Friday, July 18, 2008

Getting American Visa: Singapore

The United States embassy in Singapore extended their services for both American citizens and Singaporeans as well. A quick look can tell what these services are.

For the American citizens
The United States embassy in Singapore now offers various services and information for her citizens for example:
If a new us citizen was born he/she could be registered in the embassy to get his / her birth certificate , national security number and the American passport , if he / she meets the required qualifications for the American nationality
if you want issue your American passport for the first time , renew your passport , report a stolen passport & replace it by a new one or even you want to add extra pages for your passport , the embassy will provide all the forms that you need to complete these processes and they specified certain hours for accepting these applications .
Fees are ranging from 75 $ to 100 $ according to the demanded service.
The embassy do the citizens many public services as notary services, providing tax forms, warden system for us citizens in Singapore helps a lot in case of delivering an emergency message to the united states citizens. The warden system has proven effective in disseminating useful information to us citizens in foreign countries during crisis time. Also this system could be used to deliver emergency messages from family in the United States to members of family abroad. This service requires your registration with the embassy and providing your up to date address and telephone number so they can reach you easily
Medical information
The embassy provides for the United States citizens a list of all the doctors / hospitals that can offer medical attention for United States citizens and have English speaking staff
Citizens intending to marry a Singaporean or foreigner resident in Singapore Should come back to the embassy for affidavit of marriage permission and to issue a visa for their non American partner.
Military & National Service
if you have a dual nationality then you are subjected to military service before the age of 21 . A list of law firms in Singapore can be found through the embassy to help out in cases like this

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 get from the office in Singapore.
Immigrant visa
If you are planning to immigrate to the United States the immigrant visa differs according to your case: if you are The spouse/wife of American citizen or minor unmarried child of a United States citizen or the parent of a United States citizen who is over the age of twenty-one then you apply for immediate relative visa . If you are planning to marry an American citizen and reside in the states you have to apply for Fiancé (e) visa, this visa allows you to enter the states for 90 -180 days to complete the marriage then you apply to the (USCIS) to extend your stay in the United States and after 2 years apply once more to remove the conditional stay please note that this visa requires that you have met your partner within the last two years in person. if you are: Priority Worker who have extra ordinary abilities , Member of a Profession holding advanced degree and exceptional abilities , skilled worker holding baccalaureate degree in a profession that have shortage in the United States. Investor who intend to invest about 500,000 – 1,000,000 $ in an enterprise and employ at least 10 unrelated employees then you apply for employment visa. The diversity lottery visa, this visa has every year changeable conditions but in general to be eligible you must have completed a minimum of twelve years education including FOUR years of high school which must be the equivalent of a U.S. High School diploma

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