---
type: immigration
category: immigration
person: Xuewei Jiang
date: 2021
petition_type: Passport Renewal
---

# Passport Renewal - 2021 - Xuewei Jiang

## Key Facts
- **Applicant**: Xuewei Jiang (Dr.)
- **Nationality**: China (People's Republic)
- **Consulate**: Consulate General of the People's Republic of China (Los Angeles)
- **Application Date**: ~June 2021
- **Review Document Number**: 2020 0803 0010 962
- **Employer Support Letter**: June 7, 2021 from Joseph I. Elias, Director FSVS, USC
- **Reason for Expedite**: Needed valid passport for California Real ID driver's license, required for domestic travel and Federal Reserve Bank access for research
- **Status**: Applied (expedited request)

## Documents Included

### Application Forms and Supporting Documents
- `申请表.pdf` - Passport application form (page 1)
- `申请表2.pdf` - Passport application form (page 2)
- `申请表3.pdf` / `申请表3.jpg` - Passport application form (page 3, PDF and JPG)
- `护照换发申请表.jpg` - Passport renewal application form
- `紧急申请理由.pdf` / `紧急申请理由.jpg` - Expedited application reason letter (PDF and JPG)
- `不采集指纹知情同意书.jpg` - Fingerprint waiver consent form
- `review-doc-number.txt` - Review document tracking number (2020 0803 0010 962)

### Identity Documents
- `护照资料页.jpg` - Current passport data page
- `中国身份证.jpg` - Chinese national ID card
- `美国过期驾照.jpg` - Expired U.S. driver's license
- `居住地证明.jpg` - Proof of residence
- `在美合法证明_I797表.jpg` - Legal status in U.S. (I-797 form)

### Passport Photos (`photo/` subdirectory)
- `jiang_passport_photo_crop.jpeg` - Cropped passport photo (version 1)
- `jiang_passport_photo_crop2.jpeg` - Cropped passport photo (version 2)
- `jiang_passport_photo_print.jpeg` - Print-ready photo (version 1)
- `jiang_passport_photo_print2.jpeg` - Print-ready photo (version 2)
- `jiang_passport_photo_processed.jpg` - Processed photo (version 1)
- `jiang_passport_photo_processed2.jpg` - Processed photo (version 2)
- `jiang_passport_photo_original.pxm` - Original photo (Pixelmator source, version 1)
- `jiang_passport_photo_original2.pxm` - Original photo (Pixelmator source, version 2)
- `护照照片.jpg` - Passport photo (small)

## Notable Details
- USC provided an employer support letter (dated June 7, 2021) confirming Jiang's employment as Assistant Professor at Marshall School of Business and requesting expedited passport issuance
- The letter explains the passport was urgently needed as a Real ID identity document for domestic air travel, access to Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (NC) for research collaboration, and driving to USC campus
- USC indicated it would file a Form I-129 to extend her H-1B for another 3-year period
- Application documents are primarily in Chinese
- Two versions of passport photos were prepared, suggesting the first may not have met requirements