2020 US Visa Processing Process and Required Materials-Visa Type

Everyone should know that it is very difficult to apply for a visa in the United States. Here are some tips to help you apply for a visa better. Remember to prepare relevant information before applying, and you can apply for a visa only after you have made full preparations.

There are more than 20 kinds of non-immigrant visas in the United States, of which the five most common ones are:

1. business travel/tourist visa (B- 1, B-2

B- 1 is a visa that foreign citizens must apply for to do business in the United States. If they are traveling or vacationing in the United States, they should apply for B-2. If you have both purposes, you can apply for B- 1/B-2.

2. Student visa (F- 1, M- 1

3. exchange visitor visa (J- 1

4. Crew/Transit Visa (C- 1/D

5. Professional labor visa (H- 1B

However, this paper mainly introduces the application preparation of tourist visa B-2, but in fact, in recent years, B2 was filled in when applying, and it was actually used with B 1/B2. And it's a 10 year visa, which means you can basically go to the United States unimpeded in the next 10 year ~

Types of American visas

After getting an American visa, you can not only go to a certain country in the United States, but also enjoy other conveniences. When you know this, your hard-earned American visa will be worth it in an instant!

Countries with American visas can simplify the information to apply for Canada: no proof of real estate is needed, and the signing rate is high! Canada really followed in the footsteps of his American brother, and some even went to the United States to get a Canadian visa first;

Argentina: Need $50 electronic travel authorization;

South Korea is a visa-free entry country in the United States and can stay for 30 days without a visa. Note that it is a transit, that is, your trip must go to the United States via South Korea, or from the United States to China via South Korea. If you only go to Korea, you still need to apply for a visa in advance;

In Singapore, you can stay visa-free for 4 days. Note that it is also a transit. The transit here means that your trip must go to a third country via Singapore, and you can show your American visa and your ticket to the third country within 96 hours at the airport. Only to go to Singapore, you need to apply for a visa in advance;

Philippines, visa-free stay for 7 days;

Georgia, visa-free stay for 90 days;

Mexico can stay visa-free 180 days;

Bermuda can stay visa-free for 90 days;

Panama can stay visa-free for 30 days;

8 Chile, visa-free stay for 90 days;

9 Colombia, visa-free stay for 90 days;

Other conveniences of American visa

Of course, you need an American visa to go to the American Embassy in China. At present, there are five embassies in China. You can go anywhere nearby.

American Embassy in China (Beijing

Address of the new building: No.55, Anjialou Road, Beijing, zip code: 100600, and customer service telephone number: 0 10-853 1-3000.

US Consulate General in China (Chengdu

Address: No.4 Guanlu, Chengdu, Sichuan, with postal code 6 1004 1 and customer service telephone number 028-8558-3992.

US Consulate General in China (Guangzhou

Address: Huaxia Road, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (near the B 1 exit of Zhujiang New Town Station of Metro Line 3 or Line 5, customer service telephone number: 020-38 14-5000.

US Consulate General in China (Shanghai

Address: 8th Floor, Meilong Town Plaza, Nanjing West Road 1038, Shanghai, zip code: 20004 1, and customer service telephone number: 021-801-2200.

US Consulate General in China (Shenyang

Address: No.52, Shiweisi Road, Heping District, Shenyang, with postal code 1 10003 and customer service telephone number 024-2322- 1 198.

American embassies and consulates in China

Prepare visa photos, fill in the application form DS- 160, register through the online application system, pay visa fees, make an appointment to visit the US Embassy in China, interview time, face-to-face visa, and get a passport and visa.

Step 1: Prepare visa photos.

Go to an experienced photo studio and tell him it's for an American visa. Online photo application requires an electronic version, and you should bring it with you during the interview.

Head size (from the top of the head to the bottom of the mandible must account for 50% to 70% of the total height of the photo. The height from the bottom of the photo to the eye level should account for 55% to 70% (about 2/3) of the total height of the photo.

Photos must be square, that is, the height and width are equal. The minimum size of the photo is 600x600 pixels (height x width. The maximum size is 1200x 1200 pixels (height x width.

