Visa Services
General Information
The Embassy is located in Aoukar, off the Dbayeh Highway, facing the Aoukar Municipal Building. The Consular Section provides full Nonimmigrant Visa Services for Lebanese Citizens and other nationals who hold Lebanese residency.
Applicants for nonimmigrant visas should visit any branch of Credit Libanais Bank, where they can pay the nonrefundable U.S. $131 application fee and receive an appointment for an interview at the Embassy. For information about when visa appointments are available in Beirut, and how long average visa processing takes, please visit: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/wait/tempvisitors_wait.php.
Contact Information
Further information can be obtained via several different channels:
- By calling the Embassy at 961-4-542600 or 961-4-543600, at any time, to hear recorded information on all consular services.
- By calling 1466 from any mobile. This is a Libancall number that will charge you 25 cents per minute for information on how to apply for a nonimmigrant visa.
- By e-mailing the visa section at BeirutNIV@State.gov.
- By sending a fax to 04-544037.
Replies will be sent within 3 working days.
For complete information on U.S. visa requirements, including studying, doing business or just visiting, please visit http://travel.state.gov/visa/visa_1750.html or http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2004/35066.htm
For a complete list of Visa Waiver Countries, visit http://travel.state.gov/visa/tempvisitors_novisa_waiver.html
To visit the U.S. Consular homepage, please visit http://travel.state.gov/
Machine-readable passports allow data in the passport to be scanned automatically by a machine. The two lines of printed OCR-B machine-readable data (circled in red) are the most noticeable features of a machine-readable passport. (DoS Photo)
