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发帖数: 6973 | 1 David Pierson, Visiting the US From China Means a Long Visa Wait. Los
Angeles Times, Oct 14, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/business
/la-fi-china-visas-20111013,0,6102782.story
Quote:
"The Chinese put up with a lot living in the world's most populous country:
standing on over-crowded trains for 40 hours; sleeping outside hospitals to
secure a doctor's appointment; waiting more than a year to earn a driver's
license. Add getting a U.S. entry visa to the list.
"Though Brazilian demand for U.S. visas is growing at a faster rate, China's
sheer size poses a unique set of challenges for America's consular corps.
The embassy and consulates in China are processing twice as many non-
immigrant visas than they were only three years ago — recently hitting the
1-million yearly mark for the first time, a number that had previously been
reached only in Mexico. Yet there are only about 100 visa adjudicators in
China * * * the increase in Chinese students coming to the U.S. grew 485%
from 2005 to 2010.
"For one thing, only 15% of applicants are denied, not half, as some have
suggested, Bennett said. There is also no quota for rejections. The embassy'
s visa section answers questions and offers tips in Chinese using a
microblog on the popular service Sina Weibo | l*****d
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