DOS Releases List of Useful Websites and Telephone Numbers
Posted Aug 17, 2001

The U.S. Department of State's (DOS') Office of Public and Diplomatic Liaison has released a useful list of website addresses (URLs) and telephone numbers. Included are the DOS' main visa services website addresses, including foreign entry requirements and key officers overseas; telephone numbers for information on obtaining visas; cut-off dates for immigrant visa petitions; revalidation of E, H, I, L, O, and P visas; border post appointments, an automated fax line on a variety of visa topics, and an INS forms line.

Key URLs and phone numbers are :

Consular Affairs : http://travel.state.gov
Visa Services : http://travel.state.gov/visa_services.html
INS site : http://www.ins.usdoj.gov
Foreign Entry Requirements : http://travel.state.gov/foreignentryreqs.html
Key Officers Overseas :
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/contacts/keyofficer_index.html

General visa information : 202-663-1225
Cut-off Dates for immigrant visa petitions : 202-663-1541
E/H/I/L/O/P revalidation : 202-663-1225
Border post appointments : 1-900-443-3131
INS forms line : 1-800-870-3676

We are happy to share this valuable information from DOS with you in the MurthyBulletin.