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Non-Immigrant Visa
All visa applicants must schedule an appointment for the interview trough
the Visa Information Center (+86) (21) 3881-4611. The Visa Information
Call Center is a user-pay service and the charge is 54 RMB for 12 minutes
or 36 RMB for eight minutes. Any unused minutes can be reused at a later
time or transferred to another party. All nonimmigrant visas are issued on
the same day of the final interview.
All NIV applicants must submit the
following documents when applying for a non-immigrant visa:
- Complete two application forms DS-156,
one in Chinese and one in English
- All applicants 16 years of age and
older must complete two application forms DS-157, one in Chinese and one
in English
- F, J, M applicants and their
dependents must complete two DS-158 forms, one in Chinese and one in
English
- Two recent color passport-sized
photographs (2" x 2"). The photograph of each passport or visa applicant
must be an unmounted full face photo, taken within the past six months.
A "full face" photo is one in which the applicant is facing the camera
directly. The applicant should not be looking down or to either side,
and the face should cover about 50% of the area of the photo. Although
variations in hair styles and in head coverings (see discussion below)
make it difficult to rigorously define the term "face," in general, the
head of the applicant, including both face and hair, should be shown
from crown of the head to tip of chin on top and bottom and from hair
line side-to-side. It is preferable that ears be exposed. The key
requirement is that the photograph clearly identify the applicant.
- Passport endorsed for travel abroad
and valid for return to China or re-entry into another country. Business
travelers, tourists, and other short-term visitors must have a passport
valid for at least six months after the intended date of departure from
the U.S.
- Non-refundable application fee of RMB
830 payable at designated branches of CITIC Bank. Both copies of the
CITIC Bank fee receipt must be included with all visa applications.
Immigrant Visa
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing only processes nonimmigrant visas for travel
to the United States. For information on immigrant or fiancé visas,
please visit the
website of the American Consulate General in Guangzhou. For
information concerning immigrant visas for adopted children, please visit
the Guangzhou Consulate General's
Adopted
Children Immigrant Visa Unit website. You may also get general
information about immigrant visas by contacting
the Visa
Information Call Center at (86) 4008-872-333 if calling from China or
(86-21) 3881-4611 if calling from overseas.
More information on U.S. immigrant visas may be found on the
Department of State's Consular web page.
Attorney Representation
There is no right to counsel. However, legal counsel may discuss cases
with the nonimmigrant visas (NIV) Chief or an officer in person at the
embassy on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons between 4:00 pm - 5 pm.
Legal counsel may send inquiries on cases by fax. Officers do not take
telephone calls from counsel.
Contact Information
American Embassy
Consular Section
3 Xiu Shui Bei Jie
Beijing 100600 people's Republic of China
To make a
nonimmigrant visa appointment from within China, please call the
Visa
Information Call Center at 4008-872-333, or call local Shanghai number
(021) 3881-4611. To make an appointment from within the United States,
please call the Visa Information Call Center at (86-21) 3881-4661.
Main: (+86) (10) 6532-3431
Fax: (+86) (10) 6532-3178
Information Unit: (+86) (21) 3881-4611
http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/
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