China CITIC Bank Prior Travel Program

U.S. Nonimmigrant Visa Renewal Application Channel

Effective on March 12, 2007, the requirements to use the CITIC Bank Prior Travel Program are that an applicant must meet ALL of the following:

• Must have received a previous U.S. nonimmigrant visa in his/her private passport;
• Must be applying for the same visa class of U.S. visa (i.e. B-1/B-2, F-1, etc.), and the last visa must have been issued in Shanghai;
• Must not have been refused a U.S. visa since the last visa was issued;
• Must be renewing a visa that has not yet expired (there is no longer a requirement that the visa was used for travel to the United States in order to utilize the Prior Travel program); or
• If the visa has expired, the expiration date cannot be more than 12 months prior to the date the application is submitted to CITIC Bank (except for H visas); and
• If the visa has been used to enter the United States, no single trip to the United States on the previous visa can include a stay of more than 90 days (this requirement does not apply to H visa holders);
• Returning H visa holders can use CITIC Prior-Travel Program regardless of the length of his/her most recent stay, provided with the issuance date of his/her visa is no more than 24 months prior to the date the application is submitted to the CITIC Bank.