Photos must be taken within the last six months to be valid.

Step 2: Fill in the application form DS- 160.

Information to be prepared before filling in:

1. Applicant's passport

2. Second Edition Electronic Edition

3. Your travel plan, including time, city, air ticket and hotel. You can check the expected flights and possible hotels (no need to issue tickets or actually make reservations. The time can be a rough plan, because the American tourist visa will not be stuck, it can be changed and changed later. Here is just a form to show the embassy that you have a travel plan, not a blind application. If you are not ready, you can choose "No" in the form to continue filling in (but you can't change it after filling in. It is best to plan ahead to reduce the possibility of winning the lottery.

4. Information about your company and/or information about your previous company.

If you have received higher education or above, please prepare your school information, including: school name, address, zip code, admission and graduation time.

Fill in the online guide DS- 160:

1. If the contract is renewed or an interview is not required, please select "Guangzhou".

All questions must be answered in English, except that you fill in your full name in English (pinyin and Chinese characters) as required (Chinese characters in the form are marked as "your mother tongue"). Please note: you must fill in the complete Chinese name and the corresponding Chinese telegraph code.

3. In the process of filling in the application form, if there is no operation for more than 20 minutes, the application process will be terminated. Unless the application number has been recorded or the application has been stored in the computer file, it must be restarted. Please write down the application number displayed in the upper right corner of the page. If you need to close your browser before submitting your application, you will need to use this application number to continue your application.

4. After completing the DS- 160 form, a barcode confirmation page marked with letters and numbers will be generated. And take a printed confirmation letter with you when you go to the embassy or consulate for an interview.

5. After printing the confirmation page marked with barcode, please click the "Back" button on the browser, and then send a copy of the DS- 160 form to your email. This file is in PDF format and needs to be viewed or printed by AdobeAcrobat.

6. Each new visa application must submit a new DS- 160 non-immigrant visa online application form and its related bar code. The old one won't work!

Step 3: register through the online application system.

After completing the DS- 160 form, you must register before you can pay the visa fee.

Step 4: Pay the visa fee.

After the registration is completed, you can pay online at that time, or you can keep the voucher to CITIC Bank (only this bank can pay.

charging standards

Visa applicants, including children, need to pay a visa application fee, which is non-refundable whether they sign or not.

The visa fee is USD 65,438+060 per person, which is paid in RMB according to the consular exchange rate issued by the State Council, USA.

Validity period of visa fee

You will receive a receipt after payment. The receipt takes effect from the date of payment and is valid for one year. At the same time, you must make an appointment with the American embassy for an interview.

After payment, please print the receipt number and keep it properly. Once lost, it cannot be replaced. You must use the receipt number to make an appointment for an interview.

Step 5: Make an appointment for an interview at the American Embassy in China.

The US Embassy and Consulate General will handle all applications efficiently and minimize the waiting time for interviews. This means that the earlier you make an appointment, the more likely you are to get the ideal interview time.

Non-immigrant visa applicants are advised to apply at least three months before traveling. Note: Apply as soon as possible!

Step 6: Sign in person.

After signing, we will know the result on the spot.

But before the interview, you can make an evaluation of yourself. The main purpose of the evaluation is to facilitate the consideration of whether to apply. But Sue! The preference and mood of the visa officer and the image of the interviewer are all important factors, so the evaluation is only a reference.

1. The purpose of the trip is to be asked what to do in the United States when you go for an interview.

If you answer travel/shopping, the problem is not big. You won't add or subtract points, because most people who go to America go for this purpose. The United States welcomes the rich to boost local GDP.

But if you say goodbye to relatives or your boyfriend/girlfriend, you should be careful, especially your boyfriend/girlfriend, which means there is a great chance that you will never come back. If you drop something, please be careful

Other purposes mainly depend on the mood of the interviewer. In one case, a friend applied to watch the NBA and then had a speculative chat with the visa officer. Of course, he passed. But this is really fate. You can't predict what the visa officer will like. Speculation will add points, and if you don't get what you like, you won't lose points. Secondly, it depends on your job.

