Get a Chinese Tourist Visa

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China Travel Visa

Chinese Tourist Visa Requirements

If travel is for leisure purposes, sightseeing, or visiting friends and family, a tourist visa is required.

Confirm China Visa Options and Processing

Chinese Tourist Visa Requirements

  1. An Important Note on Processing Speeds

  2. Note on previous visas

  3. Visa Questionnaire and Document Preparation

  4. Travel Records (12 months)

  5. Copies of Entry/Exit Stamps and/or Visas

  6. China - Where You Stay Form

  7. China - Visa Application Statement

  8. Current Valid Passport

  9. Copy of Driver's License or State ID Card

  10. One Digital Passport-Style Photograph

  11. Minors - Additional Requirements for Applicants Under 21 Years

  12. Multiple Entry Visas - Note

  13. Note: Prior Travel to Sensitive Country

  14. Note: Prior Travel to Hong Kong SAR

  15. Note: Additional requirements for applicants with military service history

  16. China Processing Note: Visa issuance on Second Valid Passport

  17. Naturalized US Citizens - Copy of Naturalization Certificate

  18. Foreign-Born US Citizens - Copy of Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240)

  19. Please Note: No Embassy Service on Friday (beginning late September 2025)