How to Fill out China Visa Application Form V2013

The application needs to be typed in all capital letters.

Section One:

▪ 1.1 Please fill in your name exactly as in your passport and separate your

last name, middle name and first name.

▪ 1.2 Please fill in your Chinese name, if you were born in China, Hong Kong,

Macau or Taiwan. None is OK for most people. However it must be

provided, if your birth place is China, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.

▪ 1.3 Please fill in your other name such as maiden, religious, professional,

aliases names if applicable. “None” is OK for most people.

▪ 1.4 Please select your gender.

▪ 1.5 Please fill in the your date of birth. Format is: yyyy-mm-dd. For

example: 1974-03-10.

▪ 1.6 Please fill in your current nationality as in your passport such as USA.

▪ 1.7 Please fill in your former nationality if applicable. “None” is OK for

most people.

▪ 1.8 Please fill in the your birth place including city, province/state and

country).

▪ 1.9 Please fill in your driver's license number or student ID number. None

is OK. Do not use social security number.

▪ 1.10 Please select the type of your passport with which you are applying

for the visa. Most People should check "Ordinary". Note: if you use other

than ordinary passport such as official passport, please call us first.

▪ 1.11 Please fill in the your passport number with which you are applying

for the visa.

▪ 1.12 Please fill in the date of issue of your passport.

▪ 1.13 Please fill the place of issue of your passport. Note: that is what under

"Authority" in your passport. You may also simply put down " USA". If your

passport was issued overseas, you need to indicate the country where it

was issued. For example: US Embassy, Germany.

▪ 1.14 Please fill in the expiration date of your passport.

▪ 1.15 Please select your current occupation(s). If your occupation(s) are not

listed above, please check Other and specify the details. If you are self-

employed, please specify the nature of your business next to Other section.

If you are a photographer, writer, government official, parliament member,

military personnel, religious personnel, staff of media or entertainer,

please call us first.

▪ 1.16 Please select your highest education level you have received.

▪ 1.17 Please fill in your employer or school information in the US. Try not to

use abbreviations, unless your company is well known such as IBM. We

suggest you to spell out the employer name. If you are currently

unemployed, please provide your previous US employer or school

information and mark it as previous. If you are self-employed, please state

the nature of your business after business name. If you are retired, please

type in "None (Retired)" in employer name. If you are housewife, please

type in "None (Housewife)" in employer name. For infant, please type in

"None (infant)".

▪ 1.18 - 1.20 Please fill in your home street address and contact phone in the

US. Do not use address outside of the US. PO Boxes are not acceptable

▪ 1.21 Please fill in your contact email address.

▪ 1.22 Please select your marital status.

▪ 1.23 Please fill in the details of your major family members including your

spouse, parents and children. This section should not be blank. If you

are married, spouse information is mandatory. If you are not married,

parents passed away and have no child, please state so in this section.

Uncles, aunts, friends are not considered as major family member for visa

application.

▪ 1.24 Please fill in name, phone and relationship of contact person in case of

emergency.

▪ 1.25 Type “USA” here

Section 2:

▪ 2.1 Please select the purposes of your visit(s) to China. If your purpose(s)

to China are not listed above, please check other and specify the details.

▪ 2.2 Please select the number of entries you intended to make with this

visa. There are options such as 1 entry, 2 entries, multiple entry within 6

months or 12 months etc. Some visa type such as Z, X1, S1, Q1 are only

issued with single entry, F visa is usually be given as single or double entry,

while L, M, S2, Q2 are likely to be granted for multiple entry. Multiple entry

visas are usually not given to Non-US passport holders. For 10 year visas

check other and type “10 years”.

▪ 2.3 Please check one service level. Rush service is rarely granted. A travel

itinerary showing immediate travel to china must be provided in order for

the consulate to grant rush service

▪ 2.4 The date of your first entry into China.

▪ 2.5 Please fill in the longest possible days you intend to stay in China.

Please note duration of stay granted is decided by Chinese Consulate.

Duration of Stay allowed is normally 30 - 60 days.

▪ 2.6 Please provide dates and corresponding addresses to stay while you

are in China. Complete with city and address, not just hotel name.

▪ 2.7 Please answer who will pay for your visit(s) to China such as yourself,

employer, inviter or etc. ( Most common answer is “ Myself”)

▪ 2.8 Please fill in the details about your inviter in China. The information

provided here should match your invitation. If you are going for tourism

and there is no inviter, please type "None".

▪ 2.9 If you have obtained China visa before, please specify date, place of the

last visa obtained. Otherwise, please type "No".

▪ 3.0 If you have visited other countries or territories in the past 12 months,

please provide name of countries or territories visited. Otherwise, please

type "No".

Section 3

▪ 3.1 If you have ever overstayed your visa of residence permit in China,

please select YES. Otherwise, please select “No”.

▪ 3.2 If you have ever been refused a visa for China or been refused entry

into China, please select YES. Otherwise, please select “No”.

▪ 3.3 If you have any criminal record in China or other country, please select

YES. Otherwise, please select “No”.

▪ 3.4 If you are suffering from any of the diseases specified, please select

YES. Otherwise, please select “No”.

▪ 3.5 If you have visited any country or territories affected by infectious

diseases in the last 30 days, please select YES. Otherwise, please check

“No”.

▪ 3.6 If you select YES to any questions from 3.1 to 3.5, please give details

and submit relevant official documentation, e.g. punishment decision on

overstay in China issued by Chinese public security bureau, final court

judgment with details on the crime, diagnosis certificate issued by a

hospital, doctor's advice on long distance travel, etc. Note: If your answer

is "YES" to any question from 3.1 to 3.5, your chances of getting the

China visa is significantly decreased.

▪ 3.7 If you have more information relevant to your application to declare ,

please specify the details. Or simply type "NONE"

▪ 3.8 This question is not appropriate for US passport holder or most US

residents, please type "None"

Section 4

▪ Please note that all applicants should sign the application form even if the

form is completed by another person. For minor applications, parent or

guardian should complete and sign in both section 4 and section 5.

Section 5

▪ If the application form was prepared by someone other than the applicant

such as parent for child, the preparer should complete and sign this

section.