温馨提示 - 尽早准备签证材料， 真实的展现自我

美国欢迎来自世界各地的来访者赴美商务，旅游，学习或者是其他的来访目的。我们领事处的目的是为了帮助所有符合申请的申请人可以赴美旅行。申请赴美签证时请注意以下事项：

尽早申请， 正确申请！

我们鼓励所有的申请人，记得要“尽早申请，正确申请”他们应该在出行前就整理好他们的申请材料和预约好他们的面谈日期，最好是在旅行前的一个月或二个月就做好准备。在春季和夏季签证申请人的数量大幅增加之际，提前做好申请准备尤为重要。申请人应该登陆我们的网站查询最新的签证指导信息和公告。此外，我们提供一系列的社会媒体平台，包括，我们的新浪博客，微博和每月的网聊来便于希望赴美的申请人可以持续的获取最新的签证信息，这些媒体平台面向所有的申请人且均为免费。关于海外留学问题，当然，美国教育在线（中国），此机构在北京美国大使馆，它拥有广泛的网络资源便于借鉴查询。

赴美学生申请人当申请他们的签证时请注意以下事项：首先，他们应该去证明 – 无论在他们的签证申请中， 面谈时或者提供的支持性材料 – 都需要证明他们是可以信赖的真正的学生。第二点，申请人需要证明他们赴美留学唯一的意图就是完成他们在美全职学习是做为短期临时停留。第三点，同时他们需要证明他们或者他们的家庭有能力支付他们赴美期间整个课程的费用和生活费用。

自己做， 做自己！

最关键的是每一个申请人都应该“自己做， 做自己”！申请人应该对自己的准备的签证申请和面谈负责任，而不是委托一个签证顾问去办理，并且他们也不会把申请人的利益摆在心上， 他们提供的信息和策略代价是高昂的，并且不准确甚至是场骗局。

申请人应当真实的说明他们的情况，而不是对自己的旅行意图和个人背景轻描淡写或是夸大其词。在一些申请中，如果申请人诚实的说明他们的背景和赴美旅行的动机，领事官员是可以看出那些是可信的申请人。不幸的是，有一些申请人被建议修饰或不符他们的某些方面的情况，这样会导致他们前后不一致或者不能准确地表现自己，最终不能帮助他们拿到签证反而对他们的申请起到不好的作用。

对于学生申请人， 例如，那些选择自己动手方式申请的申请人可以更好的找到合适自己的学校，这也意味着他们获批签证成功的可能性更高，同样在美国学习也会更顺利。

总体来说， 申请人真实的表现他们自己， 可以让签证官员准确地评估他们的情况并做出全面的签发决定。

The U.S. welcomes travelers from all over the world who come to the U.S. for business, tourism, study, and other purposes of visitation. Our aim in the consular section is to facilitate travel to the United States for all qualified applicants! Please keep in mind the following when applying:

We encourage all applicants to remember to “Apply Early, Apply Right” (tizao shenqing, haohao shenqing)! They should file their application and schedule their interview well in advance of their travel date, preferably a month or two beforehand. This is especially important given the high volume of visa applicants we receive in the spring and summer months. Applicants should consult our website for complete and up-to-date visa guidelines and announcements. In addition, we have a number of social media platforms, including our Sina blog, micro-blog, and monthly web-chats that prospective applicants can use to stay connected with the latest visa information, available to all and free of charge. For study abroad questions, of course, EducationUSA China, based in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, has an extensive range of online resources to draw upon.

Student applicants should keep the following in mind when they are applying for their visas: First, they should be able to demonstrate—whether in their applications, interviews or supporting documents—that they are credible students. Second, they need to be able to show that they intend to go to the U.S. for the sole and temporary purpose of pursuing full-time studies Third, they need to demonstrate that they or their family has the ability to support their tuition and living expenses over the course of their program of study.

DO IT YOURSELF, BE YOURSELF!

A final admonishment is for each applicant to “Do it Yourself, Be Yourself” (ziji zuo, zuoziji)! Applicants should take full responsibility for their applications and interview preparation, instead of entrusting the process to visa consultants who may not have their best interests at heart, and whose information and tactics may prove expensive, inaccurate, and even fraudulent.

Applicants should present their situation truthfully, neither under-playing nor over-inflating their representation of their background and travel intentions. In some cases, consular officers have seen applicants who might have been credible applicants if they had simply been honest in their portrayals of their background and motivation for U.S. travel. Unfortunately, some applicants may have been advised to either embellish or play down certain aspects of their situation, resulting in inconsistencies or inaccuracies in their self-representation that may ultimately have worked to harm rather than help their chances of receiving a visa.

Student applicants, for example, who take the “DIY” approach are more likely to find a good match in the schools they apply for, which means that they have a higher likelihood of success in their visa applications, but also in their studies in the U.S.

In general, by presenting themselves authentically, all applicants allow consular officers to accurately assess their situations and come to an informed visa decision.