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.

Please read below before beginning application:

• TIPS to complete COVA form
• Choose North America on the right-hand side
• Scroll down until you see United States and then choose your jurisdiction
• Your jurisdiction depends on the state that issued your driver’s license
• The jurisdiction for Texas is Washington DC, for all others please CLICK HERE
  (All states under the Houston Consulate jurisdiction will now be issued in Washington DC)
• You will need to upload a 33mm x 48mm digital photo. Both a digital and hard copy photo will be required. **Please refer to Photograph for full details.

Click here for Visa Application Form

You will need to upload a 33mm x 45mm digital photo.

• • • If you need assistance sizing your photo you may email one taken with your phone against a plain background and we will digitally size it and email it back to you
    • No smiling, no glasses, against a light-colored background. Include head and shoulders, photos that are zoomed in too close to your face may not be possible to size correctly.

Both the a digital and hard copy photo will be required. If you size your own photo, please email us the digital version so we can print it here.

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.

If you have previously been issued a China visa and it is in a previous passport, you will need to submit that original passport.

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.

Please CLICK HERE for the Where You Stay Form

Please CLICK HERE for the Travel Record Form

Application Fee:
$185 Routine Service (7-10 business days once it is submitted with the Embassy)
$210 Expedited Service (5-7 business days once it is submitted with the Embassy)

Most Foreign Passport Holders:
$45 Double Entry/ $70 Express Processing
$90 Multiple Entry/ $115 Express Processing
** Fees are for US passport holders.

• PLEASE NOTE: it can take several weeks to secure an appointment for submission to the Embassy after we have a completed application package.
• AVERAGE TOTAL PROCESSING TIME IS APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 3-4 WEEKS.

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

Business: $450
Tourist: $375
Fees include photos, hand courier service, document assistance and review, and all shipping charges and are payable by cash, check, or credit card.

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.

Please CLICK HERE for the Complete Employment Record. You can use multiple pages if needed to provide complete history.

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.

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.