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The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon is located at the following addresses.

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The Interview Waiver is designed for applicants who do not need to appear at the Embassy to be fingerprinted and interviewed. Applicants can submit their completed visa applications and relevant supporting documents to the U.S. Embassy’s courier listed here . 

The following general requirements MUST be met to qualify for interview waiver: 

• Lebanese citizen or legal Lebanese resident.
• Currently present in Lebanon.
• The applicant complied with all immigration laws and regulations of the United States during previous visits.

The following requirements MUST be met for the specified visa classes:

Tourist, Business, and Medical Travel (B1/B2 visas)

• Renewing a B1/B2 visa (short term business and tourism).
• The previous B1/B2 visa expired less than 24 months (2 years) ago.
• The previous visa was NOT cancelled, revoked, lost or stolen.
• Was not refused a visa after the expiry date of the last visa.
• Prior visa not required.

Student Travel (F1 Visa)

• Renewing an F1 visa
• Returning to the same institution with the same SEVIS ID 
• The previous F1 visa expired less than 24 months (2 years) ago.

Exchange Visitors (J1 Visa) 

• Renewing a J1 visa
• Returning to the same program sponsor with the same SEVIS ID 
• The previous J1 visa expired less than 24 months (2 years) ago.

Step 1: DS-160 Application

Determine your visa type by reading  Common Nonimmigrant Visas . Each visa type explains the qualifications and application items. Choose the visa type that applies to your situation.

Be sure to also review the  Visa Waiver Program . If your country of citizenship participates in the Visa Waiver Program, you do not need to apply for a visa if you are traveling for business or pleasure and will only be staying in the Unites States for 90 days or less.

Complete the  Non-immigrant Visa Electronic Application (DS-160) form.

Step 2:  Update Profile

Log-in  to our online applicant system to create a profile and select courier service options (if available).  Please ensure all your personal and contact information on your www.ustraveldocs.com profile is correct otherwise there will be delays in your visa application processing. 

As you go through the process you will answer the interview waiver questions which will evaluate your eligibility to apply for a visa without an interview. You will also be prompted to select the courier location where you will dropoff and pickup your documents. 

Step 3:  Make Payment

You will be prompted to pay the visa application (MRV) fee using the payment options available in your country of application. 

Step 4:  Print Interview Waiver Confirmation Letter

After you enter your MRV fee payment receipt on your profile you will have access to Interview Waiver Confirmation Letter if you qualify to renew your visa. Otherwise you will be directed to the interview appointment calendar. 

Gather all the required documents listed on the interview wavier confirmation letter, including your DS-160 confirmation page, MRV fee receipt, current and previous passports, photo, and a letter explaining your travel purpose and itinerary. Depending on the visa category, you may require additional documentation and a reciprocity fee. Please refer to your  specific visa category page  for additional required documents.

Step 5:  Go to Courier Location

Go to one of the courier locations specified   here with your required documents.

Step 6:  Delivery to Consulate

The courier will deliver your documents to the U.S. Embassy.

Step 7:  Passport Retrieval

At the end of the visa adjudication process, the U.S. Embassy will return your documents and your passport to you at the chosen document delivery address in your profile. You will receive an email and SMS once your documents are ready for pickup at the courier location you selected. 

Important Note:  The use of the mail-in service does not guarantee visa issuance.  In some cases, applicants may still be required to appear for a visa interview.  

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• If your file does not contain the required documents listed above it will not be accepted. DO NOT submit additional documents like civil extracts, bank account statements, medical certificates as they are not required. 
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• Failure to answer the interview waiver questions on your profile correctly and to follow the directions list here will result in the delay or even refusal of your visa application.
• When your passport is ready for pickup at the courier location you will receive an SMS and email notification.

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If you visit the U.S. for tourism or business, you may need a visitor visa, also known as a tourist visa. Learn how to get and renew this type of nonimmigrant visa.

To enter the U.S., you must bring a passport issued by your country of citizenship along with your visa. Officials at your port of entry into the U.S. will also issue you a Form I-94, which electronically records your arrival and departure dates. Learn more about Form I-94 and how to apply .

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The visitor visa, also known as a tourist visa, is a type of nonimmigrant visa for people who wish to temporarily enter the U.S. There are two categories:

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You must renew your visitor visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad. Only diplomatic visa holders and their dependents can renew their visas within the U.S.

The process to renew a visitor visa is the same as getting one for the first time. Follow the process to apply for a visitor visa from the Department of State.

