Usa f4 visa validity period

The F4 visa in the United States is an immigrant visa. The validity period mentioned above refers to the period of leaving China, which is usually one month, that is, you need to leave China and immigrate to the United States within one month. The following is a detailed description of F4 visa:

F4: refers to brothers and sisters of American citizens aged 265,438+0 or above. The applicant submits F4 immigration application to the US Immigration Bureau. F4 visa application is divided into four stages, namely P 1, P2, P3 and P4. The following is a detailed introduction to these four stages:

P 1 stage

When applying for relative immigration, the applicant will prepare all the information and submit the application I- 130 to the local immigration processing center in the United States.

Then, the receipt with the file number P 1, that is, I- 130, is obtained.

There will be three capital letters plus the number 10. The three English letters are EAC or WAC or SRC or LIN, which are divided by the American Immigration Processing Center.

P2 stage

After hearing the case, the Immigration Bureau obtained the P2 approval certificate (P2 sample is similar to P 1).

P2 Approval Notice I-797 Original Map

The application materials are transferred to NVC,

At this time, the applicant will get a new case number, namely the GUZ number, which consists of the number of GUZ plus 10.

Then, there is a long wait, waiting for the timetable of immigration.

It takes about half a year to a year to wait for immigration (different categories, different time)

★ Formal immigration formalities: DS-3032 address, confirmed by the agent.

NVC will send an address and agency confirmation form named DS-3032 to relatives in the United States. Many applicants or beneficiaries have changed their addresses because of the long period of relatives' appointment. Therefore, NVC in the United States is afraid that the applicant's address has changed, and NVC will not be informed, resulting in failure to receive this form. The United States will send the same DS-3032 to the United States and China. The United States will receive it first, and the beneficiaries in China will receive one in ten or twenty days. At this time,

(Because the waiting time of F4 is usually more than 10 years, many friends default the DS-3032 table (designated agent and address confirmation table) to F4' s P 1. )

One month after completing the DS3032 form and paying the $70 bill.

Nvc will send a visa fee bill of $400.

After paying 400 dollars a month.

NVC sends package P3.

P3 stage

P3 contains:

1, p3 supplementary form (this form was cancelled in P3 package in September 2008)

I didn't receive P3' s supplementary form when I received P3, so I went to the relevant website to select GUZ's number, printed and filled it out, and sent it back to NVC together with all the materials.

2.DS 230-I, DS230II (this form may need to be downloaded by the applicant himself from the website of the US Immigration Service).

Click to view the DS-230 I sample.

3. Ask for payment of the instructions on the completed EMS express.

(Note: This EMS should be clearly filled in and the single number should be recorded, and the applicant's P4 will be issued with this form. Remember, when booking a single number, you can call 1 1 185 to check whether it is P4. The EMS slip has been sent to the local post office for purchase, one yuan each. The EMS bill must be blank, and be careful not to stamp the official seal of the local post office in advance, because the mailing place must be Guangzhou, and the EMS bill stamped with the seal of the foreign post office is invalid)

4. Copy of passport

Since 2007, the passport cannot be extended, and it can only be reissued. Adult passports are valid for 10 years, and children's passports under 16 are valid for 5 years. Once the address is determined, it must be done in advance. )

5. Please ask the American guarantor to prepare the I 864 lifetime guarantee document.

NVC revised the necessary materials of P3 and added some necessary materials to reduce the burden of Guangzhou Meiling, and added the following materials in P3 stage:

6. Birth notarization

(Birth notarization can be done well when applying for immigration before, and it is valid for life. )

7. Two visa photos.

(Visa photo requirements: 50*50 mm, the head position must be in the middle of 25-35 mm, bareheaded, and earrings or sunglasses are not allowed. Each visa applicant must have a photo, and write down the passport pinyin name of the photo owner in pencil at the bottom of the visa photo so that the immigration officials can identify it. )

8. Notarization does not punish.

(Notarization without penalty is valid for only one year, and must be submitted by every visa applicant above 16).

There are two options for notarization:

(1) Go to the municipal notary office (the municipal notary office can also handle the certificate of no criminal record and notarization at the same time, saving time and cost like the provincial notary office for your reference).

(2) After obtaining the certificate of no crime, you can go to the provincial notary office with the household registration book (original+copy of the first page and personal page of the household registration book) and ID card (original+copy). Fee ***260 yuan (in triplicate, including both Chinese and English versions), which will be collected one week later (or call the number on the receipt to contact the notary). Note that you can only do it during office hours, and you can't do it on weekends.

9. Marriage notarization

(Marriage notarization is valid for life. Those who divorce and remarry after applying for immigration should apply for a new marriage notarization, and those who apply for CR/IR immigration should also apply for a divorce notarization. )

Put all the information in P3' s bag.

Send it back to NVC and wait a month or two.

P4 stage

After receiving P4, prepare materials according to P4's requirements:

Beneficiaries in China need to prepare:

Notarization of kinship, notarization of birth of all people, notarization of marriage,

Unmarried notarization of accompanying children (son 22 years old, daughter 20 years old),

/kloc-notarization of persons over 0/6 years old who have not been punished.

Declaration (if the divorced person immigrates with a child under 16, a copy of the ex-husband/wife's consent to let the child immigrate must be prepared).

Sample declaration letter

Photos of China's main beneficiaries and American applicants in different periods from childhood to adulthood (very important)

American applicants need to prepare:

As the guarantee is only valid for one year, the guarantor and the deputy guarantor (if necessary) must prepare the guarantee documents:

Tax forms for the last three years (a copy signed by the guarantor can be used),

Letter from the employer and mail it to the beneficiary in China for an interview. If there is a sub-guarantee, you must prepare a statement letter of the sub-guarantee.

The statement letter must state that several people have been sponsored to go to the United States, and their names must be listed. The letter must also explain the relationship between the sub-guarantee and the American applicant, and explain why you are willing to be the sub-guarantor of the beneficiary in China, and if possible, provide photos of the main and sub-guarantees.