Chinese Embassy/Consulates-General in Canada will collect visa applicants' fingerprints
In accordance
with China’s related laws and based on the principle of reciprocity, the
Embassy as well as the Consulates- General in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and
Montreal will entrust the Chinese Visa Application Service Centers to collect
the ten fingerprints of all visa applicants including Canadian citizens from
January 1st, 2019. The following applicants could be exempted from the
aforesaid requirement:
1. Those who are
less than 14 years old or more than 70 years old;
2. Those who are
holding diplomatic passports or are eligible to be issued diplomatic, service
or courtesy visas(except for those who are required under the principle of
reciprocity).
3. Those who
have applied a Chinese visa with the same passport in the past 5 years in the
same Chinese Embassy/Consulate General or Chinese Visa Application Service
Center, which has collected his or her fingerprints.
4. Those who
suffer from mutilation of all ten fingers or whose fingerprints cannot be
collected.
Please note that
all visa applicants should have their fingerprints collected in person at the
Chinese Visa Application Service Centers. Applicants who forge fingerprints or
use other people’s fingerprints may be denied entry to China and should bear
all the consequences by themselves. Meanwhile, applicants are required to make
an appointment and fill in the application forms online at the official website
of the Chinese Visa Application Service Centers(www.visaforchina.cn) in
advance.
From Official Website of Chinese Embassy/Consulates-General in
Canada
Nov 30th,2018