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Prior to starting a new visa request, Applicants are required to check the Jurisdiction guidelines in order to verify whether their state of residence falls under the Lebanese Embassy’s jurisdiction (Washington D.C), or under its affiliated Consulates General ( Los Angeles, Detroit or New York ).

US citizens with a US passport that is valid for more than six months do not need to obtain a Lebanese visa prior to traveling to Lebanon if the duration of their visit is less than one month . It is recommended for those traveling to Lebanon and planning to stay for more than one month to apply and obtain a visa from the Embassy.

Visa requirements for US Citizens:

A completed   Application form

Parental Consent Form for Minors (download here)

• Original passport that is valid for more than 6 months (Not a travel document);
• A copy of your passport (First page only);
• One passport-size photo that complies with standards;
• $88.00 single entry per person
• $125.00 two entries per person
• $175.00 multiple entries per person (up to 6 months)
• If sending your application by mail, One large empty, stamped, self-addressed envelope from USPS or FedEx . Kindly keep the tracking of your return envelope at hand, as the embassy is not responsible for any lost return mail (in person applicants are exempt from this step);
• For minors, a notarized Parental Consent form signed by both parents is required, which allows their dependents to travel to Lebanon along with a copy of the child’s birth certificate and a copy of both parents’ ID. ( To be submitted with the application)

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Visa requirements for U.S. Diplomatic and Official Visas:

• A completed   Application form;
• Original Passport that it is valid for more than 6 months;
• Official letter explaining the nature of the mission/ purpose of the visit.  (e.g., Dept. of State, Dept. of the Army, Dept. of the Navy, etc.);
• One passport-size photo that complies with Standards;
• One large empty, stamped, self-addressed envelopes from USPS or FedEx . Kindly keep the tracking of your return envelopes at hand, as the embassy is not responsible for any lost return mail (in person applicants are exempt from this step).

N.B.: This is a courtesy visa

Visa requirements for non us citizens and other nationalities:.

Original Passport that it is valid for more than 6 months ( Not a travel document )

A copy of your passport ( First page only )  

APPLICANTS ARE EXEMPT FROM POINTS 3 TO 6 IF MARRIED TO A LEBANESE CITIZEN AS LONG AS THEY SUBMIT THE REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OR LEBANESE FAMILY CIVIL REGISTRY  إخراج قيد عائلي ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE SPOUSE’S LEBANESE ID OR PASSPORT).

• A copy of the applicant’s Permanent residency card or US Visa;
• A hotel reservation, or a clear address of the place of residence and a telephone number;
• A bank statement covering the last six months;
• A letter of Employment;
• An invitation sent by a citizen or resident that includes a copy of a Lebanese ID or a residence permit valid for at least 3 months, which includes the name, contact and address of the host, the purpose of the invitation, and a copy of the host’s ID or residency permit (front and back);
• For applicants by mail, one large empty, stamped, self-addressed envelopes from USPS or FedEx . Kindly keep the tracking of your return envelopes at hand, as the embassy is not responsible for any lost return mail (in person applicants are exempt from this step ).
• For minors, a notarized Parental Consent form signed by both parents is required, which allows their dependents to travel to Lebanon along with a copy of the child’s birth certificate and copy of both parents’ ID. ( Should be submitted with the application )
• For domestic workers, the following documents are needed as well:
• Valid Passport of the House Keeper.
• US valid visa.
• A letter from the employer (affidavit of support).
• Proof of health insurance coverage.

Click here   for more information on the list of countries that have the right to a Lebanese Visa either through the embassy or upon arrival.

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Renewals for children under the age of 14 and adults over the age of 80, provide all your passports.

The Interview Waiver Program is available for some Lebanese citizens over the age of 80.

Before proceeding to renew your visa, please be aware that if you have a valid, unexpired visa in an expired passport, you can still travel to the United States using your old passport containing the valid visa and a new, valid passport. Note that both passports must be issued in the same country (in case you are a citizen of two or more countries).

If you meet the requirements listed above, you may be eligible for visa renewal processing.  To apply for this service complete the following steps:

Complete the  Non-immigrant Visa Electronic Application (DS-160) form.

Log-in to our online applicant system and create a profile to pay the visa application (MRV) fee . Once logged in, choose “Schedule appointment”. As you go through the process you will answer the Interview Waiver questions which will evaluate your eligibility to apply for a visa without an interview.

After you answer the questions, you will be prompted to pay the visa fee. If you are eligible to apply for a visa without an interview, you will print out the “Application Drop-Off Letter” which you will include with your visa application to be mailed.

