US tourist visa length of stay US tourist visa validity period

The U.S. tourist visa is still quite difficult for many tourists. After all, the visa needs to be assessed by the interviewer, and the required information and materials have become more complicated. Let’s share with you the U.S. tourist visa Overview of visa length of stay.

Some people say that after Trump came to power, the probability of being denied a U.S. visa has increased. Recently, I have heard that some people around me have been denied tourist visas.

Visa type: Business/travel visa (B1/B2)

Length of stay: 90 days (subject to the stamp of the consulate or entry border control station)

Processing time: 6-15 working days from the time the merchant collects the materials to the return of the visa result

Validity period: 10 years (subject to the issuance by the consulate)

Visa delivery place: Beijing Signing submission

Scope of acceptance:

Shanghai, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Jilin, Sichuan, Tianjin, Ningxia, Anhui, Shandong, Shanxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hebei, Henan, Zhejiang, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Gansu, Fujian, Tibet

Guizhou, Liaoning, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Qinghai, and Heilongjiang

Accepting guests nationwide

I have applied for a U.S. tourist visa twice before and it went smoothly. However, this time I applied for a family member, but it was subject to administrative review. That is what everyone usually calls being checked. Fortunately, I finally waited for Issued smoothly. Let’s summarize the application process this time, hoping to give you some reference.

1. Preliminary preparation

Passport: Of course, you must have a passport before applying for a visa (it is best to have more than one year left, but at least half a year).

Photos: Go to the photo studio and ask them to apply for a U.S. tourist visa. (You need to upload the electronic version when filling out the form online)

2. Fill in the DS-160 form

Log in to the U.S. Visa Center_zh/index.html?firstTime=No

First complete the registration of personal information (passport number and application

ID must be verified), then follow the steps until payment, and go to CITIC's website to pay online.

If you make an appointment at noon on May 15th, the earliest you can make an appointment is 5.21, which is probably about a week later. (From Monday to Friday, it seems that the earliest is 8 a.m. and the latest is 4 or 5 p.m.)

US visa interview appointment website

4. Visa interview at the US Consulate in Guangzhou

The appointment time was 13:30 pm (this time refers to the time of arrival at the consulate, not the time to start the interview), but it arrived half an hour earlier (13:00) (for the subway, it is at Zhujiang New Town B Exit, B1?).

At the entrance, you will see many aunts there. They will come over and ask: Do you want to come for a visa? One person or two people?

Seeing these people leave instinctively I ignored it, but later I found out that they were keeping things on my behalf, because backpacks and electronic products were not allowed to be brought in, and non-immigrant visas were not allowed to take care of things inside (immigration visas were allowed).

Fortunately, I am the escort, so I am responsible for taking care of things and waiting outside. In addition, the appointment time is not strictly controlled. As long as there are not many people, you can go in directly. For example, if you make an appointment at 4 o'clock, you can go in at 13:00.

Waiting outside the US Consulate

There are not too many people, and it takes about an hour and 40 minutes from the time you line up to the time you come out at the end, so in order to save time, you can choose to make an appointment in the morning or At the earliest time in the afternoon

I saw a small yellow note and my passport was taken away. I thought it was approved. When I took it in my hand and looked at it, I realized that it was "rejected". ", the color of the note turned out to be yellow-green, and it said "According to Section 221(g) of the U.S. Immigration and International Law

Your visa has been rejected because it requires administrative processing", as shown below

The order with a suspected yellow note

At that moment I thought it was all over and was rejected, so I quickly checked online to see what this situation was. After checking, I found out that this happens to many people. AP, that is, checked, is usually more common for sensitive occupations or visas such as studying abroad. There were not many questions asked during the visa interview. Have you ever been to the United States? Are you a civil servant?

Do you think civil servants will be checked because you are afraid of staying in the United States?

4. Waiting for AP

I checked a lot of AP status online and found that the only option is to wait, and the probability of getting a visa after being checked is still not low, but most of them are for one-year visas. The waiting process is always anxious, and I check the CEAC website every day to check the status. I told my family in the United States about the situation on the day after the interview, and the next day they said they had received a call from the Chinese consulate saying that important documents had not been received. I thought it was an administrative review, but later I thought about it. No, during the review, the Chinese consulate will not let the Chinese consulate call us when it comes to matters in the United States, and then continue to wait. On May 25th, suddenly there was update information from CEAC. The time was updated to 5.25, but the status was still AP. When I checked online, many people said that if there is an update at this time, it would usually be Issued the next day, but it has never been posted. . .

Then when I checked the visa reservation website, it initially showed that the passport was in the consulate, but later it became no longer in the status. . . What is this. . . I checked on the Internet again, and everyone said that this is probably the rhythm of Issue, and some people said that there was no abnormality for a long time after this statelessness.

By the way, here is the website to check the status: _zh/cn-niv-passporttrack.asp

Directly track the passport status

Some people say that the CITIC Bank official account is the one to check The most timely, my personal experience is:

The latter two should be the most timely status before the passport is sent to the CITIC Bank branch; the information update when the passport arrives at the CITIC Bank branch should be the CITIC Bank public The update of the number is more timely.

Finally, go to a CITIC Bank branch to collect your original passport. If you pick it up in person, you only need to bring your ID card. To pick it up on behalf of someone else, you need a copy of your ID card, a letter of authorization (the template can be downloaded on the visa reservation website) and the original ID card of the person on your behalf.

After arriving at the branch, fill out the collection form, then pick up the number and wait as usual. There are fewer people in the morning, and it takes about ten minutes.

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Before I got my passport, I was worried that it would only be approved for one year. As a result, it was approved for ten years (which means that after being checked, I can still get it for ten years. This depends on the reason for being checked), and there is no word "clear" on the passport.

Follow the official guidelines, fill in the required information truthfully, and plan the interview time in advance. I believe you can get a ten-year tourist visa. I hope everyone goes well.