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 the relevant information before applying, and you can apply for a visa only after you are fully prepared.

There are more than 2 kinds of non-immigrant visas in the United States, of which five are the most common:

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

B-1 is a visa that foreign citizens must apply for when they come to the United States to do business. 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 visit visa (J-1

4. Crew/transit visa (C-1/D

5. Professional labor visa (H-1B

But this paper mainly introduces the application preparation of tourist visa B-2. And it is a 1-year visa, which means that in the next 1 years, you will be able to go to the United States basically unimpeded ~

Types of American visas

After you get an American visa, you can not only go to a 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 apply for Canada with simplified information: no proof of real estate is required, 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: $5 electronic travel authorization is required;

South Korea, a visa-free country in the United States, can stay in transit for 3 days without a visa. Note that it is a transit, that is, your trip must go to the United States via Korea, or from the United States to China via 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 Singapore, you need to apply for a visa in advance;

Philippines, visa-free stay for 7 days;

Georgia, visa-free for 9 days;

Mexico can stay for 18 days without a visa;

Bermuda can stay visa-free for 9 days;

Panama can stay visa-free for 3 days;

8 Chile, visa-free for 9 days;

9 Colombia, visa-free for 9 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.

the new address of the U.S. embassy in China (Beijing

) is No.55, Anjialou Road, Beijing, with a zip code of 16 and a customer service telephone number of 1-8531-3.

U.S. Consulate General in China (Chengdu

Address: No.4, Consulate Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, Zip Code: 6141, Customer Service Tel: 28-8558-3992.

US Consulate General in China (Guangzhou

Address: Huaxia Road, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (near Exit B1 of Zhujiang New Town Station of Metro Line 3 or Line 5, customer service telephone number: 2-3814-5).

U.S. Consulate General in China (Shanghai

Address: 8th Floor, Meilong Town Plaza, No.138 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai, zip code: 241, customer service telephone number: 21-811-22.

U.S. Consulate General in China (Shenyang

Address: No.52, Shiweisi Road, Heping District, Shenyang, 113, customer service telephone number: 24-2322-1198.

U.S. Embassy and Consulate in China

: Prepare visa photos, fill in the DS-16 application form, register through the online application system, pay visa fees, make an appointment to visit the U.S. Embassy in China, interview time, face-to-face visa, and get passports and visas.

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.

the head size (from the top of the head to the bottom of the mandible must account for 5% to 7% of the total height of the photo. The height from the bottom of the photo to the eye level should account for 55% to 7% (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 6x6 pixels (height x width. The maximum size is 12x12 pixels (height x width.

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

Step 2: Fill in the DS-16 application form

Information to be prepared before filling in:

1. Electronic version of the applicant's passport

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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 book. The time can be a rough plan, because the American tourist visa will not be stuck, so it can be changed and changed later. Here is just a form to show the embassy that you have a travel plan, not to apply blindly. If it is not ready, you can choose "No" in the form to continue to fill in (but you can't change it after you finish. 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

5. 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 DS-16 Guide online:

1. If you are renewing your contract or don't need an interview, please select "Guangzhou".

2. 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 are marked as "your native words" in the form. 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 2 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-16 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 DS-16 form to your email. This file is in PDF format and needs to be viewed or printed by AdobeAcrobat.

6. Every new visa application must submit a new DS-16 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-16 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 China CITIC Bank (only this bank can pay.

Fees

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

the visa fee is USD 16 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. In the meantime, 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 U.S. 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 face to face

After signing, you 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 travel is to be asked what to do in the United States when you go to the interview.

if you answer travel/shopping, there is no big problem. You won't add or subtract points, because most people who go to the United States go for this purpose. The United States welcomes rich people to boost local GDP.

But if you say visiting 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. Please be careful if you drop something!

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 will depend on your job.

The better the job, the longer the working experience 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 get much less points, fearing that they will never come back. 4. penultimate point, the situation of peers will also be taken into account.

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

5. the 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.

American face-to-face interviews are often confused:

Q: Face-to-face interviews are just a form. The DS16 form you filled out before has already decided whether you can get the sign.

many friends have this guess, but it is also reasonable. Based on the background investigation of DS16 form, I scored you objectively. For students with high or low grades, the face-to-face interview is just a formality, 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 don't allow it, you can't sign it in seconds. American embassies generally have big data analysis, and if you meet some of their objective conditions, you will be signed.

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

1. Fill in the DS16 form by ourselves, or at least know what the 16 form is filled in to avoid being asked;

2. Fill in the true information. Being refused a visa 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 it later;

3. objectively evaluate your own conditions (such as general working conditions, why did you choose the United States for the first time or several times before leaving the country? 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 hit these countries first?

frequently asked questions about interview in America:

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

2. Where to go to the United States?

3. How long will you stay in America?

4. Do you have an itinerary? You can prepare your 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 the United States?

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? (marriage certificate can be prepared

1. Do you have children?

11. How old is the child?

12. Where do children go to school?

13. Where do you work?

14. What does your company do? (You can prepare a work certificate

15. What's your monthly income? (You can prepare the bank flow

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

17. Where do you go to school? (You can prepare proof of study

18. What's your major?

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

2. Are there any peers?

21. Did you get the visa of your colleague? 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.

Notes for visa interview in the United States:

(1) For unmarried young women, this is really a sensitive object of visa, 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 1, 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, terms such as "machine learning", "processing", "recognition" and "artificial intelligence" should be avoided as far as possible in the research direction, which are relatively easy to look up. In addition to your own resume, you should also prepare a copy of the tutor's resume.

(4 for sensitive enterprises and industries, we should basically check them, even the security guards of Huawei ZTE.

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

(6VO, you can answer anything. Generally speaking, the materials are also asked by the interviewer and then given to him.

Note: Check refers to administrative processing, AP. 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 refused

(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-passport

Step 7: Get passport and visa

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

The materials that must be prepared for the US tourist visa processing

(1DS-16 confirmation page

(2 visa interview confirmation page

(3 passport

(4 visa application fee payment receipt (provided by China CITIC Bank after payment, receipt code

(5 photos (print

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