American J 1 Detailed Process of Visa Interview-Guangzhou Embassy

At 1, all appointments are made online, that is, online appointments can only be made after payment is made by CITIC Bank. After the appointment is completed, you can send the contents of that page to the mailbox and print it out. This is a letter of appointment.

Arrive at the entrance of the embassy one hour in advance (it is recommended to step on it now, because you can never estimate the time of traffic jam). There will be signs at the entrance of the embassy to line up according to the scheduled time. I arrived an hour and a half early, but it doesn't matter. The staff will check your reservation and put a message on the back of your passport, then you can enter the embassy.

As soon as I entered, a staff member reminded me to leave my mobile phone and bag on the second floor. In other words, you can't bring anything in except the documents and wallets needed for face-to-face interviews. And the cost of losing things is 30 yuan. Therefore, it is not recommended to bring other irrelevant things.

Then go to the second floor to queue up for security check, and take off your shoes. Then you can continue to queue up to submit information. All that needs to be submitted are forms DS 160 and DS20 19. Just take them in your passport. No other information is needed. After passing, press the fingerprint. This process is very simple, but there are too many people, so wait in line slowly! After fingerprints, there is a queue for face-to-face interviews. There are many windows, just next to the fingerprint window, similar to the bank counter. There are foreigners behind the glass, and there are also people from China (I think they are from China). Stand up and answer their questions. During this period, you must hand in forms DS 160 and DS20 19, as well as your passport. I never needed an ID card. Answering the question is simple, but it takes 3 minutes. If it passes, it will be ticked in the lower left corner of the DS20 19 form. Let's call it exempt from the two-year residence requirement. Yes, call the person who is subject to the residence requirements for the next two years and take your passport by the way. I don't read any other information. Of course, the function of those materials is that the interviewer thinks you have an immigrant tendency and takes them out when he doesn't believe you, which is more convincing. While waiting, you can see the interviewer in this window. Some of them are obviously in a bad mood, so you should be more careful. The interview process depends on people, right? Anyway, when my official first spoke Mandarin to me, I used Mandarin. If you are an American, answer in English. If it is a student visa, you will usually ask questions in English. Interviewers basically order Chinese food.

So many, in fact, the process is very simple, but because there are many people and few windows, it becomes a long queue. It's been two hours since all the formalities were completed. Although there is air conditioning in it, it is very cold and there is no chance to sit for you. From the observation, it is quite a lot. Basically, there is an invitation, and a sincere answer can pass. Of course, there are people who can't get through, but because they don't know each other, they don't know why they were rejected.

I wish you all a pleasant journey.