Visa Services
How to Apply
How to Obtain an Appointment for a Visa Interview
The applicant should go to any branch of Banco Atlántida and pay the application/processing fee. The fee is US$ 131 or the Lempira equivalent for each applicant. (If your payment is in dollars, you will be charged an additional amount based on the exchange rate). You must retain BOTH copies of the US$ 131 visa fee receipt for the day of the interview at the Embassy. Both copies will be presented during the interview and will be REQUIRED to process your visa request. This requirement does not include the receipt for the US$ 13 PIN.
Since May 17, 2007, we have our Call Center available, and it is through them that you can obtain an appointment. You pay an additional fee of US$ 13 at the bank, which will obtain you a PIN number to be used when you call our Call Center to make your appointment. Each PIN number is for immediate families of up to 5 members. If your immediate family number is greater than 5, you will have to buy an additional PIN number. If your previous visa was for multiple entries, valid for one or more years and is current or recently expired (within 12 months), the Call Center will schedule you for a revalidation.
If you have never had a visa, or if your visa was valid for less than one year, the Call Center will schedule you for a first time appointment. Although some companies offer services to help with your application, no one can guarantee you a visa; only a Consular Officer in the U.S. Embassy can make this decision. Applicants must also fill out a Non-immigrant visa application (DS-156) (required in electronic format) and men between ages 16 and 45 must fill out the Supplemental Non-Immigrant Visa Application Form (DS-157) (PDF - 128K). We recommend that applicants fill out the forms personally, because the applicant is ultimately responsible for the information contained therein.
Instructions and procedures for the electronic Visa Application Form
Suggested Documents for the Visa Application
Please present documents that establish your family, economic, and social obligations to Honduras that will obligate you to return to Honduras. U.S. law also requires that the applicant's situation in his or her home country be the basis for the decision on the visa. For this reason, we do not base our decisions on invitations or affidavits of support from friends or relatives in the United States. Suggested documents include:
- Tax Documents, Receipts, and/or Contracts which establish the stability of your business in Honduras.
- Job letter from your employer or school registration with specific dates of work/attendance.
- A letter from your bank, including current and average balances, and your bankbooks.
- Checking account statements for the past three months.
- The "Constitución de Sociedad," "Permiso de Operación," or "Declaración de Comerciante Individual" of any business you own in Honduras.
- Previous passports.
- Passports of immediate family members who have traveled to the United States.
- In cases of lost or stolen passports, an Immigration Report from the Honduran Immigration Office (“Movimiento Migratorio”) with your entrances and departures, plus the police report concerning the lost passport.
The Interview with the Consular Officer
On the day of the interview, the applicant must arrive at the Embassy 15 minutes before the stated appointment time. Late arrivals must return to Banco Atlántida and pay US$13 again to obtain a new PIN number, call our Call Center and reschedule the appointment.
Please Note: The time assigned for the visa interview is when the applicant may enter the Embassy, and not when the Consular Officer will see the applicant. Due to the processing time for each passport, and the fact that hundreds of applicants are interviewed each day, applicants should expect to wait several hours to be interviewed.
Who can accompany you during the interview?
- Only minors should come with both parents.
- Only elderly applicants and/or disables that need assistance.
Other applicants may come to the interview with no accompany, because of reduced space facilities.
To Request An Expedited Appointment
Expedited appointments will only be given in the following situations:
- To receive or continue urgent medical treatment in the United States.
- To attend a funeral of a close relative.
- For an urgent trip for work or business.
- Court appearance.
Since May 17, 2007, we have our Call Center available, and it is through them that you can obtain an expedited appointment. You pay an additional fee of US$ 13 at the bank, and you will obtain a PIN number to be used with the Call Center and they will give you your expedited appointment date. Each PIN number is for immediate families of up to 5 members. If your immediate family number is greater than 5, you will have to buy an additional PIN number.
Appointment Reschedule
If you want to reschedule your appointment date, please go to any branch of Banco Atlantida, and pay US$ 13 to buy a new PIN number, which you can use to call our Call Center to have your appointment rescheduled.Since March 19, 2007, these new reschedule policies have gone into effect:
- The applicant can reschedule the appointment before the original date has expired.
- The applicant has 30 days after the original date, to reschedule the appointment.
- If the applicant misses the appointment and does not reschedule between a month’s period, this appointment will expire and the applicant will have to buy a new one.
- The applicant can reschedule the appointment date only once.
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