If you want to go to China for a holiday or business trip, you must apply for a regular visa before entering the country. The visa is a sticker issued by the Chinese government and affixed to the passport. With this visa you have permission to enter the territory of China. This visa is usually issued by the Embassy of China or the Consulate General of China in The Hague.
The visa will be checked during passport control in China. If you arrive by plane, the first visa check will probably already take place at the airport.
Our staff will work professionally to ensure that your visa application for China is presented flawlessly at the Chinese consulate or embassy, so you can travel with confidence.

All travelers with Dutch nationality, both tourist and business, need a visa for China. However, there are 3 exceptions:

• People with a Chinese passport
• Persons traveling only to Hong Kong with a maximum stay of 90 days
• Persons who arrive in China for a transfer, do not leave this airport and leave China within 24-72 hours, provided they hold a Dutch or Belgian passport and land at one of these airports:
  • Baiyun International Airport
  • Beijing Capital International Airport
  • Jiangbei International Airport
  • Pudong International Airport
  • Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
  • Shuangliu International Airport
  • Taoxian International Aiport
  • Xianyang International Airport
  • Zhoushuizi International Airport

If you want to stay with family (up to 180 days) or friends (up to 30 days), an invitation letter is mandatory, this letter must:
– be written in Chinese or English
– State the entry and exit dates
– Provide the passport details of the traveler
– State the relationship between traveler and invitee
– Include the name, address and contact details of the invitee
– Dated and signed by the invitee
A copy of the Chinese identity card of the invitee must also be submitted. If this person is not a Chinese citizen, a copy of the passport of the other nationality and a copy of his / her residence permit must be provided

Various visas are available for China. The type of visa depends on your destination. The most common are a visa for tourist reasons or a visa for business purposes. However, you also have a visa for journalists, a student visa for China, a work visa, a transit (transfer) visa and a visa on a personal invitation.
The purpose of your trip determines the type of visa you need to apply for. If you are unsure which visa is most applicable to your situation, do not hesitate to contact us! Our employees can advise you on this.

Next to the tourist and business visas Traveldocs can also provide a student visa, a journalist visa, a medical visa and visa for flight crews. Please contact us in advance for the possibilities.

This depends on the type of visa, but you must travel within the validity dates specified on the visa. If you have changed your trip and it is no longer within the validity of the visa, you must apply for a new visa.

Please note that for China you must already be in possession of both a hotel confirmation (or an invitation if the stay will be with friends or family) and a flight schedule by name, for both the outward and return journeys.

The return of the passport containing the visa Indonesia can be done in several ways. In the application form that you fill in online, you can indicate which option you prefer: pick it up at our office in Hoofddorp, pick it up yourself at Schiphol (surcharge: € 44,95), shipping by courier next working day (surcharge: € 39,95 ), by registered mail (surcharge: € 17,09), by courier on the day of grant (surcharge on request) *
* Ask about the possibilities by telephone as this is not always possible.
Prices are per application and not per visa. If multiple visas are applied for with one application form, the shipping costs will remain the same (with a maximum of 4 passports per shipment)

Which data and documents you have to provide depends on your travel destination (tourist or business), the number of entries required in China and the desired period of validity of the visa. After submitting the online visa application for China, you will receive a personal email from us with instructions on how to provide the necessary documents for your situation.

An emergency passport is not accepted.
What your passport must meet is depending on what type of visa you apply for online, especially it is important that the passport is valid long enough.
– With single-entry visa and valid for 3 months: passport valid for at least another 6 months on arrival.
– With a double-entry visa and valid for 3 months: passport valid for at least another 7 months on first arrival.
– With a double-entry visa and valid for 6 months: passport valid for at least another 12 months on first arrival.
– With unlimited number of entries and valid for 12 months: passport valid for a minimum of 18 months upon first arrival.
In addition to the validity requirement of the passport, it is also required that at least 3 opposite pages in the passport are still empty. The passport may also not be delivered with a cover or cover.
Do you live in the Netherlands, but do you have a passport issued in/from another country? Then you must also have a Dutch residence permit.

