Hi
Yes I have taken appt for my kid too. But I read somewhere that kids under 14 do not have to go with the parents for the actual interview. I am trying to figure out where I read that.
thanks for your reply
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Hi DHM
The following statement at point # 6 and 8 of the VFS website should clarify your point. The kids under 14 and above 79 need not be fingerprinted but they have accompany their parents to the interview.
This is in the event you and all your family members are going to India for vacation or any other purpose and need to retunr back.
However, if your wife and kid are not accompanying you to India and neither joining at a later in India, then the question of an interview for the wife and kid does not apply.
More questions? drop that line in the forum
Subramanya
Only for newborn babies exceptions are made.
(1) Please go to HDFC Bank and purchase a visa fee receipt in the name of your child.
(2) Log on to the website
http://evisaforms.state.gov and complete the e-visa form DS-156.
(3) You may then get your baby along with you for the Interview. (4) Original passport, e-visa form DS-156 and HDFC Bank fee receipt of the baby along with your supporting documents should be carried for the Interview. If visa is granted the baby’s passport will be handed over to VFS for courier delivery.
All visa applicants, except those travelling on official government business or who are under age 14 or over age 79, will be required to submit two electronic fingerprint impressions. At the time of the visa interview, applicants will be asked to electronically scan the index (second) finger of each hand. Applicants who are required to be fingerprinted, and who have a cut or blister or other temporary skin injury on their index fingers may not be issued a visa until their finger heals before they can be fingerprinted. The scanned fingerprint data collected at the time of interview will be compared with fingerprint scans at the US port of entry to prevent the misuse of US visas by impostors and by those wanted for more serious offences.
Please remember, however, that all visa applicants, regardless of their age or visa category, will require an interview.