Guam Visa

When you need to get your Guam travel visa processed quickly, Travel Document Systems is here to help. All of the Guam visa requirements and application forms, plus convenient online ordering.

Guam is a territory of the United States. There are no requirements for citizens of the U.S.

To our valued clients ordering Chinese visas, processing times are far greater than those posted on our site this is due to the volume of applications at the Embassy and Consulates. Processing times are currently 2 to 6 weeks weeks depending on your jurisdiction. Please Note: Our New York Office currently does not have any extended wait times.

The Chinese Embassy and Consulates-General in the U.S. will no longer accept same category visa applications with 10-year multi-entry visas still valid for more than six months. Applicants may choose to apply for compensated visas after the expiration of their original ones.

As an ongoing consequence of the global pandemic actual visa processing is typically taking longer than the usual times published here even in some instances where there is an option for the payment of higher consular fees for expedited processing. If you have a particularly tight departure please send us a note at [email protected] at the time you create your order to confirm it can reasonably be fulfilled in the current environment otherwise please just be aware of the possibility of delayed processing.

If you cancel your order after we have submitted your documents to a Consulate for processing there will be a $35.00 cancellation fee and your consular fees may not be refundable. Please do NOT contact consulates directly for status or with instructions once your documents have been submitted unless they contact you as this can cause processing to be delayed or declined.

A Brief History of Guam

Magellan, the first European to visit Micronesia, landed on Guam in 1521. Spain held the island for the next 300 years. The Treaty of Paris, at the end of the Spanish-American war in 1898, made Guam a U.S. possession. Administration of the island was assigned to the U.S. Navy, and it became primarily a coaling station and later a naval base in the western Pacific.

The island fell to the Japanese military forces shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a Japanese military installation until the U.S. took possession on July 21, 1944 (Liberation Day) during World War II. From 1945 until 1950, Guam continued under Navy jurisdiction when President Truman signed the Organic Act, making Guam a U.S. Territory. A civil governor was appointed in 1950 and military jurisdiction ended.

In 1962 the United Nations officially gave the U.S. the mandate to govern the islands as a trust territory. The first governor and lieutenant governor were elected by the people of Guam in 1970. Today Guam has a unicameral legislature elected by the people. United States currency is used, and U.S. citizens do not require a passport.

As a U.S. Territory since 1898, Guam's predominant language is English and the currency, postal services, and most banking facilities are an extension of United States services. And, while the local people are United States citizens and becoming more Americanized in their lifestyle, they still proudly retain many of the old island and Spanish traditions which reflect three centuries of Spanish rule in the area.