What are the procedures for visa renewal in the United States?

The first step is to determine the type of visa application.

Determine the type of American visa you want to apply for according to your purpose and status in the United States.

The second step is to determine the territorial scope.

Consular regions of Shanghai Consulate General: Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui.

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

Consular areas of Shenyang Consulate General: Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang

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

Consular area of Beijing embassy: not the above area.

China citizens can apply for visas at any embassy or consulate, which is convenient for management.

To apply for an American immigrant visa, no matter where you live, you must go to the Guangzhou Consulate.

Step 3: Buy a phone card.

Since March 3, 2004, non-immigrant visas in the United States have adopted the call center service. This service in the call center is "user paid". From March 19, 2004, all CITIC Industrial Bank, which can now pay the visa application fee to the United States, will start selling a prepaid encrypted calling card, which can be used to start the service of the visa information call center, obtain visa information and make an appointment for visa interviews. The price of prepaid encrypted calling cards is 54 yuan RMB per card, and cardholders can use the call center service 12 minutes. The minutes left after the first call can be reserved for later use. Over the time limit, 54 yuan bought a calling card in RMB.

Payment methods of the call center include: credit card, debit card, bank draft and postal remittance. If you pay by credit card or debit card, the user will input your credit card or debit card number according to the recording instructions after dialing the reservation phone. You can also pay by bank draft or postal remittance (not recommended, because you need to wait at least 10 before you can enter the data into the system). The center does not accept personal checks.

Step 4: Make an appointment for an interview by phone.

Working hours: Monday to Friday: 7 am-7 pm, Saturday: 8 am-6 pm.

Make an appointment as soon as possible. In view of the increased requirements for visa review and the extension of procedures, the Visa Office of the US Consulate advises all applicants to apply as soon as possible according to their personal itinerary.

If you are an applicant who meets the requirements of interview-free, please submit the required materials at the designated business outlets of CITIC Industrial Bank.

pay

Before coming to the consulate for an interview, each applicant should pay a visa application fee of 938 yuan at the branch designated by China CITIC Bank, and once paid, it will not be refunded.

Step 6: Fill in the visa form and prepare the certification materials.

The US Consulate will launch a new online application form (DS- 160 form). Download it for free from the website of the American Embassy.

The US Consulate gives priority to applicants who use online application forms.

Prepare all kinds of visa materials.

Fingerprint scanning and interview

The consulate will scan the fingerprints of most non-immigrant visa and immigrant visa applicants before the interview. The specific date will depend on the completion of technical preparations and the installation of necessary equipment in the embassy or consulate. Start the interview after fingerprint scanning.

Even applicants who meet the visa-free conditions need to collect fingerprints at the visa office of the US Consulate.

Visa applicants should pay attention to their appearance. When applying for a visa, your appearance and speech should be consistent with your status. Please bring all the prepared visa materials and check the materials that need to be submitted again. Visa applicants arrive at the visa office of the American consulate for an interview according to the telephone appointment time. Note that those who are more than 30 minutes late will not be allowed to enter.

Please pay attention to the safety precautions for visitors: when entering the visa office of the US consulate, visa applicants can only bring the main documents and limited personal belongings related to the inquired affairs. Visitors are not allowed to bring mobile phones, pagers, wallets, briefcases and handbags into the consular office. The visa office of the American consulate refuses all those who violate the above regulations to enter the consulate.

When you arrive at the consulate, you will have the opportunity to explain why you went to the United States and show your documents. It is important to answer consular questions truthfully. Many applicants often miss the opportunity to get a visa because they conceal the true information about their income, work or family status, even if the true information will not have any negative impact on their application. Applicants should not submit forged documents, such as fake invitations, company licenses or ID cards. The applicant's lying and providing false documents is a serious violation of the consul and will lead to the applicant's permanent disqualification from going to the United States.

If American visa applicants are interviewed by a group, please choose a main applicant in advance to answer questions, because the visa officer may ask this group to come to the window for an interview. Even if not, try to let the main applicant come to the window for an interview first. In this case, please give the same answer to the same question. If you don't know or understand the visa officer's question, you can ask to use Chinese. Never answer yes or no at will. Every visa officer can use Chinese.

Please don't forget to get your important documents back after the interview. Invitations, in particular, are often forgotten by applicants or not answered by visa officials. The purpose of the invitation letter is that the immigration officer may ask you to show it when you enter the United States for inspection.

Obtain an American visa

Because it takes extra time to check the fingerprint results before issuing the visa, the consulate can no longer provide the same-day passport return service for the approved non-immigrant visa applicants. In the future, applicants will receive their passports and visas by EMS, which will replace the original method of obtaining visas after interview approval. As for the fees and procedures related to the new regulations, we still need to wait for the announcement of the US Consulate.

According to American law, when applying for a non-immigrant visa, any foreigner is presumed to have an immigrant tendency until he can produce enough evidence to prove that the applicant will leave the United States and return to China.

Because there is no formal appeal procedure, the applicant who has been refused a visa cannot raise an objection to the case. So, don't bother to ask the visa officer why he refused the visa. Usually the answer is "immigration tendency" or there is no answer at all.

The above information is provided by Qunar.com.