When will China resume U.S. visas?

Shanghai US Visa will resume operations on June 6, 2022. When visiting the visa center, you must comply with the relevant local epidemic prevention and control requirements. We will send you a notification email when your passport is available for collection, or when your passport is returned via the courier of your choice. Please wait patiently for the email notification. There is no need to go to the visa center before receiving the email notification. The approval rate for U.S. study visas in 2022 is about 85%. There is little difference in the individual travel visa applications for various Schengen countries. There is no situation where it is particularly easy for a certain country to apply for a certain country and it is particularly difficult to apply for a certain country, because all countries are subject to the same entry and exit immigration regulations of the European Union. The principle of applying for a Schengen visa is to apply for a visa from the embassy or consulate of the primary destination country. If you go to Europe for 12 days and stay in France for 8 days, apply for a French visa; if the length of stay in each country is similar, such as France and Germany , meaning both are 4 days, then a visa from the first country of entry is required. If you clearly want to stay in France for a long time but apply for a German visa, you are likely to be asked by the embassy or consulate to apply separately. How to apply for U.S. visa renewal 1. There are two ways to renew U.S. visa: (1) CITIC Bank will pass the information without interview; (2) Schedule an interview at the embassy. 2. Note: Students who have changed schools or changed their i-20 midway need to go to the embassy for an interview. Students who have not changed their school, i-20 and first visa can apply for CITIC Bank’s interview-free service. Documents required for renewal: The most important documents are the original I-20 and campus transcript. Other information: photos, visa form ds156/157/158, visa request fee. 3. You can use CITIC Bank’s agency service: 1. The applicant must have previously obtained a U.S. non-immigrant visa; 2. The applicant must apply for the same type of U.S. visa as the most recent one (for example: b1/b2, f-1 etc.), and the latest visa was applied for in Shanghai; (Note: If you apply for the visa in Shanghai for the first time, you need to apply for the interview-free service in Shanghai. If you apply for the visa for the first time in Beijing, you need to apply for the interview-free service at CITIC Bank in Beijing. Service. Since this explanation is published on the Shanghai Consulate website, it only mentions Shanghai) 3. The applicant has not been refused by the United States since obtaining the most recent U.S. visa; 4. Renewal of an unused U.S. non-immigrant visa (whether the visa is Having used it is no longer a condition for using the agency service).

Legal basis: "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Passports and Visas" Article 2: A visa of the People's Republic of China is Permits for Chinese citizens and foreigners to enter, enter and pass through China's borders. Visas are divided into: diplomatic visas, official visas and ordinary visas. Article 3 The agencies that issue passports and visas are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security at home; abroad they are China’s diplomatic representative agencies, consular agencies and agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Passports for persons traveling abroad on official business shall be issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or an agency authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Passports and visas for persons traveling abroad for private matters shall be handled by agencies authorized by the Ministry of Public Security. Passports and visas for Chinese citizens traveling and residing abroad shall be processed by China's diplomatic representative agencies, consular agencies or agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreigners applying for Chinese visas should be handled by China's diplomatic representative agencies, consular agencies or agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs abroad. In China, applications for visas by foreign diplomatic representatives, consular offices, consular officers, and civil servants in China shall be accepted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the foreign affairs agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; other foreigners holding diplomatic or official passports shall apply for visas by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign affairs agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or public security agencies authorized by the Ministry of Public Security will accept applications. Applications for visas by ordinary passport holders or other people coming to China for private matters shall be accepted by the public security agencies authorized by the Ministry of Public Security.