Travel Visa Info!

Maybe you want to go to China on a short fun trip. Visit the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, or see night life in Shanghai. Maybe you want to visit your good buddy/relative over there. *wink wink* What you need is a travel visa. Again I would recommend Visa Mail Service if you need to do any of the paperwork and your consulate is far away. Email them nicely about what documents you need and they will give you a detailed and updated list.

This can take up to a month to get if not longer so do it ahead of time!

For 2017 you need these items. 

Your plane tickets for going to China and coming back to your home country. 

Passport

Copy of your Passport

Fill Out This Form It has to be filled out on the computer. Nothing hand written. 

      -On this form you will fill out the first pages as directed. The part that might trip you up is page two. 

   -Check the box that says tourism. 

   -Check the box that says One Entry. In the end you don't choose how many days you can get, the consulate decides that. Even if you are planning on living there, click one entry. 

  -Write when your ticket says you are going and how many days you plan to be there. 

  -Hotel you are staying at. Even if you are staying at a friend's house, you have to check in to a hotel or a police station when landing in China. 

  -Say you are paying for yourself 

  -Ignore the part that says inviter. 

Fill out the rest and sign and date! 

This part you have to hand sign. Basically, you print off the form, sign, and then scan it for the signature, print again and to send off to the consulate. 

I know on Adobe you can sign on the screen so it is real but when I did that the document was sent back to me saying that the consulate didn't want that. My firm had to sign for me in the end. It is a pain to print, sign, scan, print but that's the way they want it. 

Hope that helps!