Process for H4 visa application for Wife and Child

I had applied in h1b in sep 2012 and got a 221-g and asked me to submit some employer documents. I had submited them in nov 2012. I got my passport stamped in feb last week. Feeling happy to see that.

now i want to apply for H4 visas for my Wife and Child.

Process has changed a lot and m confused about process.

  • Do i have to create new Profile on ustraveldocs.com for my wife and child each separately?

  • Please someone help me to take my appointment and intervew dates.

I haven’t used the new system, so I don’t have any personal experience. So my answer may not be accurate but more of a guess.

As they will be attending interview separate from you, you should create the profile for the wife. Pay the fees for both wife and kid, and then schedule the interview for the wife. The kid may be eligible for interview waiver, which means doesn’t need to make personal appearance at the consulate and your wife can carry child’s passport.

Thanks saurabh. You’re all correct and same thing i had verified with VFS on saturday. Thanks for the help.

Hello Guys, Need your help to understand the process. I already have H1B stamped. My wife & my new born daughter (who will be 5 months by then) will be going for interview.
Now, I understand that there is interview waiver for kids, however, my daughter will be travelling with us (ill be taking them to consulate while i’m on India visit) & my wife can take her to interview.
I have filled 2 separate ds160 for them. Now, I haven’t paid fee until now. My questions are:

  1. When fees needs to paid (after submitting DS160 or while scheduling interview on Mumbai consulate website).
  2. If it has to paid while scheduling appointment, how can I put 2 application number for one interview?

I’m just confused how to handle mother & kid together for visa interview.

Thanks in advance for our guidance.