Get a Chinese Tourist Visa

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China Travel Visa

Chinese Tourist Visa Requirements

If travel is for leisure purposes, sightseeing, or visiting friends and family, a tourist visa is required.

Confirm China Visa Options and Processing

Chinese Tourist Visa Requirements

  1. An Important Note on Processing Speeds

  2. Note on previous visas

  3. Visa Questionnaire and Document Preparation

  4. Travel Records (12 months)

  5. Copies of Entry/Exit Stamps and/or Visas

  6. China - Visa Application Statement

  7. Current Valid Passport

  8. Scan of two blank facing visa pages in passport

  9. Copy of ID or Utility Bill

  10. One Digital Passport-Style Photograph

  11. Hotel Reservations or Tourist Invitation

  12. Proof of Travel

  13. Minors - Additional Requirements for Applicants Under 21 Years

  14. Visa Order Form

  15. Multiple Entry Visas - Note

  16. Note: Prior Travel to Sensitive Country

  17. Note: Prior Travel to Hong Kong SAR

  18. Note: Additional requirements for applicants with military service history

  19. China Processing Note: Visa issuance on Second Valid Passport

  20. Naturalized US Citizens - Copy of Naturalization Certificate

  21. Foreign-Born US Citizens - Copy of Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240)

  22. Please Note: No Embassy Service on Friday (beginning late September 2025)