The DS-260 is not fun. It is a bureaucratic beast designed to catch inconsistencies, not to be user-friendly. However, compared to the old paper DS-230 (which took months to process), the DS-260 is a miracle of efficiency.
The DS-260 is the exhaustive online questionnaire you must complete if you are applying for an immigrant visa from outside the United States. It is not a USCIS form (that would be the I-130 or I-140), but it is the bridge between USCIS approval and your actual visa interview. Think of it as your life story, digitized and sent directly to the National Visa Center (NVC). uscis form ds 260
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5) – Powerful but Punishing The DS-260 is not fun