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The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs announced that the Electronic Visa Application Form (EVAF) is being replaced by DS-160, a fully web-based nonimmigrant visa application form. DS-160 allows consular officers to review nonimmigrant visa application data prior to in-person interviews. DS-160, which 24 consular offices currently use, will replace all nonimmigrant visa application forms (except those for K visas).
DS-160’s replacement of the EVAF will occur in two phases: Phase one consular posts will transition before March 1, 2010, while phase two consular posts will implement the system between March 1 and April 30, 2010.
More information on DS-160 is available here.