Please follow the steps below before your immigrant visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Muscat, Oman. Note: You will need to make two visits to the Embassy. U.S. Embassy Muscat implemented a new mandatory process. Applicants must attend an In-Person Prescreening at the Embassy one week before their scheduled visa interview date. The prescreening will include a review of all the required original documents before the actual interview with the Consular Officer. This increases the chances of being approved on the original appointment day and reduces follow-up appointments. This change applies to all Immigrant Visa applicants with appointments scheduled on or after June 17, 2025. Applicants who do not appear for their In-Person Prescreening appointment will have do their Prescreening on the day of their interview and they will be required to return to the Embassy one week later to complete the officer interview.

After you receive your visa interview appointment, you must complete each of these steps below.  If you do not complete each step before your visa interview appointment the consular section may require you to reschedule for a later date.

All applicants must follow the instructions below before you go to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate.

Step 1: Register your address online

Before your visa interview appointment, you must register online here. 

 Your registration ensures we have the correct information to return your passport and documents after your visa interview.  Registration also allows you to cancel or reschedule your interview if necessary. 

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Step 2: Get a medical exam in Oman

As soon as you receive your appointment date, you must schedule a medical exam in Oman. Click the Medical Exam Instructions button below for a list of designated doctors’ offices in Oman. Please schedule and attend a medical exam with one of these doctors before your interview. The Medical Exam must be scheduled at least 8 business days before your interview date. Applicants who do not complete their medical exam at least 8 business days before their interview date may have their interview date rescheduled.

Medical Exam Instructions >>

Step 3: Complete your pre-interview checklist

It is important that you bring all required original documents to your interview. We created a checklist that tells you what to bring. Print the checklist and bring it to your interview with the listed documents.

Pre-Interview Checklist >>

Step 4: Review interview guidelines

Read our interview guidelines to learn about any special actions you need to take before your visa interview.

Interview Guidelines >>

Step 5: Attend your mandatory In-Person Prescreening at the Embassy

Starting June 17, 2025, U.S. Embassy Muscat will implement a new mandatory process and require applicants to attend an In-Person Prescreening at the Embassy one week before their scheduled visa interview date.

• The In-Person Prescreening will be one week before your scheduled interview. It will be at the same time of day. Bring all the required documents.
• During the appointment, consular team members will collect your fingerprints and photograph, confirm your passport information, review all your documents and tell you what documents, if any, are missing.

This will reduce the time spent in our waiting room on the day of your applicant interview and significantly increase the chances that applications can be approved on the day of the interview.

Medical Exam Instructions

Everyone applying for an immigrant visa, no matter how old they are, must have a medical exam before they get their visa. Only a physician approved by the U.S. Embassy can do the exam.

• It is your responsibility to schedule and attend a medical exam with one of the approved doctors listed below at least 8 business days before your interview at the U.S. Embassy.

Note: Medical exam results from different doctors will not be accepted.

Approved physicians

NMC Healthcare LLC
Dr. Sumant Purushottam Pajankar
Dr. Rajeev Chathanath

NMC Healthcare LLC
AlGubrah (Floor #3)

Telephone: +968-99517379
Email: [email protected]
Hours: 8:30 - 16:30 (Saturday - Thursday)

Items to bring to your medical examination

The doctor needs these items to complete the medical exam forms:

• Your visa interview letter
• Form DS-260 confirmation page
• Your passport
• Three (3) recently taken passport-sized color photographs
• A copy of your immunization records
• Medical records, including prescription information, for any medical conditions you now have

You must pay all medical examination fees, including x-ray and blood test fees, directly to the physician. The basic medical exam fee is Omani Rials 75.000 for applicants 15 years and older, and Omani Rials 15.000 for applicants under 15 years of age.

Follow-up tests and vaccinations are charged separately.

Review the list of vaccine charges. Note: Fees are subject to change.

During the medical exam

The medical examination includes:

1. A medical history review 
2. A physical examination
3. A chest X-ray 
4. A gonorrhea test
5. Blood tests for applicants ages 15 and older 
6. Tuberculosis (TB) testing for all applicants ages two and older 
7. Please be prepared to discuss your medical history, medications you are taking, and current treatments you are undergoing. 

You will probably need two appointments to complete all the required tests.

More information on general medical requirements for U.S. immigrants is available on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website (CDC).

U.S. immigration law requires immigrant visa applicants to get certain vaccinations before a visa is issued. Current immigrant visa vaccination requirements are available at CDC.Gov. You can also read Frequently Asked Questions about our medical examination requirements at Travel.state.gov.

After the medical exam

When your examination is completed, the doctor will either (1) provide you with exam results in a sealed envelope or (2) send them directly to the U.S. Embassy.

IMPORTANT: If you are given an envelope to carry to your interview:

• DO NOT OPEN IT. Instead, bring it to your visa interview.

Any x-rays will be given to you. You do not need to bring them to your visa interview unless you are diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).  

However, you must carry the x-rays with you when you enter the United States as an immigrant.

Remember: The medical report must be less than six (6) months old when you enter the United States as an immigrant.

