Sorry, I'm in Hong Kong. I don't have Hong Kong status. I want to travel to America now. Can I apply for a visa in Hong Kong?

If you don't have Hong Kong status, you can't apply for a visa in Hong Kong. You need to apply for an American visa at the American embassy or consulate in your long-term residence, which is different from your domicile. For example, if you live in the consular jurisdiction of Guangzhou for a long time, you should apply for a visa at the American Embassy in Beijing, even if your domicile is outside the consular jurisdiction of Guangzhou.

Distribution of domestic consular districts of American consulates

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

Although the consulate stipulates in principle that applicants need to apply at their permanent residence, considering the large population covered by individual territories, the waiting time for appointment will be too long. Because American embassies and consulates have also introduced a coordination mechanism, applicants who apply for non-immigrant visas can choose to apply for non-immigrant visas in their consular district, or they can choose another office with a shorter average waiting time for interviews and appointments last month among the other four offices. For example, if you live in Shanghai (including Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces), you can choose to wait at the Shanghai Consulate and apply (although the waiting time is relatively long), or you can apply at another embassy or consulate with a shorter waiting time. But if you live in Chengdu, where the waiting time is relatively short, you can't choose to apply in Shanghai, where the waiting time is longer. This waiting time ranking is dynamically updated. You can see the relevant data on the website of the American Embassy. However, it should be reminded that the updated data of this website does not represent the final result. When you call the reservation center to make an appointment, the staff will tell you the latest ranking at that time and provide you with optional objects. However, on the whole, this measure will help to reduce the average waiting time of all applicants, and from the cost point of view, although additional transportation costs are required, in most cases, it will still be cheaper than handling urgent applications through visa agencies.

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