Ds1629 program

Use limitations None. HideTopics and Keywords. CWHR version [insert version number X. X] personal computer program. Sacramento, CA. The data is organized into folders according to major taxonomic groups in CWHR.

The file lookup. Season codes include S for summer-only, W for winter-only, and Y for yearlong. A few species have a migration-only stopover location mapped and represented with an M.

The CWHR System software contains species predictions for migration-only locations, yet most of these are not mapped. The CWHR species range maps are continually being reviewed and updated as new animal occurrence data becomes available, especially in digital format.

While the original maps were digitized from ,, scale depictions of range, a major revision effort started in to have maps reviewed and delineated by species-level experts at a scale of ,, Maps dated later than are therefore much more detailed and precise in their representation of a species' range.

Increasingly, species-level experts and CWHR staff have made every effort, where justified by the distribution of known species observations or known habitat associations, to represent a species' range with standard polygons of major geographic features in California such as mountain ranges, valleys, buffered river corridors, and ecological subsections of California.

The smallest units of the "Ecological subregions of California: section and subsection descriptions" Miles and Goudy, R5-EM-TP capture areas with very similar soils, vegetation, precipitation, geology, climate, and geography. In cases where a population of a species is known to be isolated, its point location is buffered to a minimum radius of 2 miles. Extent Geographic extent Bounding rectangle West longitude HideResource Points of Contact.

Resource maintenance Update frequency as needed HideResource Maintenance. If the embassy or consulate at which you apply informs that you must have a visa interview, the visa application process cannot be completed until you appear for an interview with a consular officer. You may wish to preview a sample DS Use only Internet Explorer 11 or higher, Firefox, or Google Chrome 58 when completing your appplication.

Safari and Microsoft Edge are not supported. Some applicants will need to have additional information and documents handy while completing the DS All answers must be in English, using English characters only, except when you are asked to provide your full name in your native alphabet.

Applications submitted in any language other than English will be denied, and you may be required to submit a new application. While you must answer all questions in English, translations of questions are available in many languages from the drop-down menu in the right upper corner of the application. These translations should assist you in completing the form in English.

Most questions are mandatory and must be answered in the spaces provided. The system will not allow you to submit an application with any mandatory questions left unanswered.

If you do not complete a mandatory question, the system will display an error message and require you to answer the question before continuing with the application. The Embassy or Consulate at which you actually apply should be able to access your form using the barcode on your DS confirmation page, which you must bring to the visa interview.

For example, a business traveler intends to apply for his visa at the U. Embassy in City X, so he selects City X as the location where he will submit his application when he completes his DS He then has an urgent reason to travel to City Y on business. Because there is a U. Consulate in City Y, he schedules an appointment for a visa interview there, using the barcode from his completed DS application for appointment scheduling.

The U. Embassy in City X as the location where he originally intended to submit his application. Failure to sign may result in termination of the application. Your electronic signature certifies that you have read and understood the questions in the application and that your answers are true and correct to the best of your knowledge and belief.

The submission of an application containing any false or misleading statements may result in the permanent refusal of a visa or denial of entry into the United States. All declarations made in the application are unsworn declarations made under penalty of perjury. Unless you are exempted from appearing in person, your fingerprints will be electronically scanned on the day of your interview.

By providing your fingerprints, you will again certify that that you have answered all questions on the DS truthfully and to the best of your knowledge, and that you will tell the truth during your visa interview.

You will be directed to read the following statement prior to having your fingerprints scanned:. Furthermore, I certify under penalty of perjury that I will tell the truth during my interview and that all statements made by me during my interview will be complete to the best of my ability.

If an applicant is illiterate or unable to complete the application, the applicant must be assisted by a third party. If the applicant has no parent or legal guardian, then the application may be completed by any person having legal custody of, or a legitimate interest in, the applicant.

Explanations of the following terms contained in the online DS form are available to you as help topics while you complete the DS and are also provided below.

Enter all surnames or family names exactly as they are written in your passport. Other names used include your maiden name, religious name, professional name, or any other name by which you are or have been known. Make sure to enter the other names you have used in full.

Thus, if you have only used another surname, enter it along with your usual given name. If you have only used another given name, enter it along with your usual surname. Telecodes are four-digit code numbers that represent characters in some non-Roman alphabet names. You must provide a primary phone number. Your National ID Number is a unique number that your government may have provided. For example, the U. Government gives unique numbers to people looking to work or who pay taxes.

If the country where you previously held nationality no longer exists, choose the name of the country that is currently used for that location. Enter the number of the passport or travel document you will use to travel to the United States. The Passport Book Number is commonly called the inventory control number. You may or may not have a Passport Book Number on your passport. If you do, the location of the Passport Book Number on your passport may vary depending on the country that issued your passport.

Please contact your passport issuing authority if you are unable to determine whether or not your passport contains a Passport Book Number. In most cases your passport or travel document must be valid for at least six months after your arrival in the United States. Please enter information regarding your previous two employers only. Applicants may choose to bring along a separate written list of all previous employers to the visa interview for reference.

You can save your application or return to a partially completed application. When you begin a new DS, you will be issued a unique application identification ID number after selecting and answering a security question. Once you have your application ID number and have selected and answered a security question, you may exit the DS application and return to it later.

You must have your application ID to return to your application. You have 30 days to return to a partially completed application. To access your application after 30 days, you must save it to your computer hard drive or a disk, as explained in the FAQ below. Saving to a hard drive or disk will allow you to access your application after 30 days.

The system will download your application to the specified location. Note: Applications saved to the hard drive of a public or shared computer or memory device could likely be accessed by anyone else who uses the computer or device after you.

Yes, you can use information from a previously submitted DS to populate some fields on a new form. There are two ways that you can do this. First, if you plan to apply for a visa in the future, save your DS to your hard drive or a disk using the instructions in the FAQ above.

Be careful to check that all previously submitted information is current and accurate. Please refer to the Photograph Requirements for detailed guidance. That means that the photo upload failed. Therefore, you should submit one printed photograph meeting our requirements, along with the online DS confirmation page, to the U.

Embassy or Consulate at which you plan to apply for your visa. Please contact the U. Embassy or Consulate where you are applying for specific instructions on how to do this. See the print photo format found in the Photograph Requirements for more information. If the confirmation page includes a photo image, then the photo upload function was successful and no separate print photograph is required. DS applications submitted before April 1, cannot be reopened, and therefore, you must complete and submit a new DS The Embassy or Consulate should reopen your DS submitted after April 1, if your application is denied for this reason and ask you to correct it , as explained below:.