How to go through passport and visa procedures when visiting my daughter in the United States?

when you apply for a passport, you should go to the local exit-entry administration office (bureau). You need to prepare a two-inch ID photo (white background), household registration certificate (household registration book is enough), ID card and handling fee (around 2 yuan), at least in Shanghai.

a passport takes about one month.

you need to call the visa office of the embassy to make an appointment, and you need to go to China CITIC Bank to buy a telephone reservation card before. Information such as passport number, visa type, visa city (such as Shanghai or Beijing), name, name pinyin, gender, ID number, etc. (some information is useless, just the time when the telephone girl cheated on the phone) are required to make an appointment for a visa.

before the visa, you need to bring your passport to China CITIC Bank to pay the visa fee for 93 yuan/person. Before the visa, you need to fill out forms DS-156, 157 and 158. Actually, this can be prepared by your daughter. She should know all about it. Fill in the forms and sign them. Take a photo of the visa certificate (5*5 size) and stick it on the designated position in the DS-156 form. You also need an invitation letter written by your daughter. In order to show the visa officer that you have no tendency to emigrate, you should prepare property certificates, capital certificates and other related materials; You can also bring some photos of you and your daughter in case you need them.

the documents that a visa must carry are: receipt of visa fee payment, forms DS-156, 157 and 158, and passport. A very useful document: an invitation letter from your daughter. Documents that may be useful: various certificates and photos, etc.

there are several websites for reference:

www.taisha.org

www.iflychina.net (there are many parents' visa experiences in this website).