Assistance with Chinese Visa

CONSULAR FEES

Your tour price includes ALL consular and visa processing fees (standard processing). Note – urgent visa applications are subject to a surcharge.

PROCEDURE

Once you book a tour with us, pay your deposit and provide your passport details, we order an official tourist invitation from China. We also email you the guidance notes on how to complete the Chinese visa application form. You will then need to fill in the required forms yourself which is quite straightforward. Our dedicated visa specialists will be happy to provide assistance should you have any questions or difficulties in completing the form.

UK, USA, FRANCE, SPAIN RESIDENTS

Your Chinese visa is included in the price of our Trans-Mongolian tours and we can process Chinese visas in the USA, UK, France and Spain, meaning you do not need to pay any extra visa fees unless your application is urgent. All urgent visa applications are subject to additional costs which will be reconfirmed to you at the time you submit your documents. You can post your complete application pack to our office. We will check the paperwork on your behalf and submit it to the Chinese consulate. Once the visa is issued, we post your passport back to you.

Note: normally if you book a Trans-Mongolian tour with us, we process your Chinese, Russian and Mongolian visas at the same time, so you do not need to post us your documents several times.

RESIDENT IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY

If you live outside the USA, UK, France or Spain we will provide all required paperwork for you enabling you to apply for your visa at the Chinese consulate in your country of residence. As part of our fair dealing policy, we will of course deduct the consular fee (standard processing fee) from your invoice as you will have to pay for your visa at your local Chinese consulate.

We will email the official Chinese invitation to you. You then need to apply at the nearest Chinese consulate yourself where you need to pay the correct visa fee. You will then need to collect your passport from the consulate or arrange to have it returned to you by post.

CHINESE VISA APPLICATION GUIDE

In the meantime you can familiarise yourself with the Chinese Tourist Visa Application Guide and see the list of required documents.

DISCUSS CHINESE VISA ISSUES ON OUR TRAVEL FORUM

We invite you to discuss any Chinese visa issues on our travel forum where our community and moderators are ready to help with any visa queries you might have.