Application Documents of L Visa
1.
Passport
Original passport with at least 6 months of
remaining validity and with at least two
blank visa pages, and a photocopy of the
passport's data page and the photo page if it is separate.
2.
Visa Application Form and Photo
One completed Visa
Application Form with a
recently-taken Photo (size: 48mm x 33mm)
attached. A photo must be:
- In
colour
- Taken
in front of a plain white background
- Taken
bare-headed
- Face
centred looking straight
- Taken
within the last 6 months
You have
to complete an Online Application
Form, print it out and sign it. The
Chinese Visa Application Service Center only accept an online application form
with appropriate application documents. Walk in application without an appointment allowed.
Please
remember to bring the completed form to the Visa Centre to submit your
application.
3.
Proof of legal stay or residence status (only
for those Applicants using non-Australian passport to apply for Chinese Visa):
If you are not applying for the visa in the country of your citizenship,
you must provide the original and photocopy of your valid Australian
visa of residence, employment or student status, or other valid
certificates of legal stay provided by the relevant authorities of the country
where the Visa Centre is located.
4.
Photocopy of previous Chinese passports or previous Chinese visas (applicable to
those who were Chinese citizens and have obtained foreign citizenship): If you
are applying for a Chinese visa for the first time, you should provide the last
Chinese passport held and a photocopy of its data page and the Australian PR
visa (no include 155 visa).
If you
have obtained Chinese visas before and apply for a Chinese visa with a renewed
foreign passport that does not contain any Chinese visa, you should present the
photocopy of the previous passport's data page and the photo page if it is
separate, as well as the previous Chinese visa page (If your name on the
current passport differs from that on the previous one, you must provide an
official document of name change).
5.
Children of Chinese descent (Parent/Parents having
or having had Chinese nationality) applying for Chinese visas for the first
time are required as below:
(1)
Both original and copy of the birth certificate.
(2) The
parents' passports which were holding when gave birth to the child. The
original and a copy of the data page of the passports are required.
(3) If
the parent/parents were holding Chinese passports when gave birth to the child,
a copy of the foreigner visa or residence document which were holding at that
time is required.
6. Documents
of itinerary could be any of both:
(1) Air
ticket booking record (round trip) and proof of a hotel
reservation.
(2) An
Invitation Letter for Tourist issued by a
relevant unit or individual in China and inviter's Chinese ID with both sides
or photocopy of the inviter's foreign passport data page with a valid
Chinese residence permit.
7. The
invitation letter should contain:
(1) Information of the applicant (incl. full name, gender, date of birth,
etc.);
(2) Details of the planned visit (incl. arrival and departure dates,
place(s) to be visited, accommodation arrangements, etc.);
(3) Information of the inviting party (incl. name of organization or
person concerned, contact telephone number, address, official stamp of the
organization, signature of the legal representative or individual).
8. Note
(1) The
invitation letter can be faxed, copied or printed. Consular officers may
request an applicant to provide the original of the invitation letter. The
invitation letters from Chinese individuals should present the photocopy of the
ID.
(2)
Consular officers may request an applicant to provide additional supporting
documents or conduct an interview when deemed necessary.