The better the job, the longer the length of service and the higher the salary, the easier it is to be signed, because then you certainly don't want to stay in the United States for a good job with high income. 3. Family situation will also be included in the assessment.

Generally, married and educated families will get extra points, but if they are single, especially women, they will lose points greatly, fearing that they will never come back. 4. penultimate point, the situation of peers will also be taken into account.

If the family goes out, or couples go out, and boyfriends and ordinary friends go out, they will get extra points. But married, divorced or single women who go to the United States alone will lose points.

5. penultimate point, the situation of peers will also be taken into account.

There are also some personal circumstances that will affect the interview results. Those who have traveled in developed countries can get extra points, those who have a well-known university education background can get extra points, and those who have cars, houses, deposits, stocks and funds can get extra points.

Common puzzles in American face-to-face interviews;

Q: The interview is just a formality. The DS 160 form you filled out before has already decided whether you can get the sign.

Many friends have this guess, but it is also very reasonable. Based on the background investigation of DS 160 form, I will give you an objective score. For students with high or low grades, face-to-face interview is just a form, which leads to the phenomenon of' second signing' and' second refusal'. For qualified but not excellent students, you will judge your real motivation and whether the information you fill in is true by asking questions and observing your reaction.

Q: How to avoid the second rejection?

Because many objective conditions do not allow it, it is impossible to sign in seconds. American embassies generally have big data analysis. If you meet some of their objective conditions, you will be signed.

But what we can do is to avoid the second refusal. We can effectively avoid the second rejection by the following methods:

1. Fill in the DS 160 form yourself, or at least know what the 160 form is to avoid being asked;

2. Fill in the real information. Being rejected is only a loss of money, but if it is because the information is untrue, it will leave a bottom and it will be difficult to sign in the future;

3. objectively evaluate your own conditions (such as working conditions, why did you choose the United States for the first time or many times before going abroad? Actually, it is really illogical. Air tickets/hotels in Japan/Europe/Australia are cheaper and more fun than those in the United States. Why not attack these countries first?

Frequently asked questions about American interviews:

1. Why did you go to America? You can prepare an invitation letter.

2. Where to go to America?

3. How long will you stay in America?

4. Do you have a timetable? You can prepare a travel plan.

5. Who is responsible for your travel expenses? (If you are a parent, you can prepare your parents' work certificate and deposit certificate.

6. Do you have any relatives/friends in America?

7. How long have you been in Guangzhou?

8. Guangzhou (Is there a house at the interview site? (The real estate license can be prepared.

9. Are you married? You can prepare a marriage certificate.

10. Do you have children?

1 1. How old is the child?

12. Where do children go to school?

Where do you work?

14. What is your company? You can prepare a work certificate.

15. What's your monthly income? (you can prepare bank running water.

16. which countries have you been to? (Actually, there is a visa sticker on the passport. The interviewer will read it himself, or he can prepare some travel photos.

17. Where do you study? You can prepare a proof of study.

What is your major?

19. What is your specific research direction? (You can prepare a resume, or even a tutor's resume.

20. Are there any peers?

2 1. Did you get your colleague's visa? Do you have his passport? You can prepare your fellow traveler's passport and get a visa to the United States. If not, VO will ask you the time and place of the interview.

Matters needing attention in American interview:

(1 For unmarried young women, this is really a sensitive target for visas, because you can find an American to get married in the United States and get a green card directly. Therefore, clothes should not be too fancy, and makeup should be clean and generous. I once met a lady, unmarried, with heavy make-up, fashionable clothes, torn jeans tassels and shiny nails. Although she produced the real estate license in Shanghai, with a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan and experience in traveling in Britain, she was ruthlessly rejected.

(2) For the student party, parents' work certificates and deposit certificates should be prepared. You'd better bring a report card.

(3) For graduate students, the professional terms in the research direction should avoid using words that are easier to find, such as machine learning, processing, recognition and artificial intelligence. In addition to your own resume, you should also prepare a copy of the tutor's resume.

