Please send TDS your current valid and signed passport. It must not expire within 6 months and must have at least two blank visa page. If your passport expires within 6 months, you must renew your passport and then we will secure your visa with the new passport.

Please send 2 recent professional passport-type photographs.
Digital and non-passport photographs are not acceptable.
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Evidence of legal status in USA, valid visa plus I-94 in passport. Students will require a copy of the I-20 form.

Please send a copy of your round trip airline tickets, or itinerary or e-ticket, or letter of confirmation from a travel agent. The itinerary must show the applicant's name, date of arrival and departure from the country, and flight information. The Embassy does not recommend purchasing your ticket prior to a visa being issued.

A letter of Invitation is required from the host company in Barbados.

A business letter of responsibility is required, to be typewritten on your company letterhead and addressed to:
Consulate of Barbados, Visa Section, San Francisco
The letter must explain all of the following:
Nature of business to be performed
Name and address of reference to be visited
Guarantee return transportation to the USA
Guarantee of return transportation and sufficient funds for the visit

The letter should be signed by an officer of the company other than the applicant.

Complete and sign one application form.

You must complete the Online Order Form.

The order form gives TDS your name, address, shipping information and payment method. Multiple applicants can be entered using one order form. You only need to complete one TDS order form per request. Please print two copies of the confirmation page. Include one copy with the documents you ship to TDS and keep one copy for your records.

While completing the online order form in this step, you will be asked how you want to pay TDS fees. You may pay our fees online with a credit card or enclose a personal or business check or money order.

Please forward the completed requirements detailed above to:

TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
3 Embarcadero Center
Lobby Level, Suite 2
San Francisco, Ca 94111

Urgent applications should be shipped to TDS using only the FedEx Company.
Please use FedEx Priority Overnight. Do NOT ship "First Overnight." This will delay the delivery of your package.

Your application will be hand carried to the Embassy, and is usually processed in 5-10 business days or longer for certain countries