Nonimmigrant Visa
General Information about Applying for a Non-immigrant Visa
Welcome to the Consulate's Non-Immigrant Visa Section. On these pages you will find general information about non-immigrant visas to the United States, as well as certain information specific to the Consulate and our Consular District.
The U.S. Consulate General Shenyang is located at: No. 52, 14th Wei Road, Shenyang. Telephone:(024)2322-1198, Fax:(024)2322-1465.
Information about visas and visa applications can also be obtained from the Visa Information Call Center by dialing 4008-872-333 (toll free) or Shanghai local phone number (021) 3881-4611 from within China or by calling 86-21-3881-4611 from overseas. For more information about the Visa Information Call Center, click here. (Before contacting the Call Center, please obtain a PIN number either from participating CITIC Bank branches or via the Call Center website www.usavisainformation.com.cn/eng/index.aspx) Further information is also available on the websites of the U.S. Department of State at www.travel.state.gov and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at www.uscis.gov
Please note that the Consulate in Shenyang only processes non-immigrant visas for travel to the United States. For information on immigrant or fiancée visas, please visit the website of the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou (www.usembassy-china.org.cn/guangzhou/iv) or contact the Visa Information Call Center. For information concerning immigrant visa for adopted children, please visit the Guangzhou Consulate's Adopted Children Immigrant Visa Unit website (www.usembassy-china.org.cn/Guangzhou/acivu). You will also find more information about immigrant visas on the Department of State web page, under the topic of "Children & Family".
US Consulate Shenyang Consular District
If you currently live and work in the Shenyang Consular District you may apply for your non-immigrant visa at the US Consulate General in Shenyang. The Shenyang Consular District includes the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning.
If you live and work outside of these three provinces, please apply at the Embassy or Consulate of the appropriate Consular District. For information on other Consular Districts in China, please see below.
Beijing Municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan,Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong and Shanxi
http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/index.html
Chengdu Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/chengdu/
Guangzhou Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/guangzhou/
Immigrant Visa Unit: http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/guangzhou/iv/
Adopted Children Immigrant Visa Unit:http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/guangzhou/acivu/
Hong Kong Hong Kong and Macao
http://www.usconsulate.org.hk/
Shanghai Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang
http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/shanghai/
Visa Interview Appointments
Visa interviews are by appointment only usually between 8am and 1pm, Monday through Friday. The Consular Section is closed on American and Chinese holidays (for holiday schedule, click here). Interview appointments are scheduled exclusively by the Visa Information Call Center.
For current appointment wait times for Shenyang and worldwide please visit: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/temp_1305.html
Related Links:
More information is available on the following websites:
US Customs and Border Protection (
cbp.gov)
