(These are some things that helped me in the process of getting US Visa. It was in 2007 though).
*I have the kind of chronic brain fail that gets horribly Too Too Much Everything out of cheese so I made lists. Of the documents etc I needed to have on hand before I could even start the application so that I could just tick off small steps without getting overwhelmed (it had things like 'get birth certificate' 'get student record' 'get bank statement')
*I ended up printing out a couple of copies of the visa application so I could fill it all out in a rough draft form first.
*The US Embassy website had a checklist for what to bring to the visa appointment that I also printed out and used to tick things off and could check and double check. and check again.
(I hope at least one of these might prove helpful)
Re: Your hostess
*I have the kind of chronic brain fail that gets horribly Too Too Much Everything out of cheese so I made lists. Of the documents etc I needed to have on hand before I could even start the application so that I could just tick off small steps without getting overwhelmed (it had things like 'get birth certificate' 'get student record' 'get bank statement')
*I ended up printing out a couple of copies of the visa application so I could fill it all out in a rough draft form first.
*The US Embassy website had a checklist for what to bring to the visa appointment that I also printed out and used to tick things off and could check and double check. and check again.
(I hope at least one of these might prove helpful)