What are the procedures for traveling to America?

You need an American visa and passport to travel to the United States.

First, apply for a passport.

First passport application process: the first passport application must be handled in person at the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau where the household registration is located, and the military personnel should go to the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau where the troops or work units are located.

Regarding whether going to school or working in other places can be handled at the nearest place where the school or work unit is located, the handling method can be consulted with the Exit-Entry Administration Department of the local public security bureau.

Second, apply for a visa.

The booking of tourist visas in the United States needs to start to 1 month 3 days in advance. Pay the fee at CITIC Bank first and make an appointment for an interview online. Sign in to your account, and then click Schedule Interview.

Third, the visa processing process:

1. Fill in the form: DS- 160 Online visa application, which can be filled in Chinese.

2. The preparation materials include a valid personal passport (expected to return to China for more than half a year), and the last page of the passport needs my signature; 2*2 inch square color bareheaded photo, and signed in pencil on the back (taken within three months, with white background); If the visa applicant has an exit record, he must provide photos taken in the country he went to;

Copy of each page of ID card, work permit, marriage certificate and family household register (if the husband and wife are not in the same household register, copy of each page of the other household register is required); Copy of business license or business license (or organization code certificate) with official seal; Company profile (establishment time, nature, scale, products, benefits, etc.). ), 4 business cards;

Employment certificate issued by the company (printed in Chinese and English, or blank stationery with official company letterhead and official seal can be provided, printed by our company); If the applicant is a child under 18, please provide the school leaving certificate; Application form (application form, family form, education and employment list); The bank statement of the bank in the past six months proves this.

3. Submit photos. American passport applicants need to submit two identical photos, and American visa applicants only need to submit one. Photos must meet the following basic requirements, otherwise the application will not be accepted. Photos must be taken within 6 months; The photo size is 2x2 inches (about 5x5 cm); The vertical dimension of the applicant's head must be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inch (about 2.5-3.5cm); Photos must have a white background; You must face the camera and show your ears.

4.7 16 visa reservation started, 2065438. In order to book a visa with the American Embassy, you need to provide the number of the visa application form DS- 160 in addition to the visa fee receipt number, passport number, ID number and contact information. The embassy stipulates that you can only make an appointment if you pay the visa fee and buy a reservation card, so you need to pay 1200 yuan first to confirm the discount.

5. When the embassy visa enters the US embassy, there will be relevant fingerprints and waiting in line for the visa. The interview time is generally short, and there are about five questions, which will be asked according to the completed form. If the interview is successful, you can go through the mailing formalities and hand in your passport. If the visa is rejected, a refusal letter will be issued.

4. Preparation of passport application materials:

Two recent bareheaded color photos, 1, 2 inches, national public officials do not wear standard clothes, children do not wear red scarves, and the background color is subject to the regulations of local exit-entry administration departments;

2. Residents who have reached the age of 16 carry household registration books (collective accounts are based on the registration form of permanent residents) and resident identity cards (or temporary id card);

3./kloc-Residents under the age of 0/6 should bring their own household registration book (the registration form of permanent residents is submitted for collective accounts), the original ID card of the guardian and the original materials that can prove the guardianship relationship (such as household registration book and birth certificate), and be accompanied by their guardians.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Submit application materials:

1. Submit the completed application form together with photos and required materials to the acceptance window. After the review, the staff will receive the receipt of the application for going abroad for personal reasons, check the contents of the receipt and sign it.

2. Payment: After submitting the application, the applicant must immediately pay the fee at the toll booth with the receipt of the Application Form for Going Abroad for Private Affairs (the applicant must pay the fee on the day of acceptance). If the payment is overdue, the date of receiving the certificate will be notified separately. If the payment is not made within one month after the application, the application will be deemed to have been abandoned automatically, and the application materials will not be returned to me.

Legal basis:

Passport Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 5 Citizens who go abroad for non-official reasons, such as settling in a foreign country, visiting relatives, studying, obtaining employment, traveling, engaging in business activities, etc., shall apply for an ordinary passport to the exit-entry administration organ of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level where their household registration is located.