China Tourist Visa, Travel L Visa Application Requirements & Forms (2024)

In most cases, a tourist can get a single entry L visa with a stay duration of 30 days. UK, US, Canadian, Brazil and Argentine citizens are able to get a 10-year China tourist visa with multiple entries.

If travelling with an organized tour group, you might not have an individual visa in your passport. Instead, the tour group will be issued a group tour visa bearing all themembers' names. In such situations supply your details to the travel agency beforehand and you will have no further concerns.

1. Passport

-Your passport with at least 6 months remaining validity and available blank pages, and a photocopy of passport's data page.

2. Application Form

- One accurately completed China Visa Application Form. Please fill in every column of the application form. If the application form is not filled out truthfully, completely and legibly, there could be a delay in processing or refusal of the application.

3. Recent Photo

- A recent passport-size color photo with white background.

4. Round-trip Tickets Plus Hotel Bookings or Invitation Letter from China

- Documents showing the itinerary including proof of round trip tickets booking and proof of hotel reservation.
- Or, if you are being invited to China, you can submit an invitation letter issued by the inviter, whether it's an entity or individual, with following information:
a. Information on the applicant, including full name, gender, and date of birth.
b. Information on the planned visit, including arrival and departure dates, place(s) of visit.
c. Information on the inviter, including name, contact number, address, official stamp, and signature of the legal representative of the entity or the inviting individual.

5. Other Supporting Documents

a. For those not applying in their country of citizenship, a proof of legal stay or residence status is required.
b. In some cases, applicants may need to submit a certification letter from the employer of the applicant with details as follows: name and contact number of the employer, the applicant's income statement, or original copy of recent 6-month bank statement of the applicant.
c. Applicants who intend to travel to Tibet must obtain a Tibet Travel Permit, which can be obtained from Tourism Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region by travel agencies.

How to Get a Chinese Tourist Visa

After preparingall the required documents, make an appointment withChinese embassies, consulates,or a Chinese Visa Application Center (CVASC) if there are any in your country to submit the application. Generally, applicants aged 14-70 need to go in person. If you don't need to go personally, you can entrust someone else, such asa travel agency or a visa agency to act on your behalf. Applications by mails are not accepted and will be refused at most Chinese embassies, consulates or CVASCs. But the mail-back service is available in more cases.

Processing Time

It normally takes 4 working days for processing a China travel visa. For express service, an additional fee of USD 20 will be charged for two or three working day service. For rush service, an additional fee of USD30 will be charged for same-day service.

Chinese Tourist Visa Cost

The visa costs vary depending on your nationality and number of entries. However, according to the Visa Fee Abolition Agreement, the nationals of following several countries can get a visa for free, but must pay for express service, rush service or mail service: Pakistan, Maldives, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovakia and Micronesia. Formajor countries, the fee is listed below.

Inbound Shanghai, exiting China via Shenzhen to Hong Kong

I have a flight to Shanghai but I intend on travelling towards south and exiting China via Shenzhen to Hong Kong. I have a flight from Hong Kong to my home country.
I have all the hotels booked in China and Hong Kong, except for the train ticket from Shenzhen.
The train tickets from Shenzhen to Hong Kong is not available online to book yet. Can I still apply for a Chinese visa?

Which visa type? Conference + holiday

Hi,
I'm visiting an academic conference in China and will use the opportunity to take a holiday there after the conference. The combined trip will be less than 30 days. Which visa type do I need?

visa application

what happens when you accidentally submit 2 application forms on the Chinese visa website, but it has the same information?

Travelling by train from Hong Kong

Hello, I intend to travel to Beijing from Hong Kong by high-speed train. Can I use my type L visa if I am willing to travel by train? Will the immigration process be in Hong Kong train station? We can show our return flight from Beijing back to home country. My nationality does not apply for the 144 hours transit visa.

L visa application online application form

Questions about my earnings and my family have the option of NOT APPLICABLE, which is fine but then they ask for a reason. Why do they want to know who I worked for for the last five years