Transiting the United States (C) Visa for the U.S.

Suppose you are travelling to your last stop but have a few breaks on the way. One of those stops is inside the United States. This indicates that you will have to journey through the U.S. To do this legally, you will require a Transit Visa (C) for the USA. A U.S Transit Visa is a authorization to arrive the U.S and stop for a break. Next, when your scheduled flight or ship leaves for your next stop, you will have to leave the U.S. The U.S government provides C visas for USA for instant and nonstop journey through the nation. Instant and uninterrupted journey signifies that your route to your last stop consists of a break in the U.S. and you will have to halt there, but have no further freedoms. Holding a Transit Visa for USA, does not allow you to stay extra than your permitted duration, because this is not a permit for exploration or business. If you desire to involve in tourism or commercial doings in the U.S, you will have to obtain the B1 or B2 visas. You will be excused from the U.S. transit visa necessities only in the following cases:

1. If you carry a citizenship of one of the 38 nations under the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.

• Andorra (1991)         
• Australia (1996)        
• Austria (1991)
• Belgium (1991)
• Brunei (1993)
• Chile (2014)
• Czechia (2008)          
• Denmark (1991)       
• Estonia (2008)
• Finland (1991)           
• France (1989)            
• Germany (1989)
• Greece (2010)          
• Hungary (2008)        
• Iceland (1991)
• Ireland (1995)           
• Italy (1989) 
• Japan (1988)
• South Korea (2008)
• Latvia (2008)
• Liechtenstein (1991)
• Lithuania (2008)       
• Luxembourg (1991)
• Malta (2008)
• Monaco (1991)         
• Netherlands (1989)
• New Zealand (1991)
• Norway (1991)         
• Poland* (2019)         
• Portugal (1999)
• San Marino (1991)  
• Singapore (1999)     
• Slovakia (2008)
• Slovenia (1997)        
• Spain (1991)              
• Sweden (1989)
• Switzerland (1989)  
• Taiwan (2012)           
• United Kingdom (1988)

2. You own another kind of a U.S visa, which is still legal.

Here are the categories of visas that you might apply for if you want to journey through the United States:

C1 Visa (Common Transit Visa): C1 visa is the transit permit for non-US residents transitory through the U.S on a stop on their plan to their endpoint.

C2 Visa (Transit Visa for U.N Headquarters): C2 visa is the transit permit for non-US populaces travelling to the United Nations (U.N) Headquarters in New York City or United Nations representatives transiting through the U.S. to go to the last stop. Those who have this permit are only permitted to be in the area of the U.N headquarters. They are permitted to leave the U.N headquarters or a place in its area only when they leave the U.S.

Important Note: You can appeal for the C-2 permit only when an application or petition by the U.N or other external missions or organizations has been submitted to the adjacent U.S. embassy.

C3 Visa (Overseas Government Transit Visa): C3 visa is the transit permit for overseas government bureaucrats travelling through the U.S. on a break on their way to their last stop. The aim of the travel should be for governmental or professional doings.

To be qualified for applying Transit Visa to the USA, you should fulfil one of the standards:

• Be a general non-US resident on their way to an end pint of the journey and individual transient through the U.S.
• Be a non-US resident or U.N. authorized personnel going to the U.N. headquarters in New York City.
• Be overseas government bureaucrats transiting through the U.S. to their final destination on a professional trip.

If you do not belong to one of these classes, you cannot obtain a C transit visa.

You require to follow these stages to submit a full appeal for a U.S. transit visa:

File form DS-160: The DS-160 form is the first stage of applying. Fill in the mandatory fields and then submit the form online. You will receive a barcode number and confirmation page, which you will need later for your documents file. You can fill the DS-160 form online through the Consular Electronic Application Center.

Pay the U.S. transit visa application fee: The application charge for the U.S. Transit Visas is USD 160. You require to reimburse this amount and save the money receipt later you will need it. There may be extra charges reliant on your location and the Embassy you are applying from. But there are no visa issuance fees for the C-2 visa. Since reciprocity trials have not been put in place for this type of U.S. transit visa.

Schedule your interview: The next stage is to book your interview. Try to plan your visa interview as soon as possible. The earlier it is, the better it is for your travel preparations. When you book your interview, you will get an interview confirmation memo which you need later.

Submit the required documents for U.S. transit visas: It is essential to prepare a file of documents to have with you when you go for the U.S. Transit visa interview. It is best to affix all documents and even ones you may not necessarily require. If your file is absent in any documents, there will be reason plenty for the Embassy to postponement or also reject your application. To apply for the U.S. transit visas, you must submit the ensuing documents:

• Finished DS-160 application form.
• Your legal passport which has at least one empty page to be able to attach visa. It should be effective for at least six months before your planned stay in the United States. Then you will only require a passport that is legal during your period of stay in the United States.
• One photo. It should be in obedience to the necessities set by the U.S. authorities.
• Evidence of paid transit visa fee. 
• Details of your social media. An index of the social media that you use, and the name
• of your account in each, phone number, email and social media history of the five previous years.
• Evidence that you are permitted to enter the country of your final destination.
• Ticket to your final stoppage.
• A memo which declares the aim of your visit to your final destination.
• Evidence that you are financially capable of covering your expenditures during your transit.
• Proof that you will go back to your home or another country after your stay in the U.S. This could be a property contract, flat lease, or further evidence.
• If you are HIV positive, you will require a memo from your doctor explaining your medical state and the risks related to your condition, as well as evidence of medical health insurance.
• If you have been detained before in the U.S., you need to submit a letter explaining the crime, the details for the arrest, and evidence on whether you were imprisoned or not.

Attend your transit visa interview: With your paper file, you must appear the visa interview at the scheduled time and date. If your interview is positive, you will have higher probabilities of receiving a United States Transit Permit. If you have been approved the permit, you will be able to travel through the U.S. successfully to your last destination.