Visa code of the visa

In order to facilitate identification and management, some countries use different letter codes to indicate visas issued according to different reasons of visa applicants. This letter code is the visa code. At present, the most commonly used visa codes in the United States, among which non-immigrant visa codes are as many as 18, and each category is subdivided into multiple items. A brief introduction is as follows:

(1)A visa (i.e. diplomatic official visa) is issued to:

A- 1: ambassadors, ministers, career diplomats, consular officials and their families of foreign governments accredited to the United States;

A-2: other officials, employees and their families of foreign governments;

A-3:A- 1 and A-2 visa holders' entourage, servants, private employees and their families.

(2) Class B visa (i.e. business tourist visa) is issued to: B- 1: short-term stay personnel for the purpose of dealing with business, inspection, visit and other related affairs; B-2: Visiting relatives and friends and traveling for a short time.

(3) Class C visas (i.e. transit visas) are issued to:

C- 1: foreigners in transit;

C-2: Foreigners in transit at United Nations Headquarters in new york;

C-3: Foreign government officials, attendants, servants, private employees and their families in transit.

(4) Class D visas (i.e. crew and seamen visas) are issued to:

Crew members on international flights and seafarers on ships of various countries.

(5) Class E visa (i.e. international treaty or agreement investor visa) is issued to:

E- 1: spouses and children of those who do business in the United States according to international treaties or agreements;

E-2: Investors and their spouses and children are in the United States according to international treaties or agreements.

(6) Class F visas (i.e. study visas) are issued to:

F- 1: overseas students (that is, self-funded students);

F-2:F- 1 Spouses and children of visa recipients.

(7) Class G visas (i.e. visas for employees of international organizations) are issued to:

G- 1: the chief permanent representative of a foreign government accredited to an international organization, the subordinate staff of the representative and the family members of the above-mentioned persons recognized by the government;

G-2: other foreign government representatives accredited to international organizations recognized by the government and their families;

G-3: representatives of foreign governments and international organizations and their families not recognized by the government, or representatives of foreign governments and their families who are not members of international organizations;

G-4: officials, employees and their families of international organizations;

G-5: the entourage, servants, private employees and their families of the above-mentioned G 1-G4 visa holders.

(8) Class H visas (i.e. temporary employee and intern visas) are issued to:

H- 1: foreigners who work temporarily with special professional skills;

H-2: foreigners who work temporarily because of the lack of a certain type of work or occupation in China;

H-3: foreigners receiving various trainings;

H-4: spouses and children of the above-mentioned H- 1 ~ H-3 visa holders.

(9) A first-class visa (that is, a journalist visa) is issued to:

Representatives, journalists, spouses and children of American news, radio, television and other institutions.

(10) class j visa (i.e. exchange visit visa) is issued to:

J- 1: international students, advanced students and various scientific researchers sent according to the bilateral exchange and visiting scholar program approved by the government;

J-2: Spouses and children of visa recipients.

K visa (i.e. marriage visa) is issued to:

K- 1: foreigners who have to go to the United States to marry American citizens;

K-2: Adult children of visa holders.

(12) class l visa (i.e. employee visa of multinational company) is issued to:

L- 1: personnel of subsidiaries, offices or international enterprises of American multinational companies temporarily working in the United States;

L-2: Spouses and children of visa holders.

(13)M visa (i.e. non-academic international student visa) is issued to foreign students studying full-time in American vocational universities or colleges.

(14)N visas (that is, accompanying visas for parents and children of some special immigrants) are issued to the families (parents and children) brought by the staff of some international organizations during their employment in the United States.

(15)O visa (i.e. excellent talent visa) issued to:

O- 1: a nationally or internationally recognized figure in science, education or business, sports, literature and art;

O-2: Attaché of the above-mentioned sports or literary figures.

(16) The P visa (that is, the visa for outstanding talents in entertainment and sports) is issued to individuals or groups among outstanding performers in entertainment and outstanding athletes participating in competitions.

(17)Q visa (i.e. cultural exchange visa) is issued to those who go to the United States for short-term cultural exchange.

(18)R visa (that is, religious worker visa) is issued to those who go to the United States to engage in professional religious work for a short time.

(19) The staff visa for national defense scientific research projects is issued by the U.S. government to the staff appointed by countries with national defense equality and reciprocity treaties (no visa code).

