FG DS-160 1.0.19: the desktop app gets the Chrome extension's engine

FG DS-160 1.0.19, the desktop app that fills the US visa application from the applicant's documents, is out for Windows in the Microsoft Store and for macOS as a direct download. This is the biggest update since the app launched: it now shares its filling engine, screens and languages with our DS-160 Chrome extension, so both products know every DS-160 page the same way.

A profile that is easy to check

After you upload the passport, the questionnaire and other documents, the AI builds the applicant's profile in about a minute. It now shows how confident it is about each value, where the documents contradict each other and what the documents do not contain, so you know which answers to double-check before they reach the form.

To collect the data, use your own client questionnaire or the Word templates for B1/B2 and F1 that come with the app.

Every DS-160 page, by its rules

• Page by page. The app recognises the current DS-160 page in its built-in browser window and fills it: personal information, passport, address and phone, travel and travel companions, previous US travel, US point of contact, family, spouse, work and education, and SEVIS for students.
• Repeating sections. Previous trips, employers, education: you click Add Another, and the app fills the new row.
• CEAC formats. Values are adapted to the site's rules, and the app shows what it changed.
• Security and Background. Filled from the questionnaire, with the Next button locked until you confirm you have reviewed every answer.
• Fill again. If an answer opens new fields, one click fills them too.
• Come back later. The Application ID and the security question answer are saved, so you can return to an unfinished application.

For agencies

My applications keeps all clients in one list. Applications can be imported from an Excel or CSV table, and a profile can be exported to CSV. The interface is now available in 60 languages, including right-to-left ones.

What stays with you

You sign in to the site and solve the CAPTCHA, and you move between pages yourself after checking each one. Some answers on the State Department website reload the page: the app marks those fields with a person icon, you set them, and it fills in the rest. The applicant signs and submits the application.

One change from earlier versions: values are no longer dragged onto the DS-160 page by hand. The app fills each page itself, and you correct a field directly on the page.

Privacy

• Documents are processed on our servers and are not stored there after processing. Hosting and the database are in the EU (the Netherlands).
• The app does not copy your documents on your computer: it only remembers where they are. Your sign-in and the security question answer are stored encrypted with the operating system's protection.
• Application data is kept for one year and deleted automatically. Deleting your account erases the applications on the server and the document locations on your computer.
• No analytics and no ads in the app.

The details are in the Privacy Policy.

Pricing

The first application is free. After that, choose one of the plans. You pay only for extracting data from documents; filling DS-160 pages is free.

Prefer to work in your own browser? The DS-160 Chrome extension does the same in a side panel next to the form.

FormGoat is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with the US Department of State and is not an official service.