can I do the renewal of the visa for a family group?
After you complete the DS-160 form, you will be able to add them on a single process under Step 6.
Hello there!! a question please, a young man from 16-17 years you have a valid visa to renew, visa parents and siblings, Is he necessarily assigned to an interview or could he enter the process of sending documentation without an appointment?? Thank you very much!
Hello there! This young man already has his fingerprints registered at the consulate?
Yes, he has his fingerprints taken., he has had a visa since he was very young and they have always renewed it, but they had told us that because of his age (16 Years old) reapplication was to be by appointment only. Thank you very much for your kind attention!
You must go through the normal renewal process and book the appointment for the interview. If the consular entity determines that an interview is not required, you will be notified by email with the next steps.
Thank you very much for the information.
Could you help with the process once we have to send the documents to the courier, I have certain doubts and I don't want to make any mistakes.
Of course, You must send all the documents that were requested in the email that arrives in a manila envelope and leave it in the office that you selected..
Hi Nicolas, thanks for the info, One more or less doubt, you know how long the process takes from when you enter the data until they give you the visa in case of renewal.?
Not yet, I'm in that process, when i finish it i will let you know how long it takes.
A question, you stay without a passport all the time you wait until they attend the interview appointment?
No, you keep your passport with you until the interview, then you will have to wait for it to be returned to you.
Thank you very much for all the timely information on your blog..
Thank you very much Edgar!