Only electronic visa application forms are now valid.

Since October 2006, only electronic visa application forms are accepted for US visa requests, following a decision taken US State Department.

The policy is being applied worldwide.

In a press communiqué the State Department says the move will permit a rapid process of nonimmigrant visa applications and provide more efficient service.

Individuals who do not have access to the Internet at home or in offices may access the forms at any one of the multiple Internet cafes located in Seychelles.

Information must be entered into the system and the application, with its barcode, must be printed out and sent to the consular section for application.

The on-line visa forms can be downloaded from the US State Department website at http://evisaforms.state.gov.

Further information on the visa application procedures, can be obtained on the embassy’s website at http://mauritius.usembassy.gov.