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Pre-Interview Checklist

Please use the list that follows so you know the items every applicant must bring to the immigrant visa interview.

Remember: Any documents that are not in English must be accompanied by a certified English translation and a photocopy.

Registration: Printed confirmation of your online registration of a delivery address for returning your passport and documents (see Step 1). Every immigrant visa applicant must register at www.USVisaScheduling.com before her or his interview.

Appointment Letter: A copy of your NVC interview letter. (This does not apply to Diversity Visa, fiancé(e), adoptive, or asylee/refugee applicants.)

Unexpired passport valid for six (6) months after the date you intend to enter the United States. Any previous passports with valid U.S. visas should also be submitted and a photocopy of the biographic page (where your name and photo are located).

Photographs: Two (2) color passport-size photographs of every person applying for a visa (5 cm x 5 cm or 2-inch x 2 inch). Please review our online photo requirements.

DS-260 Confirmation Page of the Form DS-260 Application for an Immigrant Visa you submitted online at https://ceac.state.gov/ceac.

Birth Certificates: Your original birth certificate with an English translation and a photocopy.

Medical examination results in a sealed envelope (if the physician gives you these results).

Applicants who fall into any category listed in italics below should bring these additional documents:

For family-based visa applications:  

The appropriate Form I-864 Affidavit of Support for every financial sponsor, along with a photocopy of the sponsors’ most recent IRS transcript or most recent U.S. federal income tax return and the W-2 forms that go with it. 

Proof of your U.S. petitioner’s status and domicile in the United States. (A photocopy of a U.S. passport, naturalization certificate, or lawful permanent resident card).

Evidence of the relationship between the petitioner and visa applicant (such as photographs, letters, or emails).

If you are married: Your original marriage certificate, English translation and a photocopy. 

If you were previously married:  Your original divorce or spouse’s death certificate, English translation and a photocopy.

If you are older than 16 years: The original police certificate from the country where you now reside and countries where you previously resided.

If these items are all true, you must get and bring a more recent police certificate to the interview:

1. You are older than 16 years
2. You obtained a police certificate and submitted it to NVC more than one year ago
3. You still live in the country that issued the police certificate.

For employment-based visa applications: A letter from your U.S. employer dated less than one month ago.

If you have ever been convicted of a crime: Court and criminal records, English translations and photocopies.

If you have served in any country’s military: Military records, English translations and photocopies.

If you are adopted: Adoption papers or custody documents, English translations and photocopies.

If you are the petitioner’s stepchild: The original marriage certificate of the petitioner and your biological parent, English translation and a photocopy along with divorce records for any previous marriages of either parent.

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Interview Guidelines

Sending documents to the U.S. Embassy in Muscat

If the U.S. Embassy requests additional information or documentation from you, the consular officer will provide instructions about submitting those to the embassy.

Rescheduling or cancelling your interview

If you are unable to attend your appointment, please visit www.USVisaScheduling.com to notify the consular section.

• There may be a significant wait before the next available appointment, so please make every effort to attend the appointment NVC scheduled for you.
• For some family-based and employment preference visa categories, visas only became available in the month that you were scheduled by the National Visa Center.
• Diversity-visa applicants (DV) should be aware that visas are limited in number and must be issued by September 30 of the program year. It is very important for DV applicants to collect all the required documents before their appointment to make sure they stay eligible for the program.

There is no guarantee that a visa will still be available on the date of your rescheduled interview. Please carefully review the Visa Bulletin before you decide to reschedule your interview.

Security screening procedures

Every visitor to the U.S. Embassy in Muscat must follow certain security procedures. Any visitor who refuses to be screened by U.S. Consulate security personnel cannot enter the Consulate.

To avoid delaying your entry and those in line behind you, please bring only what is required for your interview

• Cell phones, electronics, large bags, and oversize items are not allowed into the embassy.
• Due to space limitations, do not arrive before your scheduled appointment.

Accompanying persons

Attorneys cannot go with their clients into the waiting room or to their interview. 

Only the these people may accompany a visa applicant to their interview: 

• Special Needs Visitors: Applicants may bring one person to help if they are elderly, disabled, a minor child. or who need mobility assistance.
• Interpreter: Applicants who do not speak English or Arabic well enough to participate in an interview may bring one interpreter. 

Immigrant visa fees

If you have not paid all required fees either to the National Visa Center or through the appointment website, please be prepared to pay them on the day of your interview.

• All fees may be paid in U. S dollars or the Omani Rial equivalent.
• We only accept cash or credit payments.
• Payment by credit card is billed in U.S. dollars.
• In case the credit card verification system is not available, please be prepared to pay with cash or you can withdraw cash from an ATM.
• If you are paying in cash, please bring the exact amount.

Please note: If you are found ineligible to receive a visa, the application fee cannot be refunded.

A complete list of fees can be found at travel.state.gov.

Do not make travel plans outside of Oman

If your visa is approved, we will keep your passport at the embassy while we prepare your immigration packet and print a visa for your passport. If you must travel within Oman while your passport is still with us, please make sure you have a valid picture ID other than your passport. We will return your passport to you via courier service to an Aramex office of your choice (see Step 1). 

