PLEASE NOTE: Effective immediately, all visa applicants are required to submit electronically-completed DS-156 visa application forms. Hand-written forms will no longer be accepted. If you appear for your interview with a hand-written DS-156 application form you will be turned away and assigned another date for your interview. You must complete the electronic form on-line at http://evisaforms.state.gov in either French of English, print out the entire form including the third (barcode) page, and bring it with you to the interview.

http://montreal.usconsulate.gov/content/co...;document=index


This is very important, since in the past the staff in Montreal tended to frown on downloaded forms.

Has this information showed up in packet 3's sent recently?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=36424

Come on Cassie, such old news!!! lol And yes read 1 post that stated it included the new instructions. What can I say, I'm bored, lol

There may have been a discussion about this already. Some people are sticking to exactly the hard copy forms they received in Package 4. To be on the safe side, I believe there was someone who submitted an electronic form but also brought a hard copy to the interview, just in case. (Maybe someone could refresh my memory on this.)

Thanks, flames.

The packet I got on Friday tells of having to use the online forms. That is exactly what I plan to do. Keep it simple as they say. Follow their instructions and we should be ok!

I just like to pint out, to make it very clear, I was only kidding!! Cassie helped me out a lot when I was going through the process and I think very highly of her, even though she is an east coaster and doesnt come from the west, lol

I received my Packet 3 in August and it had the old forms to be handwritten and submitted. When I received Packet 4 at the beginning of this month, it specifically said to go to the website and use the electronic form.
So I guess between when I received Packet 3 and 4 they were in transition of using the electronic rather than the handwritten.
Personally, I loved the electronic. If I can use Adobe to fill out forms, I will...save my hand from cramping up.

hehehehe no hard feelings flames! You just owe me a trip to Timmy's!

I posted that info in case I wasn't the only one that missed the discussion (duh! should have known we'd had already been all over that one! )

No prob, XL triple cream ok?