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FAQs on Visa-free Entry into China
FAQs on Visa-free Entry into China
Notice on Two-Way Mailing Service
To further facilitate visa applicants, from May 19th, 2025, the Chinese Visa Application Service Center in Lisbon provides two-way mailing service.
Notice on online review mode
Notice on online review mode
Notice on Applying for Short term Visa Exemption from Fingerprint Collection
To further facilitate visa applicants, from September 2, 2024 to December 31, 2025, all short-term visa applicants (staying for less than 180 days) who apply for one or two entries to Chinese overseas visa agencies will be exempt from fingerprint collection.
Notice on the New VIP Services
To provide more and better quality services to app;icants and facilitate visa application, from November4,2024, the Chinese Visa Service Center will have VIP service: 1. Help with filling out the form; 2. One extra hour after opening hours; 3. TBD Supplementation of documents via e-mail. Each
Notice of the Cancellation of Visa Application Appointments
Notice of the Cancellation of Visa Application Appointments In order to further improve the efficiency of visa processing and facilitate the personnel interaction between China and Portugal, the Chinese Embassy in Portugal will completely cancel visa appointments from November 20, 2023. Applicants
Notice of continued exemption of the requirement of fingerprints collection
According to work arrangements, before December 31, 2024 (inclusive), the Chinese Embassy in Portugal will continue to waive the need to collect fingerprints for applicants for bussiness,tourism, family visit (Q2), transit and crew visas for one or two entries.
Notice on the Reduction of Visa Fees to China
In order to facilitate the personnel exchange between China and Portugal, from December 11, 2023 to December 31, 2024, the Chinese Embassy in Portugal reduce the visa fees for visiting China. The revised visa fee scheduleis as follows: Nationality Entries Fees (euros) Schengen countries 1/2/mul
Notice on China's Trial Implementation of Unilateral Visa-Free Policy towards Six Countries
Inorder to further promote personnel interactions between China and foreign countries, serve high-quality development and high-level opening up, China has decided to pilot the expansion of the scope of unilateral visa-free countries and implement a unilateral visa-free policy for individualsholding
Notice on Resuming Single-way Postal Service
Notice on Resuming Single-way Postal Service Starting from November 20, 2023, the Chinese Visa Application Service Center in Lisbon (hereinafter referred to as the "Visa Center") will resume single-way postal service. The service is to send back the passport to the applicant. The area of delivery is