Notice
Starting from 1stAugust 2020 the Chinese Visa Application Service Center in Bern will use
a new version of the Chinese visa application form. Please check here and
read the related content carefully：
1. Navigate to the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre’s website, and select Switzerland, Bern in order to arrive at the Bern Centre’s homepage.
2. Read the specific ‘Step by Step Guidance’ section’s information regarding your particular purpose of visit and your visa requirements.
3. Enter the ‘Quick Access’ section from the homepage and then select ‘Online Application Form’ to fill in your application form online. The online application form will require you to upload a recent standard photograph.
4. After filling in the application form, please prints out the complete form, sign on the front page and the last page.
Please note:
1. Handling Procedures:
Applicants who need to come to China for the aforementioned purposes will firstly send an email to berncenter@visaforchina.org with a detailed explanation, scanned copy of all relevant supporting document as attachment . Once received pre-approved email by our visa center, we will make an appointment with you. It is compulsory to make appointment in advance and submit the application to the Visa Center during the period of time as you appointed with us.
2. The following visa categories will be eligible for submission at the visa centre:
A. Crew visa (C)
B. The applicant coming to China for necessary economic, trade, scientific or technological activities can apply for a visa with an official ‘Invitation Letter (PU/TE)’ or ‘Verification Confirmation of Invitation’ issued by the local provincial Foreign Office or Department of Commerce at the intended destination of visit in China. The visa centre will not accept any application without the above mentioned government official invitation letter.
C. Humanitarian needs. It refers to visiting a direct family member who is in a critical condition in hospital, or attending a direct family member's funeral.
3. From the 1stAugust 2020, the old version of the application form will not be accepted. After you have already confirmed and made appointment with us, please fill in the online application form , print it out and take it with one recent standard photograph and other all documents to our center as the appointed time.
4. You should fill in this form truthfully, completely and clearly. Please note that if you provide false, fraudulent or misleading information or documentation, your application will be refused.
5.The Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in Bern will collect 10 fingerprints of all visa applicants on behalf of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Switzerland starting from January 12, 2021.
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1. Navigate to the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre’s website, and select Switzerland, Bern in order to arrive at the Bern Centre’s homepage.
2. Read the specific ‘Step by Step Guidance’ section’s information regarding your particular purpose of visit and your visa requirements.
3. Enter the ‘Quick Access’ section from the homepage and then select ‘Online Application Form’ to fill in your application form online. The online application form will require you to upload a recent standard photograph.
4. After filling in the application form, please prints out the complete form, sign on the front page and the last page.
Please note:
1. Handling Procedures:
Applicants who need to come to China for the aforementioned purposes will firstly send an email to berncenter@visaforchina.org with a detailed explanation, scanned copy of all relevant supporting document as attachment . Once received pre-approved email by our visa center, we will make an appointment with you. It is compulsory to make appointment in advance and submit the application to the Visa Center during the period of time as you appointed with us.
2. The following visa categories will be eligible for submission at the visa centre:
A. Crew visa (C)
B. The applicant coming to China for necessary economic, trade, scientific or technological activities can apply for a visa with an official ‘Invitation Letter (PU/TE)’ or ‘Verification Confirmation of Invitation’ issued by the local provincial Foreign Office or Department of Commerce at the intended destination of visit in China. The visa centre will not accept any application without the above mentioned government official invitation letter.
C. Humanitarian needs. It refers to visiting a direct family member who is in a critical condition in hospital, or attending a direct family member's funeral.
3. From the 1stAugust 2020, the old version of the application form will not be accepted. After you have already confirmed and made appointment with us, please fill in the online application form , print it out and take it with one recent standard photograph and other all documents to our center as the appointed time.
4. You should fill in this form truthfully, completely and clearly. Please note that if you provide false, fraudulent or misleading information or documentation, your application will be refused.
5.The Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in Bern will collect 10 fingerprints of all visa applicants on behalf of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Switzerland starting from January 12, 2021.
