Urgent: Visa advice for visiting day

[NotSpyderman]

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.

 

[victorydance]

Tourist.

[Karoku_valentine]

Tourist. I got my tourist visa a few weeks ago to visit a university. They will see you go there and ask you nothing.

[Maxtini]

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

[NotSpyderman]

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

[Karoku_valentine]

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

[NotSpyderman]

Hey did in my case

That helps a lot. Many thanks!