1. Before applying for a Chinese visa, please check the Mutual Visa Exemption list via:
https://en.nia.gov.cn/n147418/n147463/c181470/content.html
2. Basic documents to prepare before submitting your visa application:
- Passport Original passport valid for at least six months, with blank visa pages, along with a photocopy of the passport's data page and the photo page (if separate).
- Visa Application Form and Photo A completed Visa Application Form, with a recently taken color passport photo (bare-headed, full face) against a light background attached.
- Proof of Legal Stay or Residence Status (for applicants not applying in their country of citizenship) If you are applying for a visa outside your country of citizenship, you must provide the original and a photocopy of your valid residence, employment, student, or stay visa, or any other official document certifying your legal stay in the country where you are currently residing.
- Photocopy of Previous Chinese Passports or Chinese Visas (for foreign citizens who were previously Chinese citizens)
- If you are applying for a Chinese visa for the first time, you must provide your previous Chinese passport and a photocopy of its data page.
- If you have obtained Chinese visas before and are now applying with a new foreign passport that does not contain any Chinese visa, you must submit a photocopy of the data page (and photo page, if separate) of your previous passport, as well as the page containing the previous Chinese visa.
- (Note: If the name on your current passport differs from that on the previous one, official documentation of the name change is required.)
3. For further information on Chinese visa applications, please visit:
https://www.visaforchina.cn/VIE3_EN/qianzhengyewu