(4) For sensitive enterprises and industries, it is basically necessary to check, even if it is the security of Huawei ZTE.

It's best not to say that there are people you know in America. The interviewer will think that you are inclined to emigrate.

You can answer anything you ask. Generally speaking, the materials are also handed over to the interviewer after asking.

Note: Checks refer to administrative processing. It usually takes one month to get a visa, and it is a one-year visa.

After the interview, VO will give you a list of different colors.

(1 White visa denied.

(2) Green-Re-entering the museum

(3) Yellow inspection and supplementary materials are needed.

(4) Red inspection but no supplementary materials are needed.

(5 light blue-pass

Step 7: Get your passport and visa.

You can choose EMS express delivery to your home (at your own expense, or you can choose CITIC Bank to collect it.

American tourist visa processing process

Materials that must be prepared:

(1DS- 160 confirmation page.

(2 Visa interview confirmation page

(3 Passport

(4) Payment receipt of visa application fee (provided by CITIC Bank after payment, receipt code)

(5 photos (printed)

Suggested materials:

(1 English travel plan [reference itinerary]

(2) English resume [reference template]

Regarding the resume, it is best to include the following information:

Basic information

Name (pinyin and Chinese, gender, date of birth, place of birth, home address, office address, home phone, work phone, mobile phone, email address.

education

Please list all the degrees obtained in high school, starting with the latest one.

Such as mm/YYmm/YY, university name, degree and major, thesis topic/research focus (for master's and doctoral students)

work experience

Please list all work experience.

Example:

Year/month/month, employer, location, position or title, responsibility

publication

Please list all publications, if any, less than 3 papers.

E travel history

Please list all the countries you have been to.

Travel with ...

Please attach the names of all the people you plan to travel to the United States.

(3) Bank flow (in the last three months

(4) proof of household registration

(5) proof of reading

(6 copy of ID card

(7 copy of passport

If you have been to the United States and other developed countries before, you should also bring:

An old passport with a corresponding visa

If you are a student, you should also bring:

And transcripts, degree certificates/diplomas, as well as bank statements, time deposit certificates and other proof of funds.

: materials required for visa processing in the United States.

1. Check all kinds of information on your visa.

1. Last name

name

3. Passport number Passport number

4. Gender (M stands for male and F stands for female)

5. Date of birth Date of birth

6. Release Date Effective Date

7. Expiration date Expiration date

8. Entry time (multiple m, single s)

9. Nationality

10. Publishing job name publishing location

1 1. Visa type/visa category

12. Control number Control number

13. Note (the date of obtaining the license refers to the administrative review, and WWW.evus.GOV, where EVUS is registered, refers to the need to register EVUS.

14. See the red "alphanumeric" visa number in the lower right corner.

This is all the information on the US visa page. Once you get the visa, you can contact CITIC Bank and return it to the embassy for modification. The cycle is usually about a week.

2. Register with EVUS system

According to the registration system of US 10 visa holders, after obtaining a visa, they must register and be visa-free and valid for 2 years. If they travel again after 2 years, they should update their registration again.

Note: For Saipan, ordinary China tourists are exempt from visas, but China passport holders with US visas B 1, B2 and B 1/B2 10 must register with EVUS in advance before entering the country.

Customer service: 00-1-202-325-0180 (Chinese is also supported

Frequently asked questions about EVUS system registration?

Q: Does EVUS need to fill in the form DS 160?

No, the purpose of EVUS is to reflect the latest personal information of travelers. It can be different.

Q: Can I register an electric car before I travel?

It is recommended to register one week in advance, because EVUS may take effect immediately or 72 hours. If you can't, you can't fly.

Q: What if I make a mistake?

Relax, EVUS is just a registration system, which has nothing to do with American visas in a sense!

If it is wrong, fill it in again and the last record will be automatically overwritten.

What happens after EVUS registers:

Admission means that you can go to the United States smoothly, but the customs has the right to repatriate according to the situation;

Pending-Your registration cannot be decided immediately. Please wait patiently, the result will usually be given within 72 hours.