(1) If the application status is "Passport to be Submitted" and you have received a confirmation email, the applicant can bring the printed "Visa Application Receipt" to the Visa Application Center to submit the visa application materials during working hours from 09:00 to 15:00.

(2) Submit the following materials at the Visa Application Center:

①Original passport;

②One photo (taken within the last 6 months, without a hat, in color, small 2-inch size 48mm×33mm);

③Original of a previous Chinese passport (if you were previously a Chinese national and are applying for a Chinese visa for the first time);

④ Other supporting materials as required.

(3) Applicants are required to have their ten fingerprints collected at the Visa Application Center. The following visa applicants are exempt from fingerprint collection:

① under 14 years old or over 70 years old;

② qualified for a Chinese diplomatic visa, official visa, or courtesy visa (unless the reciprocity principle otherwise requires);

③ members of the staff of foreign diplomatic or consular missions in China and their spouses, parents, and minor children;

④ applicants for Chinese visas at the same Embassy/Consulate of China with the same passports and with fingerprints already taken within the past 5 years;

⑤  missing all ten fingers or unable to provide any of the ten fingerprints.

⑥  from 2 September 2024 to 31 December 2025, fingerprint collection will be exempted for all short-term visa applicants (staying for less than 180 days) who apply for one or two entries at the Chinese visa authorities in Sweden.

The Embassy solemnly reminds applicants that they must personally appear to provide fingerprints. If it is discovered that someone else is impersonating the applicant to provide fingerprints, the individual will be denied entry into China and will bear the corresponding consequences.

(4) When submitting the application materials, all fees must be paid, including the visa fee and visa service fee.