The White House explains that reforms to visa processing have reduced waiting times for visas from countries like Brazil and China from months to less than 5 days, while maintaining security. This has helped fuel growth in international tourism, a key U.S. export, creating over 260,000 new American jobs in the past 5 years. On a trip to Beijing, President Obama announced an agreement to extend the validity of U.S. visas for Chinese citizens to 10 years for tourists and business visas and 5 years for students.