Destination Ready: 🇮🇳 India → 🇺🇸 United States — Tourism / visiting family (B1/B2) Checklist

✓ Verified · 5 November 2026 Built from the verified entry requirements for this route.

Your timeline

1. First. Complete DS-160, pay the $185 fee and book the interview — appointment availability is the long pole, so start here.
2. Before the interview. Assemble your documents and ties evidence; practise answering consistently with your DS-160.
3. After approval. Book flights and insurance, print your documents, and check your I-94 as soon as you land.

Documents

• Passport, valid for the trip
• DS-160 confirmation page with barcode
• Interview appointment letter and fee payment receipt
• A photo that meets the State Department's requirements, if the DS-160 upload fails

Money & ties to home

• Evidence you can pay all costs of the trip
• Evidence of ties that bring you home: employment letter, property, family
• If visiting family: their invitation and status details

Before you travel

• Book flights only once the visa is in your passport
• Carry your host's address — you will be asked where you are staying
• After arrival, check your I-94 online and note the admit-until date

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General information only. This guide is based on official sources publicly available and checked on the date shown on this page. Visa rules change, and consular and USCIS officers decide every case on its own facts — nothing here is a confirmation or a guarantee for your individual case, and this is not legal advice. Always confirm the current requirement on the official page linked in this guide before you act, and consider a qualified immigration attorney for your specific situation.