Do I have to have a visa to travel to America? How to deal with it?

You need an American visa to travel to the United States.

Processing flow:

1. Fill in the form: DS- 160 Online visa application, which can be filled in Chinese.

Step 2 prepare materials

Including a valid personal passport (expected to return to China for more than half a year), and the last page of the passport needs my signature; 2*2 inch square color bareheaded photo, and signed in pencil on the back (taken within three months, with white background); If the visa applicant has an exit record, he must provide photos taken in the country he went to;

Copy of each page of ID card, work permit, marriage certificate and family household register (if the husband and wife are not in the same household register, copy of each page of the other household register is required); Copy of business license or business license (or organization code certificate) with official seal; Company profile (establishment time, nature, scale, products, benefits, etc.). ), 4 business cards;

Employment certificate issued by the company (printed in Chinese and English, or blank stationery with official company letterhead and official seal can be provided, printed by our company); If the applicant is a child under 18, please provide the school leaving certificate; Application form (application form, family form, education and employment list); The bank statement of the bank in the past six months proves this.

Step 3 submit photos

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.

Photos must be taken within 6 months; The photo size is 2x2 inches (about 5x5 cm); The vertical dimension of the applicant's head must be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inch (about 2.5-3.5cm); Photos must have a white background; You must face the camera and show your ears.

4. Visa reservation

Starting from July 12 and 16, the time to book a visa with the US Embassy is required to provide the number of the visa application form DS- 160 in addition to the visa fee receipt number, passport number, ID number and contact information.

Visa applicants need to fill in the DS- 160 visa application form before the appointment time, and apply for visa appointment as soon as possible (it is recommended to make an appointment four to six weeks in advance). What they need to do is to provide copies of passports and ID cards, and whether they have applied for that type of American visa before, when and where, and whether they have been signed? Other materials of the invitation letter should be delivered to the embassy or consulate accurately and completely no later than 1 week before the interview.

The embassy stipulates that you can only make an appointment if you pay the visa fee and buy a reservation card, so you need to pay 1200 yuan first to confirm the discount.

Step 5 interview the embassy

When you enter the American embassy, you will have relevant fingerprints and wait in line for a face-to-face interview. The interview time is generally short, and there are about five questions, which will be asked according to the completed form.

If the interview is successful, you can go through the mailing formalities and hand in your passport. If the visa is rejected, a refusal letter will be issued.

Extended data

According to the requirements of the American Embassy, China residents should apply for a US visa at the American embassy or consulate where they live for a long time, which is different from the concept of residence. For example, if you live in the consular jurisdiction of Beijing for a long time, you should apply for a visa at the American Embassy in Beijing, even if your household registration is outside the consular jurisdiction of Beijing.

The distribution of the domestic consular section of the US Consulate is as follows:

Beijing Embassy: Beijing, Tianjin, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Qinghai and Xinjiang.

Consulate General of Chengdu: Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan.

Consulate General of Guangzhou: Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan.

Shanghai Consulate General: Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang

Consulate General of Shenyang: Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning

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