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When travelling to China, you will need a visa. Traveller Ltd will act as your agent and handle your visa application for you easily, conveniently and reliably. You can apply for a visa through us even if you don’t book your trip with us.

It is recommended to apply for a Chinese visa about a month before your trip. We will take the application and collect the completed passport and visa from the consulate and, if necessary, post it back to you by express letter.

The delivery time for a visa is the processing time at the consulate (usually 4 business days) + the time it takes for the post to arrive. The consulate also issues visas with fast-track processing for an additional fee.

When applying for a visa, you must provide Traveller Ltd with:

The invitation letter prepared by the inviting organisation must include:

Personal data of the inviting person (full name, date of birth, passport number, gender), purpose and date of the trip, information that a single entry visa is requested, information about the inviting organisation (name of the organisation, name of the contact person, telephone number and e-mail), signature and stamp. A copy of the invitation may also be provided. In addition, the date of departure and arrival of the forthcoming trip must be included.

or alternatively, a Letter of Local Foreign Affairs Office or Invitation Letter of Local Commerce Bureau in China (PU Letter) can be used as an invitation.

Keep the invitation for the duration of your trip and present it to the border authority when you arrive in China.

NOTE! Non-EU or non-Schengen nationals must attach the original residence permit for Finland and a copy of it or the original Kela card and a copy of it. If the applicant has a Chinese background, the consulate has additional requirements. You can ask us or the consulate about them.

Applications must be filled in carefully and each point must be answered. We will check the applications before submitting them to the consulate and if there is an incomplete application, we will charge €5 for completing/correcting it, if there are several items we will charge the full visa application fee, á €100 per application.

The visa will only be processed once we have received all the necessary documents.

NOTE! You can order a visa application form through our visa filling service. Please also see our China visa application form.

Visa waiver

Finnish citizens in transit via Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Chongqing airports may stay in the territory without a visa for up to 72 hours under the conditions set out below.

The visa waiver therefore only applies to passengers travelling from China to a third country.

• valid international travel documents (i.e. passport and any other visas)
• airline tickets to a third country, indicating that the flights are via the airports in question
• airline tickets showing that the passenger will be travelling onwards within 72 days

However, you cannot leave cities with a visa-free travel permit. If you plan to travel elsewhere in China, you will need to obtain a visa.

When you arrive at Shanghai airport, you can stay visa-free for 144 hours.
Otherwise, the conditions for visa-free travel are the same as for travel to Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Chongqing airports.
For more information, visit the Chinese consulate website, for example.
http://www.chinaembassy-fi.org/eng/lsfw/chinesevisa/t1401858.htm (note! in English only)

Also, you do not currently need a visa to travel to Hong Kong and Macau, for trips of less than 90 days.

Studies and work placements

Study visa X1 OR X2

To study in China, you must apply for either an X1 or X2 visa. The X1 visa is for studies lasting more than 180 days, the X2 visa is for studies lasting less than 180 days (e.g. half-year exchange studies). For the student visa, the original and a copy of the JW201 or JW202 form (“Visa Application for Study in China”) and the Admission Notice form issued by the Ministry of Education of China are required. Note! The forms must also be signed by the applicant. Please note that for the issuance of the student visa, the Chinese Consulate will ask you to come to the Consulate in Helsinki to provide your fingerprints.

Internships

If you are going to China for a work placement related to your studies, please note that the Chinese consulate will require you to submit a work permit with your visa application, even if it is an unpaid placement. We recommend that you consult the school and company before submitting your application to ensure you receive the correct invitation.

Visa types

Choose the right type of visa and submit all the necessary attachments to Traveller. We will charge a fee for correcting an incomplete application from. 5 €/application. Traveller Ltd is not responsible for consulate decisions or price changes.

NOTE! You can order a visa application form through our visa filling service. Please also see our China visa application form.

NOTE!

Visas are always issued on a discretionary and case-by-case basis, based on the application and supporting documents. The visa fee will not be refunded to the applicant following a refusal decision. The passport remains at the embassy for the entire processing.

The visa is affixed to the page of your passport. The visa is valid as soon as it is issued. It is therefore not possible to apply for a visa for a specific period.

When you mail in your application, you should also send us an envelope stating the postal address to which you would like your passport returned. You can mail or bring the documents needed for your visa application to us. Please note that registered letters can take up to two weeks to arrive within Finland, which is why we prefer the express mail service.