Document numbers in the Netherlands never contain the letter “O”, but they can contain the number “0”. Even though it seems that there is a letter O in your passport, it will be the number 0. It is also important to know that document numbers in the Netherlands are 9 characters long.
Belgian document numbers may include the letter (s) “O” and / or the number “0”. Belgian document numbers are 8 characters long and always start with 2 letters followed by 6 numbers.

The passport photo must be hardcopy (on paper and and digital), taken in the last 3 months in the format 35x45mm . The passport photo must be of high quality and in color with a white background. Headwear is only allowed in the passport photo if this is for religious reasons: The visibility of the entire face is then a requirement.
We strongly recommend that the photo be taken by a recognized photographer (do not forget to mention that it is for a Chinese visa! They know the exact conditions for this) and request these in addition to hard copy, also provided digitally via email, so that you can upload it to our system when placing your application.
The hard copy passport photo must be loose (so not attached to the application form in any way) and free of any glue / staple remnants.

The schedule should include all flights you make to, within, and from China. Even if you apply for a double or a multiple entry visa, all flights must already be booked and must be stated in the schedule. You must also be able to provide the booking confirmations for all flights.

Each traveler also has to provide a full schedule per day of all activities you’re planning to do while in China, such as sightseeing and resting days.

After you have submitted the online application form and payment has been completed, you will receive the embassy form by e-mail. This form will be filled in for you by a visa expert with the information you entered on the online form. All you have to do is sign this form and submit it to us together with the other documents (passport photo, passport etc.).

If you cannot provide an employer’s statement but are following a course as a student / pupil, you must provide a statement from that educational institution, even if the trip is touristy and has nothing to do with the course.

After completing the online form you will also receive an example by e-mail, on which you will find exactly what should be in this statement.

All applicants under the age of 18 for a China visa traveling alone or with one of their parents must have a letter of consent written in English signed by the parent (s) / guardian and a copy of the parent (s) / passport provide guardian.
They must also provide a copy of the birth certificate.

If you are unemployed and are not following a course or are retired, you must be able to demonstrate that you have sufficient financial resources to pay for your stay in China (at least € 6000,- per person), by means of a copy of your recent bank statement.

In order to obtain a business visa for China, you must provide an English letter of invitation. A sample of this will be sent by e-mail immediately after submitting your online application.
The invitation letter must contain at least:
– Information about the traveler (full name, gender and date of birth, nationality, job title, passport number, date of issue of the passport and expiry date of the passport)
– Description of which business activities
– An explanation of who pays the travel insurance
– The required period of validity as well as the number of entries required
– All entry and exit dates with the destination per individual trip
– Must be signed and stamped with the Chinese company stamp
It is possible that additional information is requested on the basis of the information provided by you. This mainly occurs when the traveler performs technical / specialist work.

If you are an independent self-employed person or entrepreneur, in addition to your own employer statement, you must also apply for an extract from the Chamber of Commerce (in English, no more than 1 year old, at the Chamber of Commerce). The most recent turnover tax return must also be submitted.

Yes, for China you must be able to demonstrate that you really need the visa, you do this by submitting a travel schedule with confirmations of all flights to, from and possibly. within China and also confirmation of all hotel nights of the first trip.

In this case, please contact us as soon as possible to indicate what is not in order. Whether your visa application can still be corrected depends on the nature of the error and the status of your application. If we have not delivered your application to the embassy yet, it is possible to make some changes. If your applicaiton is already in the hands of the embassy, there is nothing we can do. You must obtain a new visa with the proper information and cancel the existing one.

No. We must pay the visa in advance. If the Indonesian government decides that you are not allowed to enter the country for any reason, we cannot get these costs back.

After receiving your passport and other documents, we will process your application. From that moment on, cancellation of the request is no longer possible. If you want to cancel your application before you have submitted your passport and documents, please contact us by phone or e-mail.

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