Do I need to collect fingerprints?
Yes.
In accordance with relevant
Chinese laws and regulations, the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in Bern
and Zurich will collect 10 fingerprints of all visa applicants on behalf of the
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Switzerland and the Consulate
General of the People’s Republic of China in Zurich starting from January 12,
2021.
The following categories of applicants are exempt from the aforementioned requirements:
1. Applicants under the age of 14 or over the age of 70;
2.
Applicants are applying for a new Chinese visa and have already been
fingerprinted during a Chinese visa application within the last five years at
the same Chinese Embassy, Consulate General (same Visa Application Service Center)
using the same passports;
3.
Applicants who lost all ten fingers or fingerprints collection is physically
impossible.
Please be noted that applicants shall provide their fingerprints in
person at the Chinese Visa Application Service Center. Applicants who forge
fingerprints will be denied entry to China and shall bear all consequences themselves.
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