DS-160 Form - B/2 Visa - Travel booking procedure and answering "Travel Information" section

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The form DS-160 is used to apply for the visa. Once you have received the visa, the form itself has no use any more. Even if you would totally cancel you trip and make a completely different trip in a few years, you cannot change the information. Of course you might be asked what happened to you original plans during the landing interview, but just providing the explanation should be enough. As usual, they try to establish if you are a genuine visitor and changing plans is something that genuine visitors happen to do. Just assume that the officer doing the landing interview is aware of everything you said during the visa interview and eventual previous landing interviews and make sure that both stories add up.

The form also asks for work history, education history, visited countries etc. There is also no need to update that information if you would go on with your life during the (usually) 10 years that a visa is valid. They know that your life is not put on hold at the time you fill out a DS-160.

When I flew to the US on a B1/B2 a few weeks ago, I had to provide the place where I would stay (for the first night as usual) at the check-in. I assume that gives them a few hours to flag anything suspicious. And it is probably wise to write the same thing on your landing card, unless you had a reason to change accommodation between the time of check-in and the time of landing.

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