If I want to visit my friends in America, how can I get a visa?

American business tourist visa -(B- 1, B-2 visa)

B 1 visas are issued to applicants who go to the United States for short-term business activities. Activities include negotiating and signing contracts, attending exhibitions or conferences, short-term training or negotiating business with suppliers or customers. B2 visas are issued to applicants who travel to the United States, including sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends and medical treatment. Holders of B 1 and B2 visas cannot work in the United States.

Applicants for B 1 and B2 visas must be able to prove that their intention is only to enter the United States temporarily. The purpose is only tourism and/or short-term business activities. Applicants must also prove that they have sufficient funds to pay for their stay in the United States. And prove that it has strong social, economic and other ties in the motherland, so as to force it to return to China as scheduled after a short and legal visit to the United States.

Necessary application materials

All applicants must provide the following materials during the interview:

1. valid passport: B 1/B2 The passport of the visa applicant must be valid for at least six months longer than the expected stay in the United States. What if the passport is expected to be valid for less than six months when leaving the United States, or the passport is damaged, or there is no blank visa issuance page on the passport? Please apply for a new passport before coming to the interview.

2. A photo: a 5cm×5cm color front photo taken within 6 months. Please stick the photo on the English application form DS- 156, and don't use staples. Please see the photo requirements for details.

3. Original visa application fee receipt? You can pay the visa application fee in 930 yuan RMB at any branch of CITIC Industrial Bank in China (effective from March 28th, 2008). Please note that once the application fee is paid, even if the applicant is refused or abandoned, it cannot be refunded. Applicants must present two original application fee receipts when submitting visa applications.

4. Has DS- 156 been completed? Non-immigrant visa application form (all non-immigrant visa applicants must fill in).

5. Fill in the complete supplementary information form of non-immigrant visa DS- 157 (16-year-old non-immigrant visa applicants must fill in). ?

Suggest supporting materials?

In addition to the necessary materials mentioned above, Some types of visas require some supporting documents. Have you prepared these materials? Please note that the following documents are not exhaustive, and showing them during the interview does not guarantee that you will get a visa.

1. Evidence that can explain why you will definitely return to China: produce documents that are binding on you in economic, social, family or other aspects to help you prove that you intend to return to China after a short stay in the United States. Due to different personal circumstances, the evidence that the applicant should produce is also different. The following documents can help the visa officer to evaluate whether you intend to return to China: household registration book, ID card, employment certificate, payroll that objectively reflects your monthly income, and passbook with regular entry and exit records.

2. invitation letter:? If you are invited to visit American residents, it will help your application to provide the following information: information about the inviter, the purpose of your visit to the United States, and the travel schedule arranged in advance. If you just travel to the United States, you don't need to show an invitation letter.

3. proof of funds:? Prove that you have the ability to pay all the expenses of not working during your stay in the United States, such as a payroll that objectively reflects your monthly income, a passbook with regular access records, etc. Please note that the bank deposit certificate is not helpful for the application. )

4. If you go to the United States for business activities, please consider coming to the interview with the following information: where you will visit, who you will meet, what will be discussed during the meeting, and what products you plan to buy in the United States. The following documents may be helpful to the application: a detailed invitation letter issued by the American partner stating the purpose of the applicant's visit to the United States; Contracts or other agreements signed with American partners; Information about machines, software or other equipment tested or purchased in the United States, such as product manuals or catalogues.

5. If you visit relatives in the United States, you should provide materials to prove that you have a real and uninterrupted kinship with the inviter, and also consider providing their identity after entering or immigrating to the United States. The following documents may be helpful to your application: household registration book or other documents that can prove true kinship, photos taken with American relatives in recent years, copies of American passports or green cards of relatives, copies of passports of relatives who have stayed in the United States for a short time, and copies of American visas. If your last stay in the United States exceeds the date specified on the I-94 card at the time of entry, please show the original extension certificate approved by the US Department of Homeland Security during the interview. ?

Photo requirements

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. Please refer to the following paragraphs for more details.

1.？ Photos must be taken within the last 6 months.

2.？ What is the photo size? 2x2 inches or 5x5 cm, square

3.？ The vertical dimension of the applicant's head must be between 1 inch and 1 inch? Another 3/8 inch (2.5? -3.5? Cm)。

4.？ Photos must have a white background.

5.？ You must face the camera and show your ears.

How to apply

Please follow the following steps to apply for a non-immigrant visa at the American Embassy in Beijing:

Appointment time of visa interview and average waiting time of visa appointment

Pay visa application fee?

Prepare a photo that meets the requirements.

Fill in the DS- 160 visa application form online.

Materials required for preparing visa applications

Come to the embassy for a visa interview

Go through the visa/passport return formalities through China Post.