What are the requirements for applying for an American visa?

1. Meet the visa application conditions stipulated in the US Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA);

2. Have enough funds to pay all the expenses during your stay in the United States;

3. The purpose of going to the United States is a short-term visit, such as attending business/leisure/medical activities;

4. The planned stay in the United States is limited and definite;

5. Having a residence and strong social and economic ties outside the United States, and being able to ensure that you can return as scheduled after your trip to the United States.

Student visa

1. Applicants must be admitted to an American school or program before applying for a student visa;

2. A valid travel passport to the United States must be valid for at least six months outside the scheduled stay in the United States;

3. It has a firm binding force in economy, society, family and other aspects;

Be able to pay all the remaining expenses during your stay in America.

Journalists and media visas

1. Visa applicants must work for media organizations headquartered outside the United States;

2. Applicants must be responsible for information dissemination, that is, their duties are related to editing and on-site reporting.

Whether the applicant's job meets the media visa requirements will be judged by the visa officer. For example, sports event reports usually belong to the category of media visa application. Media related personnel include but are not limited to the following examples:

1. Major employees of foreign news media involved in news events or documentaries.

2. Media members who participate in film production or publicity can only apply for a media visa if they meet the following conditions: the filmed materials must be used for the dissemination of information or news. In addition, the main sources and channels of shooting funds must be outside the United States.

3. Journalists who provide services under employment contracts. This refers to a person who meets the following conditions: holding a certificate issued by the Professional Journalists Association, and disseminating information or news around overseas products through information or cultural media according to the requirements of the employment contract, so as to achieve purposes other than commercial entertainment or advertising. Please note that these personnel must present a valid employment contract.

4. Independent production company employees, and hold certificates issued by professional journalists' associations.

5. Foreign journalists who work in overseas branches or subsidiaries of American radio and television networks, newspapers or other media and make a special trip to the United States to report American news events for foreign audiences.

6. The certification representative of the Tourism Bureau (wholly or partially managed, operated or funded by a foreign government) whose main responsibility is to spread the tourism information of his country and does not meet the application conditions for A-2 visa.

7. Information about the technology industry: Employees of relevant institutions in the United States are responsible for disseminating information about the technology industry.

Freelance journalists can only apply for a Class I visa if they meet all the following conditions:

1. holds a certificate issued by the Professional Journalists Association.

2. Fulfill the employment contract signed with media organizations.

3, to carry out information or news dissemination work, to meet the purpose of business entertainment or advertising.

legal ground

Regulations of the people's Republic of China on passports and visas

Article 7 Official passports shall be issued to the following persons:

(1) Staff members resident in foreign institutions, their spouses and accompanying minor children;

(2) Persons who go abroad temporarily without diplomatic passports;

(3) Persons who the passport issuing authority deems it necessary to issue official passports.

Article 8 Ordinary passports shall be issued to the following persons:

(1) Ordinary passports are issued to graduate students, advanced students, overseas students, workers and seafarers employed by foreign companies;

(two) ordinary passports for personal reasons, issued to citizens of China who go abroad for personal reasons and citizens of China who live abroad;

(3) Persons who the passport issuing authority deems it necessary to issue ordinary passports.