CHINA INFORMATION: GUIDE TO OBTAINING A CHINA VISA IN PARIS, LYON, MARSEILLE, STRASBOURG OR BORDEAUX
China Visa Complete Information
Instructions for obtaining the China visa:
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Want to go on an adventure for an unforgettable trip to China? Since March 15, 2023, the application for a tourist visa is again possible.
In other great news for travelers, between August 10, 2023 and December 31, 2023, China will no longer require fingerprint collection at its visa centers for applicants for tourist (L), commercial business ( M), family visit (Q2), transit (G) and crew member (C). This exemption from fingerprints only applies in the context of a single-entry or double-entry visa application. For more details, see our dedicated news.
Visiting China is a fascinating adventure and we know that arranging to get your visa easily can be scary right now – but not anymore! On this page, you will find the steps you need to follow to get the right visa and start your trip to China without the fuss!
In 2023, you must make an official request to a specialized organization or go through one of the China visa centers, whether you are from Marseille, Strasbourg, Paris, Lille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nantes or any another city. The Chinese Embassy has entrusted the processing of visa files to Visaforchina. Via this organization, no request is accepted by correspondence and payment must be made by check or credit card. You must take your fingerprints at one of the China Visa Centers if you are over 13 and under 71 and your application is not for a visa category temporarily exempt from fingerprint collection between August 10 and December 31, 2023. You will therefore have to travel, unless your fingerprints have not been deposited in the last 5 years.
Please note, the formalities are complicated and the consulate is demanding: Your file must be perfect or it will be refused: You will then have to reschedule an appointment and submit a compliant file.
During the pandemic, China no longer issued tourist visas. Only visas for people working on site, for imperative business, for family reunifications and special cases to be studied are possible.
From now on, tourist visas are issued and in addition, there is even a possibility of obtaining an electronic China e-Visa under certain conditions.
You can contact Action Visas to find out if you are eligible. If this is the case, we will advise you, check your file and drop it off at the China Visa Center without you having to travel. If you have not yet deposited your fingerprints in France, we will then make an appointment with you so that you can deposit your fingerprints in Paris, regardless of your place of residence: all you have to do is deposit your fingerprints and leave immediately : we will follow the file and send you back the passport and visa.
The e-Visa-China is online. It was possible before the Covid crisis and again accessible...
How to get a visa for China?
The best is to go through an authorized agency that is used to the formalities for China. Filling out the form on the ministry website (9 pages, 45 mins) will be done by the agency and if you are over 71 or have already left your fingerprints, you only have to send by registered mail or express fold followed by your passport and requested documents
If you are under 71 years old or if you have to file your fingerprints at the China visa center, a form "with reception option at the Paris visa center" by our teams will be taken to facilitate your filing and avoid wasting time: All you have to do is leave your fingerprints and leave immediately.
Another alternative: The E-Visa China Tourism or Business: Obtained under certain conditions, it will allow you to go to China without having to go and file your fingerprints at the Visa Center.
The China visa centers are located in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and Marseille, but you may go through our agency regardless of your place of residence.
Use the services and options of Action-visas China to facilitate the process:
– In Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Brussels, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto, applications for Chinese tourist or business visas can only be made at the Chinese Visa Application Center and it is mandatory to first fill out an online form on the visaforchina.org website, then make an appointment to submit the file if you wish to go live.
Visa application from Hong Kong: you can obtain the visa for the People's Republic of China in Hong Kong. The lead time is 4 working days minimum.
Do you need a visa for China?
Whatever your nationality (French or other), you need a visa for China.
To go to Tibet, you must be part of an organized tour. But there is no Tibet visa: only on-site authorizations once the China visa has been obtained before leaving.
For Hong Kong, the French do not need a Chinese visa for a stay of less than 90 days and can land without problem.
PLEASE NOTE: if you are in China and wish to go to Hong Kong, your China visa will no longer be valid to return there unless it is a double or multiple entry visa: remember to take this option when you the initial visa application.
ATTENTION: Visa China tourism, business, single or double entries: do not submit your China visa application more than 90 days before all of your entries in China. Your China visa will not be valid and this is entirely your responsibility.
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