In accordance with the notification issued by the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in France, starting from the 10th April 2019, the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in Paris, Marseilles, Strasbourg and Lyon (hereinafter referred to as 'Visa Application Centres') will use a new version of the Chinese visa application form, and from the 10th May 2019  the Visa Application Centres will implement an online application form system. If you choose to submit your application in the visa centre in Paris, please read the steps illustrated below carefully:

1.    Navigate to the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre’s website, and select France, Paris in order to arrive at the Paris 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 (please check here for photograph requirements).
4.    After filling in the application form, please print out the complete form, sign on the 1st and the 8th page.

Service, diplomatic and courtesy visa applicants can still fill in an online application form on our website, print it out and sign, but will not need to book an appointment with the Visa Application Centre. Instead you will be required to go directly to the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in France to submit application materials.

If you wish to bring more than one application with your appointment, you must ensure that you have entered all application form numbers for all applications under the appointment number. One appointment can be booked for up to six applications. If an application form has not been uploaded to the