Visa to China

• Passport with at least 1 year validity and two side-by-side available visa pages.
• If you don’t have at least 1 year validity or available pages in your passport, please click here.

IMPORTANT

• Application form must be:
  • typed
  • completely filled out
  • printed single side only, and
  • signed
• The consulate does not accept hand-written applications.
• All questions must be answered. Fill in all blank spaces with “N/A”, including sections 3.6 through 3.8.
• Match your name exactly as it appears on your passport (first name, middle name, last name).

Click here for Visa Application Form
* Application link works best with browsers if you hold Alt key while clicking on Application link before you begin. This allows you to download and “Save” form.

Please complete one copy of the Health Declaration Form and provide it with the rest of your application documents

One 2″ x 2″ photograph. This can be taken at our office if you come in person.

Photocopy of driver’s license, state issued ID, or major utility bill (water, gas, electric, sewage) for the most recent month, showing the applicant’s name and current address.

Brief form explaining job description.
Click here for form

$140 Regular Service
$165 Rush and Express Service (*Currently unavailable due to COVID-19)

• REFER TO COURIER FEES FOR PROCESSING TIMES

** Fees are for US passport holders. (Please contact us for all other countries).

PLEASE NOTE:
FEES, PROCESSING TIMES, AND REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Courier Fee: $195
Fees include photos, hand courier service, document assistance and review, and all shipping charges and are payable by cash, check, or credit card.

Due to COVID-19 processing times are approximately 2-3 weeks

* A $5 money order fee will also be added to invoice

If you have previously been issued a China visa you will need to provide a copy of that visa.

If you no longer have your previous Chinese visa please include a 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.

Provide a copy of your airline ticket or flight itinerary.

Please provide one of the following: 

Hotel confirmation- Provide a copy of your confirmed hotel reservation with your name listed.

Invitation from Chinese resident- If you are staying with someone residing in China and do not have a hotel reservation, please click here for a Sample Invite Letter. The inviter will need to include a photocopy of the FRONT and BACK of their valid Chinese ID card or resident permit. This may be emailed to us for your convenience.

Tourist invitation- If your travel is being organized by a tour group in China, an official signed and stamped Invitation Letter for Tourist issued by Duly Authorized Tourism Unit in China can be used in place of the hotel reservation.

Along with items 1-6, please also include a letter from your U.S. based company.

IMPORTANT: Your name on the company letter and application form MUST APPEAR EXACTLY AS IT IS ON YOUR PASSPORT.

Click here for China US Sponsor Letter Sample (PDF)
Click here for China US Sponsor Letter Sample (Word)

One of the following:
A. An Invitation Letter from the organization to be visited in China (click here for sample 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, letter can be e-mailed or faxed.

-OR-

B. An Invitation Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (visa notification form).

This invitation letter needs to be obtained by the host company in China. The letter can be sent via e-mail.

Copy of the approved Foreign Student Visa Application Form (JW201 or JW202) issued by the relevant Chinese school. The Foreign Student Visa Application Form must be signed by both the applicant and the school.

Original enrollment letter from the school in China signed by both the applicant and the school.

Copy of the Foreign Employment Permit or Foreign Experts License.

Copy of the Invitation Letter by a Duly Authorized Unit. This is a special invitation that the host company in China needs to obtain from a local government agency.