NotSpyderman Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Hi everyone, So I have been accepted into a PhD program at UC Davis and am planning to visit the campus on the visiting day. I just wanted to know which visa category should I apply for as a visitor: Business or Tourist. I am not sure which one of these would apply to my case. The university is ready to send me any documentation I might require but is reluctant to advise me for the visa category since I am not a student yet. Even the embassy helpline has refused to entertain my queries regarding visa category. Any idea which category should I apply for? Surely, international students must have visited campuses before? Also, when it comes to documentation for the embassy visit: Would printouts of emails (and official decision letter) do, or would I have to procure the same from the university through snail mail? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorydance Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Tourist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoku_valentine Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Tourist. I got my tourist visa a few weeks ago to visit a university. They will see you go there and ask you nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtini Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) I don't think there are any differences though~ you can get combined B-1/B-2 visa (usually is the case), which is both for leisure and business purpose if you're not quite sure.http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visitor.html Edited February 26, 2015 by Maxtini fuzzylogician 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSpyderman Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) Thank you so much everyone. Just applying for the Tourist thing. Wondering if printouts of emails would suffice as invitations to show for visa purposes? Edited February 28, 2015 by NotSpyderman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoku_valentine Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thank you so much everyone. Just applying for the Tourist thing. Wondering if printouts of emails would suffice as invitations to show for visa purposes? Hey did in my case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSpyderman Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Hey did in my case That helps a lot. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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