Chinese Tourist Visa Information
Tourist Visa
Tourist visa categories: L,S1,S2,Q1,Q2, are issued to an alien who comes to China for sightseeing, friend & family visiting purposes.
We apply 10 years multiple entry visas for U.S/Canadian citizens.
- Your valid U.S Passport
- With at least 2 blank visa pages
- With at least 6 month’s validity for single entry visa
- With at least 12 month’s validity for 10 years visa.
- One Passport photo
- Must be taken within 6 months
- Must be plain/white background
- Must be frontal
- Photocopy of your passport
- Information page for the embassy to keep
- Black/White, or in color.
- Visa application form
- Must be typed to completion
- Must be signed by the Applicant
- Minor’s application form part 4 & part 5 should be completed and signed by a legal guardian. A copy ofboth parent’s (or legal guardian’s) ID must also be provided.
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- Register and pay to generate the order receipt
- Mail in a copy of the receipt
- Airline flight reservation / confirmation
- for applying category L tourist visa
- Or, Invitation-Letter and Chinese ID Copy (front & back)
- for applying category Q2 reunion visa
- Or,Invitation-Letter, and resident permit & passport copy
- for applying category S2 reunion visa
Tourist visa (L) application requires round trip flight reservations to be provided. It can be simply an invoice showing the booking information, or a confirmation of the booked flights. Tourist visa validity can be 10 years long, but the duration of stay is limited to 60 days or less.
Short Term Family visit (Q2/S2) application requires an invitation letter and ID information to be provided. If the family member is working/residing in China with a valid resident permit, the applicant can be qualified to stay in between 90,120, or 180 days(each entry). If the family member is a Chinese national, the applicant can be qualified for a 10 years multiple entry visa with 180 day’s stay.
Long term family reunion visa (Q1/S1) application requires applicant to provide original documents(marriage/birth certificate) that proves the relationship between both parties. Q1/S1 visa allows the applicant to reside in China for more than 180 days. Immediate registration with the local PSB may be necessary to exchange for a resident permit.
An invitation letter from a friend(Chinese national/foreign residing in China) is not qualified for a longer stay(60 days+) visa.
Other qualification:
- Your U.S. passport must have more than 6 months validity
- Your U.S. passport must have more than 2 blank visa pages
- Your passport photo have to be in color and professional taken
- Photocopy of your passport should be the first page with your name, picture, and signature
- Photocopy of your passport could be black/white, or in color
- Visa application form must be typed, hand-written form is no longer accepted
- U.S citizen with Dual nationalities must apply with U.S Passport.
- Signature on the visa application form must be original signature signed by black or blue ink pen.
- Chinese American should also provide the original Chinese Passport on the first time of applying. Or, a copy of the previous Visa plus a copy of the previous passport.
- Certain Non-US passport applications may experience longer processing time in the Embassy.
- We check your application and may still require for additional documents, which can be emailed / Faxed
If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us
You can also visit Chinese Embassy Consular Services to find more information by clicking the link below
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