Please email NVCSIV@state.gov to request adding your newborn child to your SIV case.
In the email include the following items:
- Child’s birth certificate (translated and original tazkira). If using electronic tazkira, then scan both sides, and no need to translate.
- Child’s Afghan electronic passport copy.
- Principal applicant’s full name, date of birth, and case number.
- The name of the person writing the email.
Email template:
To: NVCSIV@state.gov
Subject: KBL20174567890 or NVCSIV20157965312 – Add New Child in SIV Case (write your own case number)
Email message:
Hello NVC,
I am writing this email to request to add my newborn child to my Afghan SIV case. I have attached the newborn child’s Afghan Tazkira and Afghan electronic passport copy.
The child’s information is:
Child Name: Shabnam Totakhail
Child Date of Birth: 17/12/2020
Child Place of Birth: Write city name and country born here. For example: Lashkargha, Afghanistan.
Child Gender: Female –
For boys, write “Male”. For girls, write “Female”.
I am the principal applicant writing this email and my information is:
The Name of the person writing this email: Mustafa Totakhail
Case Number: KBL, ISL or NVCSIV number
Principal Applicant Name: Mustafa Totakhail
Principal Applicant Date of Birth: 23/06/1997
Note: You may not receive auto-reply when sending email request to add your child to your case. Please have patience and wait for your child to be added by regularly checking your DS-260 application. Once the child is added to the DS-260 application, then submit the application for the child.
For help with submitting DS-260 application, watch the DS-260 application tutorial video.
Post last updated: May 15, 2023