(20) The work visa for the education of the disabled is issued to the personnel who go to the United States to carry out the education and training program for the disabled (no visa code). Visa is divided into diplomatic visa, courtesy visa, official visa and ordinary visa.

Issuing diplomatic and official visas to foreigners who enter the country for diplomatic or official reasons; Issue courtesy visas to foreigners who need courtesy because of their special status. The scope and methods of issuing diplomatic visas, courtesy visas and official visas shall be stipulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Foreigners who enter the country for non-diplomatic or official reasons such as work, study, visiting relatives, traveling, business activities, talent introduction, etc. , will be issued the corresponding ordinary visa. The types and issuance methods of ordinary visas shall be stipulated by the State Council.

Ordinary visas are divided into the following categories, and the corresponding Chinese pinyin letters are marked on the visas: (1) C-shaped visas are issued to international train attendants, crew members of international aircraft, crew members of international sailing ships and their accompanying families, and automobile drivers engaged in international road transport. (2) D visa, issued to permanent residents. (3) F-visa, which is issued to those who enter the country for exchange, visit, inspection and other activities. (4) G visa, which is issued to persons passing through China. (5) J 1 visa, issued to foreign resident journalists of foreign news agencies in China; J2 visa is issued to foreign journalists who enter the country for short-term interviews. (six) L visa, issued to inbound tourists; If you enter the country as a group, you can issue a group L visa. (seven) M visa, issued to the entry of personnel engaged in business activities. (8) Q 1 visa, which is issued to the families of China citizens who apply for entry and residence due to family reunion, the families of foreigners who have permanent residency in China, and those who apply for entry and residence due to foster care; Q2 visas are issued to relatives of China citizens living in China and foreigners with permanent residency in China to apply for short-term entry to visit relatives. (9) R visas are issued to foreign high-level talents needed by the country and urgently needed professionals. (10) Issue visas with the words S 1 to the spouses, parents, children under the age of 18, parents of spouses and persons who need to stay in China for other personal reasons of foreigners who apply for long-term visits; S2 visa is issued to the families of foreigners who apply for short-term entry to visit relatives, stay in China for work and study, and those who need to stay in China for other personal reasons. (11) X 1 visa, issued to those who apply for long-term study in China; X2 visa is issued to those who apply for short-term study in China. (twelve) Z visa, issued to people who apply for work in China. In June of 20 14, the UK will provide a brand-new simplified visa service for China citizens who will go to the UK from August of 20 14, and the fastest visa application time is only 24 hours; At the same time, China citizens can travel to the UK if they hold an Irish visa.

If you want to get a British visa within 24 hours, you have to pay an extra 600 pounds (6,360 yuan) in addition to the regular visa fee of 83 pounds (9 13 yuan), which adds up to about 7,273 yuan, which makes some informed citizens call "I can't afford it".

From April 6th, 20 14, the visa fees for general visit visas, business visas and ADS tourist visas in Britain were slightly adjusted from 80 to 83, with an increase of about 4%, which was converted into 9 13 from 840 yuan RMB. The student visa fee is raised to 3255 yuan.

On the other hand, the longer it takes to apply for a British visa, the higher the visa fee. For example, 83 kg can only apply for a six-month multiple-entry visa; Apply for a two-year multiple-entry visa, and the visa fee will be raised to 300.

2065438+June 2 1, European visa to China was loosened in 2005: visa to Britain and Schengen visa can be applied at the same time. 20 15 16, Japanese foreign minister kishida fumio announced that measures to relax Japanese visas for China tourists will be implemented on 19.

According to the news released by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are three specific measures to relax visas this time. The first item is multiple entry visas for business people, cultural practitioners and intellectuals. You don't need to have experience in Japan in the future, and you don't need to provide a guarantee from a Japanese guarantor.

The second item is a multiple-entry visa for individual tourists to Okinawa and three northeastern counties (Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima). The current requirement is "people with sufficient economic ability and their families", but this time it is relaxed to "people with certain economic ability and short-term stay experience in Japan within three years and their families". In addition, families of people with financial ability are not allowed to visit Japan alone at present, and it will become possible in the future. At the same time, the visa stay period was changed from 90 days to 30 days.

The third item is a multiple-entry visa for individuals with high incomes and their families. The validity period is changed from 3 years to 5 years. There is no geographical restriction for the first visit to Japan, and you can stay in Japan for 90 days at a time.