Getting American Visa: Shanghai. China

Consulate office of The U.S. embassy in Shanghai China offers to U.S.-citizens staying in china and for Chinese planning to visit the United States or reside there many useful information. So a quick glance to the services of the office gives you an idea about but what you can do there
American citizens department
American citizens’ department in shanghai china can provide the citizens with a lot of information and services like:
Us citizen registration registering your stay in china can be done through the secure site of the consulate office in shanghai china.
United States schools that want to get students from china can take advantage of the advice hour which takes place in the consulate to answer all the questions by foreign affair officer
Voting as it is a right for every American citizen to vote in elections taking place in the us, the consulate office offers help for citizens who wants to vote by providing absentee application and ballots
Births given by American citizens outside the U.S. should be register in the consulate office in order to claim the child’s American nationality, national security number, and United States passport if he is eligible. The consulate office issue American birth certificates for these children.
If you are American citizen intending to get married to a Chinese spouse/wife or to a foreigner resident in china your marriage should be registered in the local affair office in the residence area. The consulate provides the procedure needed to register this marriage if you are intending to issue a visa for your spouse / wife.
Medical care
Medical care for foreigners is very complicated in china and certain regulation should be taken for taking the medical attention required. The consulate also provides the list of doctors/ hospitals that give medical attention to foreigners and have doctors and nurses who speaks English
Notary services for documentation can be done by the consulate office
Emergency, legal assistance are some of the services that the consulate provides for its citizens
The consulate office provides the American citizens in china with useful information about us & Chinese customs and taxes regulation and tips for travelers who are intending to visit china
The consulate gives teachers a guide for teaching English in china
Passport issuing & renewals can be done through the consulate office in shanghai. The service includs issue/renewal of passport for (adult/child), report stolen passport, fees are 100$ usd for issuing a new passport
You also can order extra pages for your passport or ask for extending your passport
United States visa
If you are applying for non immigrant visa you must know that there are many kinds of visas like studying in U.S., tourism & business, dependant, exchanging visitors, employment and others. The consulate office provides the application forms for every type of visa along with information on how to apply to the visa, set an appointment, the required documentation. The location of the consulate, the working hours, holidays and phone &fax numbers could be gotten from the office in shanghai
The immigrant visa
Although the counselor office in shanghai provides information for Chinese citizens intending to immigrate to the U.S and applying for family-based visa, employment visa, diversity lottery visa or returning resident visa. Thee office could not handle the immigrant visa application and all the application should be directed to your local DHS