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US Tourist Visa Application

US visitor visa or tourist visa is known to be non immigration visa, which is provided to the people of foreign nationals who are looking to enter USA for some specific reasons such as pleasure, tourism and medical treatment (B1). It is also provided to the people in order to enter the domestic territory of United States for business, pleasure, tourism and medical treatment.

The tourist visa is provided to the people for a period of 3 months to 10 years according to the requirement of the person. An additional extension is provided to the person on his tourist visa as per approval by INS when person cannot leave United States due to illness, physical disability or several other reasons.

There are citizens who are allowed to enter the domestic territory of US without availing US visitor visa or business visa as they belong to visa waiver program. Some of the countries which comes under visa waiver program are as follows:

Andorra, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

How To Qualify For US Tourist Visa :

US visa consulate officer defines the criteria according to which tourist visa provided to applicants according to their eligibility. Applicants for US visitor visa need to confirm that they need to qualify under the provisions of immigration and nationality act.

Every US tourist visa applicant is looking for non-immigration visa in order to cross domestic territory of country for specific reasons.

People who have applied for tourist visa need to be interviewed by visa consulate officer who judge their eligibility as per their requirement of tourist visa, which assists them in entering the domestic territory of the country.

Person need to be there on time at the time of interview and give clear specification to visa officer regarding his or her requirement of US tourist visa. There should be no sign of nervousness and confident approach need to be there. A prior appointment with consulate officer is must for this purpose in order to take the scheduled date of appointment.

How to apply for US tourist visa:

  • Visa sponsored by US citizen- Applicant can apply for US tourist visa if one of his relative or friend is the citizen of United States.
  • Liabilities of Sponsor- The us citizen who is a friend or relative of applicant need to provide affidavit in form of providing support to the journey and give assurance of timely payment of expenses incurred on applicants trip to USA.He also need to provide some documents which need to be there in order to claim himself as sponsor of applicants trip.Sponsoring a person is not enough to get US visa as the applicant need to pass through interview process to confirm his eligibility for US tourist visa process.
  • Self sponsored using Internet services- Applicant need to have high financial capability, which can justify their trip expenses. They can avail tourist visa on the basis of financial capability.