In view of the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the world, China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry into China by foreign nationals holding visas or residence permits still valid to the time of this announcement, effective from 0 a.m., 28 march 2020. Entry by foreign nationals with APEC Business Travel Cards will be suspended as well. Policies including port visas, 24/72/144-hour visa-free transit policy, Hainan 30-day visa-free policy, 15-day visa-free policy specified for foreign cruise-group-tour through Shanghai Port, Guangdong 144-hour visa-free policy specified for foreign tour groups from Hong Kong or Macao SAR, and Guangxi 15-day visa-free policy specified for foreign tour groups of ASEAN countries will also be temporarily suspended. Entry with diplomatic, service, courtesy or C visas will not be affected.

Foreign nationals coming to China for necessary economic, trade, scientific or technological activities or out of emergency humanitarian needs may apply for visas at Chinese embassies or consulates. Entry by foreign nationals with visas issued after this announcement will not be affected.

The above-mentioned measures will be calibrated in light of the evolving situation and announced accordingly.

As per the announcement above, the Chinese Visa Application Service Center Berlin will be temporarily closed from today. In urgent cases, visa applicants must first fill out the online application form (www.visaforchina.org) and make an appointment by email to berlincenter@visaforchina.org. You can only apply for the visa at the Chinese embassy or consulates in Germany with an appointment confirmation by email. If you have any questions about Visa, please send an email to the following address: berlincenter@visaforchina.org.

You will be informed promptly on our website when the Visa Center will resume normal operations.

We apologize for the inconvenience and we thank you for your cooperation.

CVASC Berlin
March 27th 2020