去年年底，中美兩國在APEC會議期間達成利好協(xié)議，互相放寬簽證政策，日本和印尼等幾個國家也表示將放寬對中國的商旅簽證。這意味著以后無論是留學還是旅游，簽證辦理將更方便快捷，走出國門的手續(xù)將不會像以前那樣繁瑣。對于“簽證”，你了解多少呢？什么是簽證？簽證的種類有哪些？如何申請辦理簽證？下面就讓我們來了解一下吧。

簽證基本上是到訪一個國家的許可證。

A visa is basically just permission to visit a country.

你的簽證會告訴你，你可以待多久，可以去哪里。

Your visa will tell you how long you can stay and where you can go.

你最好查看一下是否需要提前申請簽證。

You’d better check to see if you need to apply for your visa in advance.

有許多不同種類的簽證。

There are so many different types of visas.

你知道護照和簽證在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)后才變得普遍嗎？

Did you know that passports and visas only became common after World War I？

當心，你的簽證隨時會被撤銷。

Just be careful—your visa

can be 1）revoked at any time.

一些國家提供落地簽。

Some countries offer visas on arrival.

大多數(shù)時候，你必須證明你打算回國。

Most of the time， you have to prove that you intend to return home.

如果你打算乘坐跨西伯利亞鐵路，你可能只需要過境簽。

If you’re going to take the

Trans-Siberian Railway， you probably only need a transit visa.

我們報了一個旅行團，所以他們將為我們辦理旅游簽證。

We’re joining a tour， so they’re going to organize our tourist visas for us.

每當我們需要開會，我們公司會為我們辦理商務簽證。

Our company organizes our business visas whenever we have these conferences.

我將得到工作假期簽證，暑假我將在新西蘭度過。

I’m going to get a working holiday visa for my summer break in New Zealand.

要參加美國的項目，你需要記者簽證。

You’re going to need a journalist visa for that project in the States.

當我在加拿大工作時，我希望能為他申請到同居伴侶簽證。

I’m hoping we can get him a partner visa while I’m working in Canada.

我們申請了藝術家簽證，所以整支樂隊可以巡回演出。

We’ve applied for an artistic visa so that the whole band can go on tour.

有學校錄取我了，所以我需要辦理學生簽證。I’ve been accepted to school， so I need to get my student visa sorted out.

去柬埔寨可以申請電子簽證，這太好了，省了不少麻煩！

It’s so nice that we can get an eVisa for Cambodia—it’s much less of a 2）hassle！

我只能申請到泰國的一次入境簽證。

I was only able to get a single-entry visa for Thailand.

申請簽證真是讓人困惑！

These visa applications can be so confusing！

我的簽證獲批了！

I’ve been approved！