Many students wish to invite family or friends for a short visit to the U.S. The B-2 visitor visa is a good choice for visits of 6 months or fewer in duration. The most important aspects of the B-2 visa interview at the U.S. 驻外大使馆或领事馆:
作为一名学生, you can assist your family member or friend by providing them with some of these documents. Others will be up to the visitor to prove or obtain.
The length of a visitor’s initial permission to stay in B-2 status is determined by the officer at the port of entry. 最长初始期限为6个月. If your friends/family members want to stay longer, they must apply for an extension. There is no specified limit on the number of extensions allowed. Be aware that USCIS requests at least four months to process an application for extension in B-2 status. That does not mean your visitor needs to apply for an extension four months in advice. 他们的义务是确保美国移民局 接收 扩展应用程序 之前 他们现在的签证到期了.
The Visa Waiver program allows visitors from certain countries to visit the U.S. for pleasure or business up to 90 days without a visa. For a complete list of participating countries, please visit the Department of State website for a list of countries that participate in this program and the visitor requirements.
Be sure your visitors have health insurance that will cover them while in the United States. Most guests will require “major medical coverage” which is health insurance that goes into effect if they are unexpectedly hospitalized as a result of an accident or an illness. 没有报道, your guest could experience extraordinarily large debt to a hospital should a medical emergency occur.
这对你很重要, 你的访客, to understand that precise entry and exit information is kept electronically on all U.S. 签证持有者. This means that anyone who “overstays” his or her visit to the U.S. will have that information immediately available to immigration officers. If you have visitors come in on B-1 or B-2 status, 或者谁可能会来免签证计划, remember that they are allowed to be in the U.S. only until a specific date which is stamped in the passport upon entering the U.S. 如果B访客没有离开美国.S. by that date, they will be considered to have “overstayed” the visit to the U.S. (除非他们已经申请延期). 逾期滞留美国的后果.S. may vary from a review with immigration officials to removal from the U.S. or even a bar from future entry, depending on individual circumstances.
Below is a sample invitation letter to assist you as you write your letter of invitation. It is very important that your invitation letter be typed in paragraph form in a Microsoft Word document and that all information below be included in the letter.
日期:
美国总领事
(Address of Foreign Consulate Where Person Will 应用 for the Visa – check online)
尊敬的领事:
我叫 (姓),(名) 我住在 (你的美国地址). I am a student at the 内布拉斯加大学 at Kearney majoring in (主要). I am requesting that a tourist (B-2) visa be issued to (你想邀请的人),以便允许 (他/她) 来美国和我一起玩. (她/他) 是我的 (解释你和对方的关系) 他将和我一起从 (到达日期) to (出发日期). (解释你为什么希望对方来访).
在 (她/他) 留在美国, (她/他) will stay with me at my residence at the address stated below. 我将负责所有的 (她/他) 食宿费用等 (她/他) 是在美国吗. 终止后 (她/他) 访问期间, (她/他) 将回到 (国家).
Your kind consideration of this request will be greatly appreciated.
非常感谢你,
(签名)
名字
Address
电子邮件