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After Your Visa Interview

A consular officer can decide on a visa application only after reviewing the formal application and interviewing the applicant. There is no guarantee that you will receive a visa. Do not sell your house, car or property, resign from your job or make non-refundable flight or other travel arrangements until you receive your immigrant visa.

If more information is needed

Sometimes a consular officer cannot decide a visa application because he or she needs to review additional documents or the case requires further administrative processing.

When additional documents are requested, the consular officer will give you a refusal letter that explains what documents are needed. It will also include instructions about how to send them to the embassy.

Administrative processing takes additional time after the interview. Most administrative processing is resolved within 60 days. However, the timing is different based on the circumstances of each case. Before you inquire about the status of administrative processing, please wait at least 60 days after your interview.

What happens after visa approval

Passport, Visa, and Sealed Immigrant Packet: We will place your immigrant visa on a page in your passport.

Please check your visa to make sure there are no spelling errors.

1. If your case requires, we will give you a sealed envelope containing documents that you must give to U.S. immigration authorities when you arrive in the United States for the first time.

• Do not open the envelope.
• You must carry it with you. Do not put it in your checked luggage.

2. If you receive X-rays during your medical examination, carry them with you and give them to the U.S. immigration authorities.

USCIS Immigrant Fee: Everyone who is issued immigrant visas overseas must pay an Immigrant Fee to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) before they  travel to the United States. This fee is for processing your residency status and printing your Permanent Resident Card. The only people who do not have to pay this fee are children entering the United States under the Hague Process, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants, returning residents, and people traveling on a K visa.

When You Should Travel: You must enter the United States before the expiration date on your visa, which is usually six (6) months from the date the visa was printed.

• Your visa cannot be extended and fees cannot be refunded.
• The principal applicant must enter before or at the same time as other family members with visas.

Unless the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) applies, children who are issued a visa before their twenty-first (21st) birthday, must enter the United States before they turn 21. Otherwise, they will lose their immigrant status.

Getting a Green Card: Your Form I-551 Permanent Resident Card (also called a green card) will be automatically mailed to the address in the United States that you gave in your visa application form.

This is a very important document. It proves you have permission to reside in the United States.

Do not travel outside the United States until you receive your green card.

Once you receive your card, do not stay outside the United States for more than one year. If you do, you will lose your status as a Lawful Permanent Resident.

Children’s Issues: In the United States, children must have certain vaccinations before they can enroll in school.

1. Bring your child’s complete vaccination records with you to the United States.
2. If your child is adopted, or if you have full custody because of a divorce, or if you share custody with another parent, bring a copy of all adoption or custody papers from the court that has the authority for such matters in your country.
3. You will need these papers (translated into English) for things such as school enrollment, medical care, and eventual citizenship.

Information for New Immigrants – Please visit the USCIS web page for helpful information about moving to the United States. You can read their publication, Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants, online.

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Diversity Visa Applicants - Additional Information

If you are interviewing for a Diversity Visa (DV), all of the instructions in this package apply to you. Please schedule and attend a medical examination and gather the required documents before your visa interview.

Additional instructions that apply only to DV applicants follow.

Bring to your interview

In addition to the documents listed on the Pre-Interview Checklist in this package, DV applicants must bring these items to their visa interview:

Appointment information printed from the Entrant Status Check on the E-DV website.

Documents that show you have either a qualifying high school education OR have two (2) years of qualifying work experience. The work experience must have been in the most recent five years before your application (This applies to the principal applicant only. More information is available at travel.state.gov).

Payment in cash or credit of the $330 Diversity Visa Application Fee.

Review your DV Program Application

Before your visa interview, we recommend that you review the information on your first E-DV entry.

1. On your first E-DV entry, you must have correctly entered your marital status. If you are legally married you must have

listed your spouse, even if you are now separated from him or her. (Unless your spouse is a U.S. citizen or Lawful

Permanent Resident.)

2. Also, you must have listed ALL of your living children who are unmarried and under 21 years old. This includes your

natural children, your spouse’s children or children you have formally adopted under the laws of your country.

• If you did not list an existing spouse or child at the time of your entry in the Diversity Visa lottery, you will be disqualified and the visas for your family will be denied.

Your application may be disqualified or refused, if it is missing any required information, at any time before selection, after selection, or during the visa application process.

All DV applications must include the name, photograph, date and place of birth of the principal applicant, the applicant’s spouse and all children who are unmarried and under age 21 on the date of the first entry.

• This includes your biological children, your spouse’s children, or children you have formally adopted according to the laws of your country.

Fees paid to the U.S. government for your visa application(s) cannot be refunded.

If you did not include a child who was already born or a spouse you were married to when you entered the program, you should not proceed with the visa application.

You can review the eligibility requirements via travel.state.gov.

If you were married when you entered the lottery, you should not proceed with the visa application. You can review the eligibility requirements at travel.state.gov.

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Vaccination Charges

If the approved physician determines that you need vaccinations, you will be charged per vaccine at these rates.

Prices are subject to change.

NMC Healthcare LLC:

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