I want to go to America this summer and stay with my American friends for a month or two. How can I get my passport and visa? What information do you need to prepare? Do not study abroad

Go to the local public security organ to apply for a passport with the household registration book.

You should apply for a visa at the embassy or consulate in China and the United States (to the embassy or consulate in charge of your consular district).

Usually ask friends to send you invitations, and then explain in detail where you will live, where to play, how to solve the cost problem, and how to arrange the schedule. Then be sure to say something like "At the end of summer, you will return to China with good memories of the great United States and start your college studies again", indicating that you are going back to China.

If you apply, people will give you a visa to travel and visit relatives and friends.

Specific preparation of application materials:

Business and tourist visas

(B- 1, B-2 visa)

Visa B 1 is issued to applicants who go to the United States for short-term business activities, including signing contracts through negotiation, attending exhibitions or conferences, short-term training or negotiating business with suppliers or customers. B2 visas are issued to applicants who travel to the United States, including sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends and medical treatment. Holders of B 1 and B2 visas cannot work in the United States.

Applicants for B 1 and B2 visas must be able to prove that their intention is only to enter the United States temporarily, only for tourism and/or short-term business activities. Applicants must also prove that they have sufficient funds to pay for their stay in the United States, and that they have strong social, economic and other ties in their home country, which can force them to return as scheduled after a short and legal visit to the United States.

Necessary application materials

All applicants must provide the following materials during the interview:

1. valid passport: B 1/B2 The passport of the visa applicant must be valid for at least six months longer than the expected stay in the United States. If you expect that your passport will be valid for less than six months when you leave the United States, or your passport is damaged, or there is no blank visa issuance page on your passport, please apply for a new passport before coming for an interview.

2. A photo: a 5cm×5cm color front photo taken within 6 months. Please stick the photo on the English application form DS- 156, and don't use staples. 3. Original receipt of visa application fee. You can pay the visa application fee of RMB 865,438+00 at any branch of CITIC Industrial Bank in China. Please note that once the application fee is paid, even if the applicant is refused or abandoned, it cannot be refunded. Applicants must present two original application fee receipts when submitting visa applications.

4. Complete DS- 156 non-immigrant visa application form (all non-immigrant visa applicants must fill in).

5. Fill in the complete supplementary information form of non-immigrant visa DS- 157 (16-year-old non-immigrant visa applicants must fill in).

Suggested supporting materials

In addition to the necessary materials mentioned above, some types of visas need to be accompanied by some supporting documents. Have you prepared these materials? Please note that the following documents are not exhaustive, and showing them during the interview does not guarantee that you will get a visa.

1. 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, and passbook with regular entry and exit records.

2. Invitation letter: If you are invited to visit American residents, it will be helpful for your application to provide the following information: the information of the inviter, the purpose of your visit to the United States, and the travel schedule arranged in advance. If you just travel to the United States, you don't need to show an invitation letter.

3. proof of funds: prove that you have the ability to pay all the expenses that you don't work during your stay in the United States, such as a payroll that objectively reflects your monthly income and a passbook with regular entry and exit records. Please note that the bank deposit certificate is not helpful for the application. )

If you go to the United States for business activities, please consider bringing the following information to the interview: where you will visit, who you will meet, what will be discussed during the meeting, and what products you plan 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.

5. If you 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 identity 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.

Process:

1) Make an appointment for a visa interview.

A. Go to CITIC Industrial Bank to buy prepaid encrypted phone cards or log on to the website of Visa Information Call Center to buy passwords. The charge is 12 minutes to call 54 yuan RMB and 8 minutes to call 36 yuan RMB. Any unused minutes can be reserved for next use or transferred to others.

B you can also pay the visa application fee of RMB 8 10 yuan at citic industrial bank. Please note that this fee is non-refundable once paid, and the original receipt is valid for one year.

C. Call the visa information call center to make an appointment for a visa interview or ask visa questions. Please prepare the following information before calling: the applicant's full name, passport number, ID number, contact information, purpose of going to the United States, permanent residence in China and whether the visa has been refused before. Therefore, all long-distance telephone charges will be borne by the caller, and the call can usually be connected within 30 seconds.

Telephone number of visa information call center:

To call from China, please dial: 4008-872-333 (the national calling number).

(021) 3881-4611(Shanghai local number)

For calls from outside China, please dial (86-21) 3881-4611.

Working hours: 7: 00 am to 7: 00 pm from Monday to Friday.

Saturday 8 am to 5 pm

Provide telephone visa information records 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

2) Fill in the visa application form

A. English DS- 156 non-immigrant visa application form can be filled in online. Print out all the pages after filling them out and submit them in the visa interview.

B Other non-immigrant visa application forms can be downloaded from the embassy website, and can also be collected free of charge at branches of CITIC Industrial Bank.

C. Paste a 5 cm X 5 cm color photo on the English DS- 156 form. The photo must be a front photo taken on a white background within 6 months. Click to view more US visa photo requirements.

3) Go for a visa interview

A. Please bring all visa documents with you on the day of the interview. To know what documents need to be prepared, please check the non-immigrant visa category.

B. Please wait in line outside when you arrive at the corresponding embassy or consulate.

C. Go through security check-please don't take any electronic products with you, including mobile phones. Do not carry backpacks, suitcases, briefcases or strollers. Applicants can only carry documents related to visa application.

D. Submit the visa application form and materials in the designated window, and then wait for fingerprint scanning and visa interview. The waiting time is about 2-3 hours.

E. If your visa application is approved, the passport with visa will be mailed to you within five working days after the interview. If it's urgent, you can also get a visa from China Post Office on Jianguomen Street. Some special circumstances, such as background check, supplementary certification materials or anti-counterfeiting investigation, may affect the processing speed of visa applications and delay the issuance of visas.