This US visa application process took me 5 hrs and could not have been made to look more like a phishing scam even if they tried. The only reason I believe I wasn't phished is that they made actually paying for stuff hard, lol.

Half of it is goes over the most random looking websites that also just stop working, are operated by private businesses, your confirmation emails come via the weirdest email addresses, your passport get shipped to a random mailbox, etc...

Let's see if it worked!