The USV customer portal

Visa applications for your team. Together, transparent, in one place.

In the customer portal your travellers, HR contacts and travel leads work on every application with your personal consultant: tasks, questionnaires, documents, appointments and messages. Available any time, on smartphones too.

1 login
for all cases, tasks and documents
24/7
status, tasks and appointments available
DE · EN
interface in two languages
EU
data stored in Frankfurt am Main
At a glance

You place the order, we set it up, everyone works together

You place the order in person, just as before. Your consultant creates the cases and invites everyone involved to the customer portal. From then on, collaboration happens in one place instead of email chains and phone calls.

Your companyHR, a travel lead or the traveller places the order
Your consultantCreates the cases and invites everyone involved
Together in the customer portalComplete tasks, exchange documents, keep track of appointments and messages
  1. 01Place the orderBy email, phone or in a meeting, for one person or a whole team
  2. 02Cases createdOne case per person with all required steps
  3. 03InvitationsTravellers, HR contacts and travel leads receive their access
  4. 04Tasks & documentsFill in questionnaires, upload documents securely
  5. 05CoordinateMessages on the case, live progress for everyone involved
  6. 06Appointment & visaConsulate appointment prepared, application completed
Personal invitation by email One login for all your cases

Who does what?

Three clearly separated roles. Everyone sees exactly what they need for their part.

HR & travel lead

Places the order and coordinates the visa applications of several travellers within the company.

  • All assigned cases in one overview
  • Complete their own steps, e.g. provide an employer letter
  • Add consulate appointments to the calendar in one click

Applicant

The traveller. They work on their own application in the customer portal.

  • Personal tasks and questionnaires
  • Upload documents securely, also with the phone camera
  • Direct line to the personal consultant

Your consultant

Manages the case and is your permanent contact, from the order to the appointment.

  • Creates the cases and invites everyone involved
  • Reviews documents and gives feedback right in the portal
  • Prepares the application and the consulate appointment
Step by step

From the order to the appointment

This is how a visa application works with the customer portal. Click through the six steps.

  1. You commission us as usual by email, phone or in a meeting, whether as the HR department, as a travel lead or as the traveller. Together we clarify which visa fits and who is involved in the application.

    • One permanent consultant as your contact from the start
    • For one person, a family or a whole project team
    • No documents by email, they come later through the portal

    Tip for corporate clients: Planning an assignment or an investor visa such as L-1 or E-2? Then we first discuss requirements and timeline.

Step 1 of 6Place the order

You commission us as usual by email, phone or in a meeting, whether as the HR department, as a travel lead or as the traveller. Together we clarify which visa fits and who is involved in the application.

  • One permanent consultant as your contact from the start
  • For one person, a family or a whole project team
  • No documents by email, they come later through the portal

Tip for corporate clients: Planning an assignment or an investor visa such as L-1 or E-2? Then we first discuss requirements and timeline.

Screens simplified. Names, company and dates are examples.

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Your benefits

Less back and forth, more overview

The customer portal saves everyone work: your travellers, your HR team and us. Especially when several colleagues travel at the same time.

Save time

No email chains and no calls to ask for updates. Everyone immediately sees what to do next.

Full transparency

Progress, open steps and appointments of every case, live, for travellers, HR and travel leads alike.

Secure, not attached

Passports and contracts don’t end up in inboxes but in protected folders, with data stored in Frankfurt.

Personal support

Your permanent consultant manages the case and can be reached by message right on the case.

Before and after

What used to run through many channels is now bundled in one place.

Often so far With the customer portal
Documents as email attachments, unclear what is still missingClear task list with upload: open items are visible at once
Forms sent back and forth as PDF or Word filesQuestionnaires right in the portal, drafts are saved automatically
Asking for the application status by phoneProgress and next step live in the portal at any time
Long email distribution lists, information gets lostMessages by topic right on the case, everyone involved at one table
Appointments scattered across several emailsConsulate appointments in one place, one click into the calendar for travel leads
Own spreadsheets for several travellersTravel lead overview with all supervised cases
Passport copies sent unencrypted by emailSecure upload into protected folders, data stored in Frankfurt
The customer portal

Working on the application together

Everything comes together in the customer portal: tasks, questionnaires, documents, appointments and messages. Choose your perspective.

