STEP 1: Prepare Documents as Required

The documents include basic documents and supporting documents.

STEP 2: Complete Online Visa Application Form

Please login to www.visaforchina.cn, choose the visa center, register first and then make the application online. All applicants are required to complete the online application form and wait for preliminary check (excluding those applying for visas to Hong Kong SAR of China and Macao SAR of China). 

Please note: After your submission, the Chinese Embassy or Consulate may ask for additional documents, please check the status in “Track My Application. If the status showing “Passport to be submitted”, please print the first and last page of your application form. Ensure your signature and date on the last page.

STEP 3: Submit Visa Application and Make Payment

1.  Check the assessing result of your application: Applicants can find the assessing result in “Track My Application” once submitting the application.

If the status showing “Passport to be submitted”, applicants can print the confirmation from E-mail and then submit documents at the Visa Application Service Center on working day 10:00-15:00 (public holidays and some Chinese holidays exclusive).

2.  Come to Chinese Visa Application Center to submit the following documents and make payments:

(1)   Original passport.（At least four blank pages）

(2)   The first and last page of Visa Application Form with signature；

(3)   ID Photo. (A recent and color ID photo, facing forward, with white background, bareheaded, in 48mm x 33mm size)

(4) Original or photocopy of other supporting documents (only if specifically requested).

3.   All applicants holding ordinary passports will be requested to have their fingerprints collected. The following applicants can be exempted from fingerprints collection:

(1)   Applicants under the age of 14 or over 70; 

(2)  Diplomatic passport holders, or applicants eligible for diplomatic, official and courtesy visas; 

(3) Applicants who already had their fingerprints collected within the past five years at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Thailand with the same passport;

(4) Applicants who suffer from 10 fingers mutilation or whose fingerprints cannot be collected;

(5)  Applicants who apply for a single or double-entry short term visa with a stay of 180 days or less before December 31^st , 2025.

The Chinese Embassy and Consulate General kindly request that applicants shall have their fingerprints collected in person. Those forge fingerprints or use other people's fingerprints will be denied entry into China and bear all the consequences incurred.

4.   Applicants shall pay the visa fee and service fee in cash. 

 STEP 4: Collection

 Applicants will be given a pickup form when submitting documents in person at the CVSAC. You must bring the pickup form for passport collection.