Visa tips

Once you've decided on the time for your trip to Beijing, you'd better submit the visa application to the Chinese embassy or consulate in your own country. All the Chinese embassies in the foreign countries will, according to the principle of "warm service, strict control, simple formalities and soon issue", properly handle your visa application within the specified working days. For more specific measures, please read the updated information of this column.

You may come to watch the Olympic Games or travel across China. In either case, you shall apply for the tourist visa. The visa applications may be submitted by the applicants themselves or handled by their consignees according to the principle of voluntary will. However, there's an exception to the situations in which the applicants shall be present according to the related regulations or the visa officers demand the personal interviews. The applicants have the obligations to respond to the enquiries from the visa officers.

Necessary materials to apply for Chinese visa:

(1) A passport which has a valid period of no less than six months following the date of submission, and the blank visa page;

(2) One Visa Application Form of the People's Republic of China, which is filled clearly with true, authentic and complete information and signed by the applicant;

(3) One recent, full-faced and bareheaded passport photo (the daily life photo, photo copy or digital photo printed on the ordinary paper shall not be accepted);

(4) Other related application materials according to different purposes for your trip to China;

(5) Other materials related to the visa application, deemed as necessary by the visa officer;

(6) Collecting the visa, the applicant shall pay the visa fee and the special rush or rush service charges (if chosen).