DEFINITIONS:

	form is enabled and ready to be eFiled.
	form has been scheduled to be eFiled at a later time.
	form is eFiled. Hold the mouse over this icon and additional information about this filing will be displayed on the screen.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. How to Schedule a Form for E-Filing
2. How to E-File a Form

HOW TO SCHEDULE A FORM FOR E-FILING

 1) Click on Cases icon.

 2) Search for a case, click on Find button.

 3) Click on  icon to open the case.

 4) Click on Forms tab.

 5) NOTE: Form DS-160 is already added. To manually add it, proceed to Step 6. Otherwise, skip to Step 8.

 6) Click on Add Forms button.

 7) Now you have three options to search for a form:

            A) Search for a form by Form Description.

            B) Search for a form by Form Number. OR

            C) Scroll down and find the form and select the form.

    Now click on Add Forms button.

8) Click on  icon to open the form.

9) Make any necessary changes, click on the Save icon, and close the form. 

10) Now you’re ready to schedule it for e-filing. Click on the  icon. 

11) Click OK to schedule this form for e-filing. 

12) You can see the   icon changed to . Now click on Home link. 

13) Click on the  icon. 

14) Form DS-160 is now ready to e-file. 

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HOW TO E-FILE A FORM

1) On the homepage, click on the e-filing icon , to start. 

2) It will direct you to EIMMIGRATION eFiling.  There will be a list of the forms that are ready to e-file.  To start on a form, click on the form’s link. 

NOTE: If you are directed to this page, click on the link below for Installation Instructions. 

http://www.cerenade.com/eimmigration/InstallEfilingComponent.pdf  

 3) This will connect you to the U.S Department of State website to start transferring the information. 

NOTE: If doing another form beside DS-160, please follow Steps A and B, otherwise, proceed to Step 5. 

A) Click on the form’s link. 

 B) You will be asked to enter your Login information before proceeding. 

NOTE: We do NOT provide this Login information. 

4) Scroll down and click the Start Application button. 

5) Select the location where you will be submitting your application. 

6) Then click the Start a New Application button. 

7) There will be a Control Panel which is used to transfer the information. 

8)  To start transferring, make sure the title of the page matches the link in the Control Panel, then click the link. 

9) You will see the information being populated on to the form. 

You can also see messages at the top of the screen, this will tell you what is being transferred and if it’s ready to transfer the next section. 

10) When it’s done, click the Next button. 

11) Keep doing the same thing, make sure the title matches the link on the Control Panel and click on it. 

12) Go through each page until you’re done, now it’s e-filed! 

TIPS:

·        Anytime during the process of e-filing, you can click the tab and you can view which form is being filed. 

·        You can click on the Show Warning Messages icon to open a popup of the messages.

Pressing the red box will close the popup. 

·        When you encounter any errors, you can manually change them… 

OR 

You can see why you have an error. 

Click on the tab. 

Scroll down to find the section that wasn’t properly transferred. 

You can just manually change it but it does not change the original form you filled out. 

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