F 1 List of US Visa Renewal Materials

Valid passport: If your passport will expire or be damaged within six months of your expected arrival in the United States, or there is no blank visa issuance page on your passport, please apply for a new passport before coming for an interview. DS- 160 form confirmation page. Please indicate your name code, Chinese name, China home address, company name and address. Please click here to see an example. Please click here to check the code. One photo: a 2-inch x2-inch (5 1mm x 5 1mm) color front photo taken within 6 months, with a square white background. Please see the photo requirements for details. Original receipt of visa application fee: You can pay a visa application fee of 904 RMB at any branch of China CITIC Bank in China (effective from July 24th, 2008). Please stick the receipt on the lower part of the confirmation page with glue or tape. Please click here to see an example. Passports containing previous visas to the United States, including expired passports. Evidence that can explain why you will definitely return to China: produce documents that are binding on you in economic, social, family or other aspects to help you prove that you intend to return to China after a short stay in the United States. Due to different personal circumstances, the evidence that the applicant should produce is also different. The following documents can help the visa officer to evaluate whether you intend to return to China: household registration book, ID card, employment certificate, payroll that objectively reflects your monthly income, passbook with regular entry and exit records, etc. Invitation letter: If you are invited to visit American residents, it will be helpful to provide the following information for your application: the information of the inviter, the purpose of your visit to the United States, and the pre-arranged travel schedule. If you just travel to the United States, you don't need to show an invitation letter. Proof of funds: prove that you have the ability to pay all the expenses when you are not working in the United States, such as a salary table that objectively reflects your monthly income, a passbook with regular access records, etc. Note: Please don't show your bank deposit certificate. Proof of deposit is not helpful for visa application. If you are going to the United States for business activities, please consider bringing the following information to the interview: where will you visit, who will you meet, what will be discussed during the meeting, and what products are you going to buy in the United States. The following documents may be helpful to the application: a detailed invitation letter issued by the American partner stating the purpose of the applicant's visit to the United States; Contracts or other agreements signed with American partners; Information about machines, software or other equipment tested or purchased in the United States, such as product manuals or catalogues. If you go to visit relatives in the United States, you should provide materials to prove that you have a real and uninterrupted kinship with the inviter, and also consider providing their status after entering or immigrating to the United States. The following documents may be helpful to your application: household registration book or other documents that can prove true kinship, photos taken with American relatives in recent years, copies of American passports or green cards of relatives, copies of passports of relatives who have stayed in the United States for a short time, and copies of American visas. If your last stay in the United States exceeds the date specified on the I-94 card at the time of entry, please show the original extension certificate approved by the US Department of Homeland Security during the interview.