Update on visa issuance in China
Immigration & Visas
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F-type visa information
- 17-Month STEM OPT Extension Request Form
- Termination of Employment Report
- OPT & 17 Month STEM Extension 6 Month Validation Report
- H-1B Visa Cap-Gap extension application
- 17-month OPT Extension as of 5/1/08
- OPT Changes - 4/23/2008
- F-1 reinstatement
- Change of status from H-1 to F-1 student
- Change of status from F-2 to F-1 student
- F-1/I-20 extension of stay
- Inviting an F-2 dependent
- F-1 students: Transferring schools
- Optional Practical Training for F-1 students
- Optional Practical Training for F-1 Undergraduate Students
- Optional Practical Training for F-1 Graduate Students
- J-type visa information
- Immigration updates
- Immigration resources / links
- Checking in with ISSS
- What is SEVIS?
- Maintaining your legal status
- How to get a Social Security Number
The visa call centers will be reopening on Friday, June 4, 2004 at 7:00am, and will be scheduling U.S. visa interview appointments for the following week. The walk-in visa application systems will continue in Begjing, Guanzhou, Chengdu, and Shenyang through June 4. Potential travelers are advised to use the walk-in system on June 3rd and 4th only if their travel is urgent; otherwise, travelers are encouraged to use the visa call center to schedule an appointment. Beginning June 7, walk-in appointments will no longer be accepted.
The visa call center can be reached by dialing 4008-872-333 from anywhere in China. Payment of service charges can be made by buying a pre-paid PIN card at CITIC banks, using a credit card via the Call Center website, or by using a postal/bank order.
Next month, the Call Center will introduce a new, budget pre-paid pin card, which will allow callers to purchase a shorter, cheaper block of call time (eight minutes) rather than the standard twelve minutes of time for the regular card. Please refer to the U.S. Embassy's beijing/China website for further details regarding payment.
You may also refer to each of the sites below for details regarding applications which are available at each individual post in China: