About U.S. tourist visa.

The general procedure for applying for a passport is:

1. Bring your ID card or household registration book to the police station or the exit and entry administration department of the public security sub-county bureau where your household registration is located to obtain the "Chinese Citizens Going Abroad for Private Purposes" (British) Application Approval Form" (hereinafter referred to as the "Application Form")

2. Fill in the application form.

3. Submit the application. When submitting the application, you must bring the following materials:

The original copy of your ID card or household registration book and the first page of the household registration book, the personal data page, the change page and a copy of the ID card.

Original completed application form.

One color photo that meets the requirements.

4. Get your passport.

After the local entry-exit management office accepts the application, the time for approval, production and issuance of the passport is 14 working days. When picking up a passport, you must bring your ID card or household registration book, the "receipt for picking up the passport" and the 200 yuan production fee.

The specific procedures for applying for a passport are:

Chinese citizens applying for ordinary private passports must apply to the exit and entry administration department of the municipal or county public security bureau where their household registration is located. The (general procedures are):

(1) Collect the Exit Application Form:

You must bring it with you when you (or entrust a relative or friend) to collect the "Chinese Citizen Exit Application Form" from the exit and entry administration department of the public security bureau in the place where your household registration is located. The following materials and documents:

①Household register;

②ID card or other household registration certificate;

③Work permit (retirement certificate);

< p>④ Corresponding materials related to the reason for leaving the country (invitation letter, letter of guarantee, etc.);

⑤ Letter of introduction.

(2) Fill in the "Chinese Citizen Exit Application Form":

① Before filling in, you must first carefully read each content in the form and the instructions for filling out the form. If you do not understand anything, You should ask the staff of the immigration management department or fill it out through relevant consulting service agencies;

②The application form must be filled in with a pen, and the handwriting must be correct and clear, and cannot be scrawled or altered;

③This form is made in quadruplicate and must be filled in completely, and each content must be consistent;

④The application number is printed on the upper right corner of the form (the numbers on the four forms are consistent), and the applicant must remember, For future inquiries;

⑤The name of the country or region where I am applying to go should be filled in in brackets after the title;

⑥The public security bureau and police station of the "place of residence" must be filled in with the person. The records in the household registration book must be consistent;

⑦Requirements for filling in each column in the application form.

In the "Name" column, the applicant's name must be consistent with what is recorded on the identity card and household registration book. It must be written in standard Chinese characters. The name must not be changed arbitrarily, and no aliases must be filled in. The "Foreign Translated Name" column must be spelled according to the Chinese Pinyin letters of the Mandarin pronunciation of the person's Chinese name. When writing, it must be divided into two parts: the surname and the given name. The surname comes first and the first name comes after. The two parts of the surname and the first name are not allowed to be written together; compound surnames are not allowed. Written continuously, but it must also be written in two parts with the name; the ethnic minority name must be translated and transcribed using the Chinese pinyin alphabet according to the pronunciation of the ethnic language; if the applicant's name has other spelling forms, you can apply for annotation in in the notes page.

The "ID card number" column should be filled in based on the number in the person's official ID card issued by the public security agency. The number in the temporary ID card must not be filled in. Applicants who have not applied for a resident identity card may not fill in this column or fill in "None".

The "date of birth" column must be filled in consistent with the date of birth (including year, month, day) recorded in the household registration book and ID card.

The "Place of Birth" column must be consistent with the record in the person's household registration book. If he was born in China, fill in the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government, or Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan; if he was born abroad. , fill in the Chinese name of the country of birth.

The "Place of Origin" column must be consistent with the records in the household registration book.

The "Ethnicity" column must be consistent with what is recorded in the household registration book.

In the "Marital Status" column, you must fill in one of the four situations of "married", "single", "divorced" and "widowed" according to your actual situation.

In the "Education Level" column, fill in the highest level of education you have.

In the "Political Appearance" column, you must fill in "mass", "league member", "member of the Communist Party of China" or "a certain democratic party" according to your actual situation.

In the "Work Unit" column, you must fill in the full name of your work or study unit. Those who do not have a work unit can fill in "retired", "retired", "dropped out of school", "unemployed", etc.

In the "Position" column, you must fill in the actual position you currently hold, or the occupation you are engaged in.

The "Professional Title" column should be filled in according to the individual's professional and technical title actually assessed by the relevant department. If your professional title has not been evaluated, you do not need to fill it in.

In the "Address" and "Telephone" columns, whether it is the address and telephone number of your work unit or your home address, you must fill in the detailed address, including district, county, township, street name, and house number. Number, zip code, etc.

In the "Resume" column, you must fill in your main academic qualifications and work experience since you were in elementary school, including the starting and ending years, months, unit name and personal position, etc. This must be filled in continuously until the date of filling in the form, without any time gap or interruption in between.

