Diplomatic and Official Visas

Applicants for diplomatic or official visas must complete the electronic visa application form DS-160.

Government officials traveling for official purposess (A, G, C-2/3 and NATO visas) remain exempt from the interview and fingerprint requirement. Officials may come to interview window 11 from 8:00 am to 10:00 am, Monday through Friday, with the exception of the third Thursday of the month. Government officials and their family members traveling for tourism, as students, or other non-official purposes, are required to have an interview and to have their fingerprints taken.

Guatemalan officials should request that the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Relations assist them with their visa applications.

Guatemalan Members of Congress may apply for their visas at 8:00 am Monday through Thursday, with the exception of the third Thursday of the month, at window 11 if they have a letter from the Congressional Protocol Office.

Diplomats on official travel whose country has an embassy in Guatemala should request their embassy send the U.S. Embassy their passport, application form, and a diplomatic note. Diplomats on personal travel should also present a diplomatic note, and they may apply at window 11 at 8:00 am Monday through Thursday.

Officials of international organizations who are assigned to Guatemala and will be on official travel for their organization should request that the organization send the passport, application, and official letter to the U.S. Embassy. Applicants not on official travel must come to window 11 at 8:00 am Monday through Thursday and must submit a letter from the organization.

Officials of international organizations who hold non-Guatemalan passports and are not assigned to Guatemala are not entitled to diplomatic courtesies and are required to follow the standard application procedures.

Immediate relatives (spouse and minor, unmarried children) as well as household family members may use window 11 to submit their applications to accompany diplomats and officials listed above who are on official assignments (A, G, C-2/3 and NATO visas). Other family members and household staff must make an appointment and have an interview with a consular officer.