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For entry into China, foreigners must apply for a visa with the authorities responsible for issuing visas abroad.
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Workshop participants are required to apply for the F visa. This visa is issued to persons who come to China for exchanges, visits, study tours, or other relevant activities.
Documents required to apply for the visa
(1) Passport
Original passport with at least six months of remaining validity and blank visa pages, and a photocopy of the passport’s data page and the photo page if it is separate.
(2) Visa Application Form and Photo
One completed Visa Application Form with a recently-taken color passport photo (bare head, full face) against a light background attached.
(3) Proof of legal stay or residence status (applicable to those not applying for the visa in their country of citizenship)
If you are not applying for the visa in the country of your citizenship, you must provide the original and photocopy of your valid certificates or visa of stay, residence, employment or student status, or other valid certificates of legal staying provided by the relevant authorities of the country where you are currently staying.
(4) Photocopy of previous Chinese passports or previous Chinese visas (applicable to foreign citizens who were Chinese citizens and have obtained foreign citizenship)
If you are applying for a Chinese visa for the first time, you should provide your previous Chinese passport held and a photocopy of its data page.
If you have obtained Chinese visas before and want to apply for a Chinese visa with a renewed foreign passport that does not contain any Chinese visa, you should present the photocopy of the previous passport’s data page and the photo page if it is separate, as well as the previous Chinese visa page. (If your name on the current passport differs from that on the previous one, you must provide an official document of a name change.)
(5) An invitation letter issued by a relevant entity or individual in China
Please visit: https://cova.cs.mfa.gov.cn/ for filling in and submitting your application form.
Useful information about the application form
Information of inviter in China:
Name: Prof. Huangwei Zhang
Address: Building 5B, Chongqing Internet Institute, No. 16 South Huashan Road, Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, China
Phone number: +86-13594083476
Relationship with the applicant:
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Please contact the Huangwei Zhang (huangwei.zhang@nus.edu.sg) if you need an invitation letter to apply for a visa.
Entry and Exit China
(1) Foreigners who enter China shall submit their passports, other international travel documents, visas or other entry permits to the exit/entry border inspection authorities for examination, go through the prescribed formalities, and may enter upon examination and approval.
(2) Foreigners who exit China shall submit their exit/entry documents including passports or other international travel documents to the exit/entry border inspection authorities for examination, go through prescribed formalities, and may exit upon examination and approval.
For more information about the visa, please refer to http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/ .