Vacation visa outside the US, but I'm not a US citizen?

[li3z 0]

I could only find documents about coming to the US for vacation, but none for my situation...

I am a chinese citizen and permanent resident of the US, and I want to travel after graduation. Do I need to contact an office for each country I want to visit in order to get a travel visa? What kind of immunizations do I need to get before leaving? Are there documents I need to get to be able to enter the US again?

I was thinking about europe, australia, japan... touristy places. I looked on wikipedia and it tells me holding a chinese passport requires visas in all of those places.

Sorry I've never been outside the US since I came here 17 years ago. I think I'm eligible for citizenship but I haven't gotten around to it and I'd like to do this trip before getting wrapped up in the citizenship stuff.

[newlyweds2010 208]

No immunizations unless you go into the forest in South America. Other places (Europe, Australia, Japan) are as clean as the US, if not more...

As for travel visas, it depends on where you are going. I believe that some countries recognize the fact that you have a permanent resident status in the US. you better check with all the places you want to visit, though, to make sure.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Yes, you get a separate travel visa for each country that you want to visit. Some places, like Europe, have a single visa for multiple countries.

Edited February 10, 2012 by Harpa Timsah

[Lainie B 465]

You Don't have to get any vaccinations, but you should go see your doctor who can advise you on what vaccinations are recommended. You'll need to check with each country to see what visas you need. If you are booking through a travel agent they can help you with that. If you are booking it yourself you will have to find out for yourself.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

You will find that traveling as a U.S. citizen is much less restrictive than as a Chinese, so you may want to get your U.S. citizenship first and save yourself a lot of work, including the Schengen visa for Europe. Of course, then you'll need a tourist visa for China . . .