Discontinuation of Domestic Visa Revalidation Services

The Revalidation Division has discontinued its domestic visa revalidation (or reissuance) service. Notification of the discontinuation of domestic visa revalidation services was published in the Federal Register on June 23, 2004.

All applications for revalidation following a 221(g) refusal must be received in the processing center in St. Louis (applications involving payment of a visa issuance reciprocity fee) or the revalidation division in Washington, DC (applications involving additional documentation only) no later than September 30, 2004.

Required Documentation Following a Visa Refusal

If the Visa Office informed you that you may resubmit your visa revalidation application with additional or missing documentation, you may submit the documentation noted on the Visa Office’s refusal letter NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, 2004.  You must include:

• Visa refusal letter from the Visa Office, AND
• Evidence of fee payment (photocopy of bank draft, corporate check, or money order), AND
• A new completed and signed Nonimmigrant Visa Application, Form DS-156. with photo that meets our standards, as shown in nonimmigrant photograph requirements, AND
• A new completed Supplemental Nonimmigrant Visa Application Form DS-157 for male applicants aged 16 to 45, regardless of nationality, AND
• All required supporting documents (including previously missing items), AND
• Pre-paid courier airbill and envelope or self-addressed stamped envelope.
• Do not enclose your resubmission in an inner envelope within your outer mailing envelope.
• Do not enclose your resubmission in an inner envelope within your outer mailing envelope. 
• Resubmission must be received in the St. Louis processing center (applications involving payment of the reciprocal visa issuance fee) or the Visa Office in Washington, DC (applications involving documentary requirements only) no later than September 30, 2004.

If you do not have time to resubmit a visa revalidation application to the Visa Office, or you are unable to resubmit a visa revalidation application before September 30, 2004, you may make a new visa application at a U.S. consulate or embassy abroad.
If you apply for a new visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad, you must pay a new nonimmigrant visa application processing fee.

Unless the Visa Office stated in your visa refusal letter that you owe additional fees, there are no additional fees to resubmit a revalidation application with additional documentation. Therefore, do not pay a new nonimmigrant visa application processing fee with your resubmission.

Where to Send Resubmitted Applications with Additional Documentation

If your visa revalidation application was refused, the Visa Office has stated that you may resubmit your application, and you need to pay the visa issuance reciprocity fee, send the passport and documents before September 30, 2004 to:

U.S. Postal Service
Department of State
P.O. Box 72099
St. Louis, MO 63195-2099

All Commercial Courier Services
Department of State
Box 72099
1005 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101

If your visa revalidation application was refused, the Visa Office has stated that you may resubmit your application, and you are not required to pay the visa issuance reciprocity fee, send the passport and documents before September 30, 2004 to:

CA/VO/P/D - Visa Office
U.S. Department of State
2401 E Street, NW (SA-1 L-703)
Washington, DC 20522-0106

Please ensure that you mark your envelope “221g.”

PLEASE NOTE: The addresses above are ONLY for use in returning revalidation applications with additional documentation when the Visa Office has stated that you may resubmit your application.

Related Links

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(July 2004)