 A
visa is permission to enter the United States.
All foreign citizens must apply for a visa when traveling to the
United States.
A consular officer will decide whether you are qualified for a U.S.
visa.
Citizens of most Western-European countries, Australia, New Zealand
and Canada are able to travel to the United States without a visa,
ether on business, or for tourism, for a period of up to 90 days. A
return airline ticket is is needed, as well as meeting other
conditions. Read more about the
Visa
Waiver Program.
Meeting conditions to qualify for a U.S. visa.
All applicants for the visa to The United States must show not only that they
qualify to receive a visa under the Immigration and Nationality Act, but they
also have to demonstrate that they are not intending immigrants. The USCIS treats every visitor to the U.S. as a potential
immigrant. In order to demonstrate otherwise visa applicants have
to show that:
- they are coming to America to conduct business, for medical treatment,
or for pleasure i.e. to visit family members, friends, or as tourists.
- they will stay in the U.S. for a certain period of time
- they have an established residence in another country, and "binding
ties" which can insure that they will return back to their countries.
Examples of those ties are: owning a property, having a family, employment
in their country, and community ties.
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