DS160 incorrect on visa appointment confirmation page

USA B1/B2 visa
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Greetings,

On my visa appointment confirmation page, I have a DS160 number but I am unable to retrieve it. It is surely due to a mistake which was made in inputting the DS160 number while taking the visa appointment.

I have a new DS160 but I am not sure how can i update it to reflect it on the confirmation appointment.
Is there a way or a page or a process to update this information?
Can we take the new DS160 to the consular appointment or during fingerprinting and ask them to update??? Will it result into any denial ?
Can you please guide me on the same?

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I think you should be fine. You can take the new DS 160 and ask them to update it. i was asked to create a new DS 160 on the appointment date due to an error and they allowed me to come back and finish the biometric on that day itself.

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Thanks Praveen, but in your case, you still had a DS160 completed & submitted that was reflected on your visa appointment confirmation, right?

In my case, the DS160 number attached to the visa confirmation page seems to have been expired. I have not submitted that and now I am not able to retrieve it. So now I created new DS-160 which I was planning to take along with me, but it won’t match in the first place.

So my question is that is it still okay to carry the new DS160 with me and update it even if it doesn’t match with the visa appointment confirmation page?

Thanks in advance for your reply

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@praveen_M_K - Would appreciate your response on this!

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I am sorry I don’t have a proper answer to this specific situation. I thought you had submitted the first one. Did you try calling VFS support and ask?

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Yes, but we didn’t get any clear answer from them.

According to them if the appointment was booked after Nov 15, 2023, they need the old DS160 confirmation page and bring the new one. But we don’t have one in the first place and they didn’t answer that question and dropped the call.

We also created a case on their portal but its the same response

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I see the following in confirmation email. So they need confirmation from original DS 160.

If you do not appear with both confirmation pages, you will be required to reschedule your appointment.

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What happened with this ?? I have the same issue

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I am in the same situation. Please somebody tell me what happened? Did anybody get it resolved through CGI federal help or had to pay visa fee again to schedule new appointment?

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It seems that the only way to is to take the new DS160 to the appointment if you have already paid the fee.

Only VFS can help you at their center. As far as I know, there is no option to fix it from their website.

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Hello @Budha_Bagchi How did you resolve the issue?
I have the similar situation where i gave my DS160 confirmation for the dependent as well.

I created DS160 and created visa application, while adding the dependent, i provided same DS160 as mine. Then i scheduled an appointment. Now, on the appointment confirmation page, i have same DS160 for myself and the dependent.
How can i correct it?
Bringing the new DS160 to the dropbox will resolve the problem?

@anil_am22 Can you please provide insight

Regards
Vijay

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@vijaymetre @Budha_Bagchi I have my appointment tomorrow and have the same issue where appointment confirmation page has older ds160 numbers. Were you able to solve it? Please let me know your experience on that.