Gather your DS-160 confirmation page, MRV fee receipt, current and previous passports, photo, and a letter explaining your travel purpose and itinerary. Depending on the visa category, you may require additional documentation and a reciprocity fee. Please refer to your  specific visa category page  for additional required documents.

Go to one of the Aramex locations specified  here . Take your Application Drop-Off Letter and all documents required with a mailing envelope to enclose your documents. A receipt with the tracking number will be given to you. There is no charge for this transaction.

Aramex will deliver your documents to the U.S. Embassy.

At the end of the visa adjudication process, the U.S. Embassy will return your documents and your passport to you at the chosen document delivery address in your profile. When the documents are dispatched you will receive an email with the tracking number. You can change the delivery address by accessing your profile. If issued, your passport will contain your visa.

Important Note:  The use of the mail-in service does not guarantee visa issuance.  In some cases, applicants may still be required to appear for a visa interview.  Examples of this include incomplete and/or inaccurate applications.

If you are renewing your visa in accordance with the above requirements, and you are a child under the age of 14 and an adult over the age of 80, then you do not need to be physically present to renew your visa.  These applicants are not required to have their fingerprints taken, and for that reason, a family member or other representative can deposit the passport with the visa to be renewed.

If you are renewing your visa, please remember to provide all your current and expired passports.  Applicants with dual nationalities should present passports for both countries.  It is important that you provide all your passports when you apply for your visa renewal so that the consular officer can review your travel patterns for the complete time period.  If you do not provide all requested passports, you could be required to complete a personal interview in order to decide your case.

NOTE: Please keep in mind that submitting an application under this visa renewal service does not guarantee approval of a visa.  The adjudication of all visa applications must comply with all U.S. rules and regulations regarding visa issuance.

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Middle East latest: No concern expressed from Israel about UNRWA employees since 2011, review finds

An independent report commissioned after Israel alleged 12 UNRWA employees took part in the Hamas attacks has found Israel had not expressed concerns about anyone on the agency staff lists it gets annually for more than a decade.

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The prime minister of Pakistan has praised Iran's "strong stand on the issue of Palestine".

Shehbaz Sharif has welcomed Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran, to his country for a three-day visit.

"Pakistan is also with the Palestinians," Mr Sharif said.

In televised remarks, Mr Raisi said the deaths caused by the Israeli military in Gaza were being committed with the support of the United States and other Western countries.

Regarding international organisations - including the United Nations - he said: "They say they support human rights, but they proved that they are inefficient."

Iran recently launched an unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel - after an alleged Israeli strike in Syria that killed two Iranian generals.

Pakistan is among countries that have no diplomatic relations with Israel because of the issue of Palestinian statehood.

By Alistair Bunkall , Middle East correspondent

It's taken 199 days for the first senior Israeli to resign over the Hamas attacks on 7 October.

Major General Aharon Haliva, Israel's military intelligence chief, said that under his command, the division "did not live up to the task we were entrusted with".

The argument that has kept military heads in post - one made by generals, intelligence chiefs and even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - is that judgement should be suspended while the war against Hamas is being fought. 

There is cold logic in that, but almost seven months in, and with no conclusion in sight, judgement day is nearing and more Israelis are demanding accountability for the failure of their leaders.

General Haliva isn't the only IDF commander to express regret - he is the first to fall on his sword, though.

Others have hinted they will, when the time is right. 

If they conclude that standing down is the honourable thing to do, then pressure will grow on Mr Netanyahu. 

He remains the one leader yet to acknowledge blame. 

It is unsustainable - although the prime minister's position is reasonably stable for now.

Tonight, Israelis are sitting down to a Jewish festival - Passover - with 132 people still being held hostage in Gaza and the defeat of Hamas looking increasingly unlikely. 

Major General Haliva's resignation will not bring Mr Netanyahu down, but it might be the first brick to come out of the wall. 

EU foreign ministers have agreed in principle to increase sanctions against Iran, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said.

It follows Iran's unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel on 13 April. 

There are already multiple European Union sanctions programmes against Iran.

These are for proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, human rights abuses, and supplying drones to Russia.

Several EU countries, however, have been calling for more sanctions regarding drones to cover missiles and transfers to proxy forces such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

"We have reached a political agreement in order to enlarge and expand the existing drone (sanctions) regime in order to cover missiles and their potential ... transfer to Russia," Mr Borrell told reporters following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. 

Israel said that 99% of the objects launched towards it were shot down. 

More resignations are possible after the head of Israeli military intelligence stood down earlier today, our  international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn  has said.