Your application, clearly guided

The “My application” home page shows travellers at a glance where they stand and what to do next.

  1. 1Progress at a glanceThe bar shows how many steps are already done.
  2. 2Up nextThe portal always shows the next open task. One click and you continue.
  3. 3Personal contactPhoto, direct line and messaging: you always know who handles your application.
  4. 4Your appointmentsConsulate appointment and others, e.g. for fingerprints, with date, time and address.
  5. 5Travel group and familyIf several people travel together, the group lead sees the status of all members.

Everything travellers need

Tasks and questionnaires

Checklists, consents and multi-page questionnaires, e.g. for the DS-160. Drafts are saved automatically.

Upload documents

Drag and drop: PDF, photos or Office files up to 25 MB, stored securely in your case folder.

Messages

Conversations by topic with your consultant. New messages appear instantly, including image attachments.

Notifications

The portal reports new messages, documents and when it’s your turn, optionally by email as well.

German or English

Switch the interface with one click, ideal for international teams.

Help and guide

A guide in plain language and a ticket system for your questions.

On the go

The customer portal fits in your pocket

On smartphones, applicants automatically get a mobile view. It can be added to the home screen like an app, without installing anything from an app store.

  • Home, tasks, documents and messages in one tab bar
  • Photograph and upload documents directly with the phone camera
  • New messages appear instantly
Security and data protection

Sensitive data in good hands

Passports, employment contracts, personal details: visa applications contain confidential information. The customer portal is built accordingly.

Data stored in the EU

Database and document storage are located in a data centre in Frankfurt am Main.

Encrypted transfer

All data travels exclusively over encrypted HTTPS connections.

Role-based permissions

Everyone only sees the cases they are involved in. The database itself enforces this, not just the interface.

Protected documents

Documents are kept in private storage and are only accessible via time-limited links.

Two-factor sign-in

Optionally, a second factor via authenticator app or email code protects the account. The portal rejects passwords known from data breaches.

Daily backup

Every night an encrypted, automatically verified backup of all data and documents is created.

Frequently asked questions

What corporate clients want to know

Your question isn’t listed? Get in touch, we are happy to help.

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In person, as usual: by email, phone or in a meeting with your consultant. This can be the HR department, a travel lead or the traveller. Your consultant then creates the cases and invites everyone involved to the customer portal.

No. The customer portal runs in the browser; on smartphones it can be added to the home screen like an app. Your consultant sets up cases, tasks and access.

Every traveller receives a personal email invitation from us, sets their own password and then sees their application with all tasks.

Tell us who should have access. We invite them as travel leads to the relevant cases. With one login they see all cases they are assigned to.

Travel leads only see the cases they are assigned to: next tasks, progress, appointments and shared messages. They only see the travellers’ document folder if this has been explicitly granted.

Yes, we can enable this on request, e.g. for trainees or groups. The travel lead can then fill in tasks and questionnaires on their behalf.

The portal reports new messages, new documents and when one of your steps is due. Optionally you also get an email; several updates on one case are bundled.

Yes. Applicants automatically get a mobile view on smartphones. Documents can be photographed and uploaded directly with the camera.

Yes. The interface can be switched between German and English at any time, ideal for international teams.

Yes. If an ongoing case needs an extra service, such as priority processing, your consultant sends you a personal offer. After payment the service is added directly to the existing case.

Database and documents are located in a data centre in Frankfurt am Main. Access is strictly controlled by roles and permissions, and an encrypted backup is created every night.

Ready for a digital visa process?

Get in touch: we discuss your needs, create the first cases and invite your travellers, HR contacts and travel leads to the customer portal.

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Important: we are a private service provider, not a government body. Decisions on visas and ESTA are made solely by the responsible US authorities. No one can guarantee approval.

The USV customer portal for corporate clients · US Visa Service