In the "Reason for leaving the country" column, fill in "visiting relatives", "visiting friends", "traveling", "settling", "study abroad", " Training" etc.

In the "One-way or Round-trip" column, except those who are going abroad to "settlement" should fill in "One-way", those who are going abroad for other reasons should fill in "Two-way".

In the "Accompanying Children Under 16 Years Old" column, if an adult and a child apply for the same passport at the same time, this column must be filled in. If you apply for passports separately, there is no need to fill in the form.

In the "Economic Guarantee and Economic Guarantor's Information During Abroad Period" column, you must fill in the guarantor's name, age, nationality or place of origin, relationship with the person, etc.

In the "School for self-financed study abroad" column, fill in the name (full name) of the school where you are going to study abroad.

The "Foreign Student Category" column should be filled in according to the nature of your study abroad. If you are studying abroad, fill in "Study", if you are studying in a junior college, fill in "College", if you are studying in university or receiving education above university, fill in "Junior College". "Study Abroad".

For the columns of "major studied", "degree studied", "school year", and "start date", applicants should follow the relevant requirements stipulated in the "Admission Notice" issued by the foreign (overseas) school. Fill in the content.

In the "Main Relatives and Friends at Home and Abroad" column, domestic relatives mainly refer to immediate relatives and close relatives. Relatives and friends abroad mainly refer to close contacts, and their overseas addresses must be filled in (both Chinese and English are acceptable).

In the "Remarks" column, you must fill in the reasons or credentials for applying for a passport. For example, if you want to work abroad, fill in the "Job Appointment Letter" or "Contract"; if you want to study abroad, fill in the "Admission Notice". "Letter of Economic Guarantee"; fill in "Letter of Invitation" when going abroad to visit relatives and settle down, etc.

(3) Submit the "Chinese Citizen Exit Application Form":

① After completing the "Chinese Citizen Exit Application Form" according to the requirements, it must be approved by the party committee or personnel security of the unit where it is located. The department's seal must be stamped by the department. If you are unemployed, you must get it stamped by the street office or police station where you are located; if you have a rural household registration, you must be stamped by the first-level department of the rural town party committee;

②Issuing the "Application for Going Abroad for Private Purposes" "Letter of Introduction" (issued by the unit that stamped the application form at the same time as stamping the seal). The header of the letter of introduction should be written to the local public security bureau's entry-exit management department, and the content should state that the applicant agrees to visit relatives in XX country (or region). Visiting friends, settling down, studying abroad, etc.;

③ Take a passport photo (usually a small two-inch, black and white or color bareheaded frontal photo taken within the past three months) and paste it on the "Chinese Citizen Exit Application" as required on the table. In addition, prepare at least 2 to 3 additional identical photos and write your name on the back of the photo;

④ Prepare copies of documents related to traveling abroad, such as invitation letters, letters of guarantee, admission notices, etc.

⑤ Prepare your household registration book, ID card, work permit or other household registration certificates, or "student ID card", "unemployment certificate", "retirement certificate", "resignation or retirement certificate", " Professional title certificate" etc.

⑥ Submit the completed "Chinese Citizen Exit Application Form" and foreign (overseas) invitation letter, letter of guarantee, unit introduction letter, household registration book, work permit and student ID card to the entry-exit management department of the public relations agency Or unemployment certificate, retirement certificate, ID card and personal photo, etc. If you apply for an expedited passport due to special reasons, you must make a special statement when submitting the materials.

⑦Waiting for passport:

The exit and entry administration department of the public security organ accepts the application form and corresponding materials submitted by me and reviews it before deciding whether to approve the applicant's application. The passport decision will be made and the applicant will usually be notified within 30 days (if it is located in a remote area with inconvenient transportation, within 60 days, if it is urgent, it will usually be within a week). When submitting the form, be sure to remember your application number for easy reference.

⑧Getting a passport:

When the public security organ accepts the application materials, it must go through the process of review and passport production. The applicant can wait patiently within the specified time. You can collect your passport and exit registration card at the time agreed when submitting the materials or after receiving notification from the public security department.

What should the applicant do if he does not receive the notification from the public security department within the prescribed time about collecting his passport?

"Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Exit and Entry Administration of Citizens" Article 5 of Chapter 2 of the Detailed Rules stipulates: If the applicant does not receive notification of the approval result within the specified time, he or she has the right to inquire and the accepting department shall respond; the applicant believes that disapproval of exit is inconsistent with the provisions of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. Citizens' Exit and Entry Management Law" has the right to file a complaint with the public security agency at the next higher level, and the management agency shall handle it and sign.

If the applicant encounters such a situation, he or she can handle it according to this provision