Visa in China

China visa required almighty, who go to travel here, work or live, and it is also possible to make your own. Exception, in terms of visa requirements, are some regions.

In Russia:

• Residents of border areas with China need only a passport, invitation and cash (eg. Khabarovsk, Primorsky Krai).

In China:

• On Hainan Island – Visa on arrival, Sanya. Stay up 15 days. Cost – 30$;
• In Hong Kong Visa is not required. Stay up 14 days;
• Macau visa is not required. Stay up 30 days.

In Taiwan, it is necessary to draw up a separate visa. To travel to Tibet must obtain additional authorization (permit).

If you are not a diplomat, and do not fall under these exceptions, then visa in China you need and welcome to the website of the Chinese Consulate in your city or near.

Категории виз в Китай – какой тип визы нужен?

• Business visa (M);
• Tourist Visa (The);
• Work Visa (In);
• Student Visa (X1 and X2 categories – long-term (for six months or longer) and short-term (<180 days));
• Family visa, to foreigners, studying or working in China (categories S1 and S2 – long-term (180+ days) and short-term (<180 days));
• Visa for moving to China for permanent residence (D);
• Social visa for cultural and scientific exchanges (F);
• Transit visa (G);
• Family visa, to visit relatives, Chinese or foreign residence permit in China (Тип Q1 и Q2 – long-term and short-term);
• Visa for Foreign Journalists (categories J1 and J2 – long-term (180+ days) and short-term (<180 days));
• Visa requirements for crew members of international vehicles (C);
• Work visa for skilled professionals (R);

Tourist Visa to China

This visa type L. To receive it, must submit the following documents to the Chinese Consulate:

• действующий загранпаспорт (validity least 6 months co day entries);
• copy of the master copy of the reversal of the passport and visa of past (if they were);
• color photograph on the documents, 3x4, on a light background;
• a completed application form, Photo of neё prikleitь;
• a copy of a Russian passport (first page with photos and a page with a registration / registration);
• real invitation, issued by authorized travel agencies in China or…
• Tickets TUDA back, and your hotel for the entire stay in China (in the absence of a purchased tour, Invitations);
• health insurance during their stay in China.

With a passport photo and you can understand, form can be downloaded here:

• Download the form for a visa at the Russian (Application of visual kitayskuyu V.2013);
• Download visa application in English (Visa application form V.2013).

Chinese officials may make changes to the form of questionnaires, the latest version can be found on the websites of embassies and Consulates. But on the invitation write more.

Бизнес (business) М виза в Китай

This visa type M. To receive it, you must provide the following documents to the Consulate:

• действующий загранпаспорт (valid for at least 6 months from the date of filing);
• color photograph on the documents, 3x4, on a light background;
• a copy of the passport and a copy of the previous visa (if they were);
• a completed application form, Photo of neё prikleitь;
• a copy of a Russian passport (first page with photos and a page with a registration / registration);
• health insurance during their stay in China;
• invitation from the Chinese side, in which to write the name and surname, in Russian and English languages, invitee, passport number, purpose of the trip and stay in the country. It must be issued by the Chinese authorities.

Get business visa is not difficult, than travel and if you have been in China at least three times by Wiese type M or F (in the old rules), it can be get multiple commercial (Business) vizu the Year, Facsimile invitation.

Приглашение на визу в Китай

For vyzы type L, there is a point about air travel and hotel booking, in the absence of an invitation.

Из личного опыта (St. Petersburg, 2011 .03): “When I called the Consular Section, I was told, that your hotel and Tickets - Not the basis for the issuance of visas. Need an invitation!”

According to other, more relevant data, Today the booking and return ticket will be enough. I also had an invitation from the Chinese travel agencies or hotel with a red seal.

Personal experience: “On 15 sent letters to Chinese firms, came only one answer, Nicole and mysterious from the distant Hangzhou answered me, that can send an invitation for a tourist visa, only when they buy any tour.” Zaprashival osnovnom in business visual, but if the company would agree to send me an invitation, it is possible to book with them the most simple and inexpensive tour of Beijing, eg.

If the inviting party is a private person – invitation can be written in free form, necessary to assure his seal to the local police station, and send you a copy of the document of the inviting party. This works well if you have friends and acquaintances in China. Main, verify directly at the Consulate, where documents will be submitted, whether it accepts an invitation from private individuals.

For vyzы type M, also need an invitation (from Chinese partners).

Again from personal experience: “I asked the Secretary-General at the Consulate: And if I am a businessman, I want to come to China and to cooperate with Chinese companies and find business partners in place? – You need to find them before the trip and must be, that they sent you the invitation.”

Finally, after a long study of the topic has come to the next option: a trip to a conference or event, of which in China is very much held. It is necessary to view the list of events in cities, in which you plan to visit, on the desired date. Send them a request and get an e-mail invitation.

Personal experience: “Travel Forum in g. Dalian - just what we needed, and on the desired date. - Send the application form and relaxed, with the idea, that the invitation in my pocket. A couple of days of silence has caused suspicion, that everything is asleep. When I called the organizers of the forum, то Mariah Cheng, without remorse, answered me, that: "Saw a request, forum but something moved unknown how many”, so she did not respond to… These are the comrades across.

Also registered at Canton Fair Guangzhou, which he wrote on the website of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

Tourism conference so far confirm, and e invitation to the fair taken without too much difficulty.”

Validity of the visa starts from the date of filing. That's such a visa F (previously, was the letter for business visa) I got.

Visa to China will not be extended, and issued new, – write on sites consulates, but this is true only for institutions outside the country. In China itself, you can extend your visa, evidenced by the experience of our friends, who did it in Shanghai, and here you can read how the guys renewed their tourist visas in Beijing.

How to get a work visa in China, issue working residence permit and work legally, we wrote separately. You can find all the useful information about working in China and visa section “Useful”.

Сроки рассмотрения заявления и консульские сборы

In general order visa is issued in a week (7 calendar days) co day entries.

Сколько стоит виза в Китай для граждан РФ:

• A single entry visa – 1500 rubles;
• Double entry visa – 3000 rubles;
• Multiple annual / semi-annual entry visa – 4500 rubles.

In special cases, possible emergency visas (2-3 calendar days); Urgency (for 3 Day) плюс 900 rubles;
Superfund (one working day) плюс 2100 rubles.

Консульские сборы за визу для иностранных граждан:

• A single entry visa – 900 rubles;
• Double entry visa – 1350 rubles;
• Mnogokratnaya vaezdnaya visa year – 2700 rubles.

In special cases it is possible urgent visas (2-3 calendar days); Urgency (for 3 Day) плюс 600 rubles; Superfund (registration within one working day) плюс 900 rubles.