China Visa

• Passport with at least 6 months remaining validity and 2 blank visa pages.

• If you don’t have at least 6 months validity or available pages in your passport, please refer to the Passport Renewal page.

* In most cases US passport holders are issued a 10yr multi entry visa.

** For a multiple-entry visa with a validity of more than 6 months, the remaining validity of your passport should be at least 18 months from the application date.

Complete VISA QUESTIONNAIRE.

Please complete all sections fully and accurately. We will generate the COVA Application on your behalf.

Provide a photo:

• taken with your phone

• against a plain background

• no smiling

• no glasses

• include head and shoulders

Reasons photos may be rejected:

• zoomed in too close to your face

• hair on forehead/face

• background is not white enough.

We will digitally size and upload your photo into the COVA system.

Driver’s license, state issued ID, major utility bill, or bank statement for the most recent month, showing the applicant’s name and current address.

This will establish your Jurisdiction.

An Invitation Letter from the organization to be visited in China (Sample Business Invitation Letter)

The invitation letter must include the following items:

• Personal information of the applicant: name (as in passport), gender, date of birth, nationality, and passport number.

• Information concerning the applicant’s visit to China: purpose of the visit, date of arrival and leaving, places to visit, relationship between the applicant and the inviter, and who will bear the cost of the applicant’s accommodations in China.

• Information of the inviter: name of the unit, phone number, address, seal and signature of the legal representative.

Please fill out, sign, and date a VISA APPLICATION STATEMENT form.

This form indicates the State where you reside and gather information about any previously issued China Visas or Residence Permits.

If you have previously been issued a China Visa:

• provide your most recent China Visa, and

• the passport info page containing the visa.

If you no longer have your previous Chinese visa, please include a Lost Letter to the Chinese consulate explaining:

• when and where you received your previous visa, and

• how the passport and visa were lost.

• Issuance of a new visa will be at the discretion of the consulate.

Complete and sign the Travel Records Affidavit. Only applicable for those with certain travel history, see below:

• If you have traveled to Turkey, Pakistan, or Kazakhstan in the last 12 months and have stamps in your passport we will need ALL travel history for the past 12 months.

• If you were born in Turkey, Pakistan, or Kazakhstan we will need a complete travel history for the past 5 years.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS BORN IN CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, OR MACAU:

• Submit copy of previous Chinese visa or copy of information page from your expired foreign passport. If your foreign passport has not been cancelled you will be required to submit it with your application

• Please write your name in Chinese characters on 1.2 of the application

• If the applicant’s name has changed since birth, please provide a copy of the court order or marriage certificate showing the name change.

1. Applicant was born in the USA to one or more parent of Chinese Origin:

• Copy of applicants Birth Certificate

• Copy of Parents passports at time of applicant’s birth

• Copy of Parents Status in the US at time of applicant’s birth (ie, US Visa, Permanent Resident, Card, etc).

• To qualify for a China Visa the parent of the applicant must have obtained US Citizenship or a 10 year Green Card prior to the birth of the child. Otherwise the Embassy will require the applicant to apply for a Chinese “Travel Document”.

• Copy of Parents Naturalization Certificates (if applicable)

Or

2. Applicant was born in China and has become a US Citizen:

A. Has had a Visa to China Before

• Need to submit previous China Visa

• Copy of Naturalization Certificate

• Name Change document (if applicable)

• Applicant name must be typed in Chinese Characters in section 1.1D (the name as shown on most recent Chinese Passport)

B. Has NOT had a Visa to China Before

• Need to submit physical/actual most recent Chinese Passport

• If not able to submit info from previous Chinese Passport will need a written explanation of the circumstances.

• Copy of Naturalization Certificate

• Name Change document (if applicable)

• Applicant name must be typed in Chinese Characters in section 1.1D (the name as shown on most recent Chinese Passport)

FOREIGN NATIONALS:

Require the same items listed plus:

• A photocopy of your green card (front and back) or current U.S. visa