Major General Aharon Haliva admitted he failed to foresee and prevent the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October.

Asked whether there could be more resignations, Waghorn said: "I think so, potentially."

It is worth remembering that a "number of IDF commanders and intelligence chiefs have admitted responsibility and declared mea culpas in the wake of 7 October", he added.

Mr Haliva had written "quite a long resignation letter saying the burden of what he has to bear after 7 October is something that will live with him all his life".

Waghorn added that there is a "reckoning" as Israel tries to work out what happened on 7 October, which was a "massive intelligence and military failure".

"There will be a commission of inquiry and investigation," Waghorn said.  

"It's the beginning of what will be a long and I think very painful process for Israel as it comes to terms with the failures that led to the worst loss of Jewish life since World War Two."

Israel did not express concerns about anyone on the UNRWA staff lists it received annually since 2011, an independent review has found.

The report was commissioned after Israel alleged that a dozen employees of the United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees took part in the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October.

A number of countries, including the UK, froze donations to UNRWA as a result.

Some of those nations - and the EU - have since restored funding, but the UK has not.

The 48-page report said UNRWA has "robust" procedures to uphold the UN's principle of neutrality.

However, it said there were serious gaps in implementation, including staff publicly expressing political views, textbooks with "problematic content", and staff unions disrupting operations.

The report, led by French former foreign minister Catherine Colonna, said that between 2017 and 2022, allegations of neutrality being breached at UNRWA ranged annually from 7 to 55. 

Between January 2022 and February 2024, UN investigators received 151 allegations - most of them related to social media posts "made public by external sources", the report added.

It said UNRWA shares lists of staff with host countries for its 32,000 staff, including about 13,000 in Gaza. 

It added that Israeli officials never expressed concerns and informed panel members they did not consider the list to be a "screening or vetting process", but rather a procedure to register diplomats. 

The Israeli foreign ministry told the panel that until March 2024, staff lists did not include Palestinian identification numbers, the report said. 

Apparently based on those numbers, "Israel made public claims that a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organizations", the panel said. 

It added: "However, Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of this."

Multiple countries supported Israel as it defended itself against Iran's unprecedented attack on 13 April. 

Our  Middle East correspondent Alistair Bunkall explains the "surprising, informal collaboration" that has emerged in the region in this video...

US forces in Iraq and Syria have been targeted in two separate rocket and drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Reuters news agency reports, citing security sources and US officials.

At least one armed drone was launched at the Ain al Asad air base hosting US troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, a US official said.

That attack followed five rockets fired from Iraq yesterday towards US forces at a base in Rumalyn, northeastern Syria, according to US and Iraqi officials.

Referring to the rocket attack, Iraqi armed faction Kata'ib Hezbollah earlier denied it had resumed attacks on US forces after a three-month pause.

No casualties have been reported from the drone attacks.

On Saturday, a huge explosion at a military base in Iraq killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups.

The force’s commander said it was an attack, while the army said it is investigating and there were no warplanes in the sky at the time.

The US denied involvement.

Mental illness could manifest among Palestinians in Gaza years from now, a UN expert has warned.

Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN special rapporteur on the right to health, warned it is "really important" to start considering the conflict's impact on the long-term wellbeing of Palestinians in Gaza.

"Of course, we see the physical injury, and because it's physical, one can appreciate the severity of it," she said.

"But acute mental distress that will then turn into anxiety and other kinds of mental illnesses later on in life is really, really important to start thinking intentionally about."

Ms Mofokeng said she is concerned about the risk of water and airborne diseases, and the lack of medical supplies, reproductive and mental health services in the territory.

"The health system in Gaza has been completely obliterated, and the right to health has been decimated at every level," she added.

Israeli troops have launched a surprise raid in the eastern part of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Reuters is reporting.

Israel pulled its troops out of southern Gaza earlier this month, but their apparent return has caused residents to flee once more, the news agency added.

"They were too frightened," 42-year-old Ahmed Rezik said from a school where he is sheltering in the western part of Khan Younis.

"This morning many families who had left here in the past two weeks to go back home to Abassan came back," he told Reuters via a messaging app. 

"They said tanks pushed in the eastern area of the town under heavy fire, and they had to run for their lives."  

Meanwhile, Palestinian authorities said more bodies had been recovered from mass graves on the site of the city's main hospital, abandoned by Israeli troops (11.33 post).

Further south, there are reports of fresh air strikes in Rafah, where more than half the enclave's 2.3 million people have sought shelter.

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