What are the requirements for applying for a U.S. tourist visa?

The steps for applying for a U.S. visa include: filling in the application form, purchasing visa fees, preparing visa materials, making an appointment online, and interviewing according to the appointment time. Fill out Form DS-160 Online Visa Application 1. On the first page of the form, please select "Chinese" in the language window in the upper right corner. In this way, when you hover the mouse over each question in the English form, the form will automatically display the corresponding Chinese translation. 2. When you click the "Start Application" button to enter the next page, please select "Beijing, China" as your application place. 3. Please note: This form requires you to fill in your name in your native language. You can use Chinese characters to fill in your name. In addition, all content must be completed completely in English. 4. When filling out the form, please keep saving it to a USB flash drive or computer. After completing the form, please save it to a USB flash drive or CD for easy portability. 5. If you have gone by another name, select "Yes" when answering the question "Have you ever gone by another name?" and enter your first and last name. If your name consists of two Chinese characters, there must be a space between the two characters. 6. When choosing a travel purpose, F

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1, L1 and H1 respectively for the visa types. 7. If you have been to the United States before, please Fill in your previous visa number in the designated space (red 8-digit number at the bottom right of the previous visa). Preparation materials 1. Valid private passport (more than half a year before the expected return date), the last page of the passport must be signed; 2 2.2*2 inches (approximately 51mm*51mm) square color bareheaded photos, with a Pencil signature (recent photo taken within three months, with a white background); 3. If the visa applicant has ever left the country, he or she must provide photos taken in the country visited (the person must be in the photo, and there must be local landmarks) property); 4. ID card, work permit, marriage certificate and copies of all pages of the family’s household register (if the couple is not in the same household register, a copy of all pages of the other party’s household register is required); 5. Business license or copy of business license (or organization code certificate) with official seal; 6. Brief introduction of the unit (time of establishment, nature, scale, products, benefits, etc.), 4 business cards; 7. Certificate of employment issued by the company (in Chinese and English Print, you can also provide blank letter paper with the company's official letterhead and official seal, which will be printed by our company); if the applicant is a child under 18 years old, please provide the school leave certificate; 8. Registration form (registration form, family list, Education and employment details form); 9. Bank statement of the past six months to prove the submission of photos. US passport applicants need to submit 2 identical photos, and US visa applicants only need to submit one. Photos must meet the following basic requirements, otherwise the application will not be accepted. 1. The photo must be taken within 6 months 2. The photo size must be 2x2 inches (approximately 5x5 cm) 3. The vertical size of the applicant’s head must be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches (approximately 2.5-3.5 cm) Room 4. Photos must have a white background. 5. You must face the camera and expose your ears. Each passport or visa applicant's photo must be an unframed frontal photo. "Front-facing" photos refer to applicants facing the camera when taking photos. Applicants cannot look down or squint, and their face must account for 50% of the entire photo. Although it is difficult to strictly define "face" due to differences in hairstyles or headscarves (see discussion below), in general it refers to the applicant's head, including face and hair, top and bottom from crown to chin, left and right To the hairline on both sides. It would be better if the ears are exposed. The key requirement is that the applicant can be clearly identified by photograph. The size of the photo is 2x2 inches (a square with a side of approximately 50 mm), with the avatar centered. The head (from top of head to chin) is between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches (i.e. 25 mm to 35 mm), and the distance from the eyes to the bottom of the photo is 1 1/8 inches to 1 3/8 inches ( i.e. 28mm to 35mm). Must be a color or black and white photo with a white background. Photos should be without borders. The photo should be stapled or affixed to the DS-82 (PDF-303KB) or DS-11 (PDF-380KB) (U.S. Passport Application) form, or the corresponding DS-156 (Nonimmigrant Visa Application) (PDF-159KB) on the form. If the photo is bound, the nails must be as far away from the applicant's face as possible. Photos with cluttered backgrounds, patterns or patterns, or dark colors will not be accepted. Visa appointments will begin on July 16, 2012. When making a visa appointment at the U.S. Embassy, ??in addition to providing the visa fee receipt number, passport number, ID number, and contact information, you also need to provide the visa application form DS-160 form number. This is another measure taken by the U.S. Embassy to limit the number of U.S. visa appointments and limit the time to make visa appointments in advance after requiring the visa fee receipt number to be provided when making an appointment. This means that visa applicants need to fill out the DS-160 before the appointment time. No changes can be made to the details of the visa application form, admission institution and other forms. Because if the form information changes, the form number will change accordingly, and the original appointment will become invalid. This will cause certain difficulties for visa applicants to agree on the ideal visa time in advance.

Because of the first-come-first-served system in the United States, experts recommend that students prepare application materials as early as possible under the guidance of authoritative study abroad experts, submit applications at the best time from September to October, and follow up on their admission notice as early as possible, get I20, and confirm their intention. institutions, and quickly provide accurate and confirmed visa form information that will not be changed to avoid unnecessary trouble. In order to ensure a smooth trip, please try to make a visa appointment in advance (it is recommended to apply 4 to 6 weeks in advance). To make an appointment, you only need to provide copies of your passport and ID card, and whether you have applied for that type of U.S. visa before, when and where , was it approved? The invitation letter and other materials must be accurately and completely delivered to the embassy or consulate no later than 1 week before the interview. The embassy stipulates that you need to pay the visa fee and buy an appointment card before you can make an appointment, so if you confirm the offer, you need to pay a fee of 1,200 yuan. Special reminder: Please do not issue air tickets before the visa result is confirmed, otherwise all consequences will be borne by the applicant. When entering the US Embassy for a visa interview, you will have to enter the relevant fingerprints and wait in line for the visa interview. The interview time is generally very short, and the questions are only 4.5 questions. The specific questions will be based on the form you filled out. Interview questions generally include:

1. Why are you going to the United States?

2. Where do you plan to go? How long will it take to go? When will you return home?

3. Where do you work? What is the position? How many years have you been working? How much is the monthly salary?

4. Are you married? Where do you live? What do your parents do? Still working?

5. Have you been abroad before? Where have you been?

Legal basis:

"Passport and Visa Regulations of the People's Republic of China"

Article 3

Issuance of passports, The visa agencies are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security at home; abroad they are China's diplomatic representative agencies, consular agencies and agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Passports for persons traveling abroad on official business shall be issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or an agency authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Passports and visas for persons traveling abroad for private matters shall be handled by agencies authorized by the Ministry of Public Security. Passports and visas for Chinese citizens traveling and residing abroad shall be processed by China's diplomatic representative agencies, consular agencies or agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreigners applying for Chinese visas should be handled abroad by Chinese diplomatic missions, consular offices or agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In China, applications for visas by foreign diplomatic representatives, consular offices, consular officers, and civil servants in China shall be accepted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the foreign affairs agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; other foreigners holding diplomatic or official passports shall apply for visas by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign affairs agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or public security agencies authorized by the Ministry of Public Security will accept applications. Applications for visas by ordinary passport holders or other people coming to China for private matters shall be accepted by the public security agencies authorized by the Ministry of Public Security. There will be detailed and lengthy inspections afterwards. Therefore, when applying for a visa, it is recommended to select some important contents and carry them with you, which will help you get through customs quickly even if you encounter excessive inspections.