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Notice on Implementation of Online Visa Application Form and Online Appointment System
Notice on Implementation of Online Visa Application Form and Online Appointment System
The Chinese Embassy and Consulates in Korea will implement online visa application form and online appointment system from August 1st, 2020.
1.Chinese visa applicants in Korea (excluding Hong Kong and Macao visa applicants)are required to log on the Chinese Visa Application Service Center website(https://www.visaforchina.org), fill out the visa application online, print the “Confirmation of Online Visa Application” and “Visa Application Form of the People’s Republic of China”, and sign the confirmation paper and the 9th section of the visa application form. Afterwards, you should make an appointment online, print “Visa Appointment Confirmation Form” and submit the above forms and other required documents to the Chinese Visa Application Service Center at your scheduled appointment time.
2. With effect from 1 August 2020, the Chinese Visa Application Service Center at Namsan Square has cancelled the urgent service and continued to provide normal and express services. It is advisable for you to arrange for a reasonable time to submit your application or collect your visa at the Centre.
3.No appointment is required in the following cases, in which applicants only need to fill out and print the online application form, and submit documents directly tothe Chinese Embassy or Consulates in Korea.
(1)Diplomatic, official(service) passport holders;
(2)Korean ordinary passport holders with a note issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea;
(3)Members of foreign embassies or international organizations in Korea as well as their family members;
(4)Members of Korean National Assembly;
(5) Humanitarian emergency situations, such as attending a funeral or visiting a critically ill patient, etc.
4. Other important information
(1) Applicants are required to upload photos of themselves that meet the photo requirements of the Chinese visa application, and fill out the visa application form truthfully, completely, and clearly. If information such as name, gender, date of birth, passport number, passport issuing country is incorrectly filled out, or the uploaded photo is not your own, or some key information you filled out is suspected of being concealed intentionally or not taken seriously, the application will not be accepted or will be returned. Applicants will need to submit a new application form online and schedule a new appointment again.
(2)In addition to the above-mentioned circumstances, for minor errors and omissions, you can communicate with the receptionist at the front desk. After verifying relevant information, the receptionist will manually modify the confirmation page and the visa application form, and applicants themselves need to sign the form to confirm the modification.
(3) After implementing online visa application form and online appointment system, the old version of paper application form will no longer be accepted in principle.