Notice on online review mode

Dear applicants:

In order to further improve the efficiency of visa applications and optimize the service process, the Chinese Visa Application Service Center in Lisbon (hereinafter referred to as the "Visa Center") will cooperate with the Embassy of the P.R.China in Portugal to activate the online review mode. From March 31, 2025, all applicants (excluding visa applicants from Hong Kong, China and Macao, China) must first fill out the application form and upload the documents online. Once the online review is approved, you can go to the Visa Center to submit the documents (applicants for diplomatic, official and courtesy visas still need to go to the Embassy to apply).

The Visa Center will upgrade the system on March 29, 2025. From then on, all forms filled previously will no longer be usable. Therefore, applicants who have already filled in the forms are requested to submit the documents to the Visa Center before March 28. In addition, it is recommended to suspend filling in the forms during 15:00 on March 28, 2025 to 15:00 on March 30, 2025 to avoid information loss.

After the online review mode comes into use, the visa application process is as follows:

I. Prepare visa application documents: including basic documents and other additional ones if required.

II. Fill in the online visa application form and upload application documents

• Please log in to the visa center website www.visaforchina.cn and select Portugal-Lisbon.

• Click Create Account.

• Then Log in.

• Then fill in the online visa application form according to the prompts.

• After filling in the form, the system will automatically jump to the documents upload page.

• Upload the documents as required and click Submit, waiting for review.

After submitting the application, the Embassy or visa center may give you the feedback at any time that you need to provide additional documents. Please go to "Track the status of my application" to check.

If the review fails, you will see a "Supplementary materials are to be provided" and you need to re-upload the documents as required.

Special reminder: All applicants (excluding applicants for Hong Kong, China and Macau, China) must use this website to fill in the application form online and upload the documents.

III. Go to the Visa Center to submit the documents and pay

i. If the application status is "passport to be submitted" and you have received a confirmation email, you can take the following materials to the visa center to submit the application between 09:00 and 15:00 on working days:

(1) Printed "Confirmation" sent to you by email;

(2) Original passport;

(3) One recent photo (within 6 months, bareheaded, color, small 2-inch 48mm×33mm);

(4) Other additional materials required (if any).

Special reminder: Applicants must go to the Visa Center to submit their documents and pay within two weeks after the online review is approved. If not, they must re-apply.

ii. The following applicants are exempt from fingerprint collection. Other applicants are still required to go to the Visa Center to collect fingerprints of ten fingers:

(1) People under 14 years old or over 70 years old;

(2) People who have applied for a visa and left fingerprints at the Visa Center in Lisbon with the same passport within five years;

(3) People with ten fingers missing or severely damaged;

(4) Before December 31, 2025 (inclusive), theEmbassy of the P.R.China in Portugal will exempt all applicants for short-term visas for one or two entries (staying for less than 180 days) from fingerprint collection.

Special reminder: Applicants must go in person to collect the fingerprints. If we find that someone else impersonates the applicant to collect the fingerprints, the applicant will be denied entry into China and will bear the corresponding consequences themselves.

iii. All fees must be paid when submitting the application at the Visa Center, including visa fees, visa service fees and other fees incurred on site (such as postal service, VIP fees, fee of printing and copies, etc.).

IV. Collection of passport

Applicants should collect their passaports at the Visa Center with the original Pickup Form issued during the application. Please keep the original carefully. If it is lost, all responsibilities arising from it shall be borne by the applicants themselves.

                                                                     Chinese Visa Application Service Center in Lisbon

                                                               March 2025