China visa

attica2k · 23-09-2008 4:27pm #1

Hi,

Im traveling to China for 3 weeks. $Can anyone tell me how I apply for a tourist visa.

Thankyou

Ponster · 23-09-2008 4:38pm

Goggle is your friend

For Irish passport holders who apply for any type of Chinese visa, the following is required: one completed visa application form (available on our website), one recent photograph for passport, passport valid up to at least six-months with blank pages.

You can either pay in cash or by cheque. If the latter, please make it payable to the Chinese Embassy.

For Irish citizen: 30.00 Euros for single entry,

http://ie.china-embassy.org/eng/Consular/

http://ie.china-embassy.org/eng/EmbassyInfo/EmbassyInfoBigNews/t112836.htm

khmk · 21-08-2009 5:50pm

We are travelling to China in October and need to sort out visas. As we live in Limerick and work monday to friday, its nearly impossible for us to go ourselves to organise the visas at the embassy.

Does anyone know of any reliable travel agents or couriers around the Limerick area that we could use? I don't mind paying a little extra, I need the visas and I can't go get them myself.

Thanks in advance.

MagicMarker · 21-08-2009 5:56pm

What do you think other people do when they need a visa?

Take time off work.

khmk · 21-08-2009 5:57pm

Cheers thanks for that genius.

I can't take time off work otherwise I would. Thats why I'm asking.

irishworkerph · 07-03-2010 11:55pm

I am completely stupid when it comes to stuff like filling in forms. I am currently filling in the visa application form for China. It states that the form should be typed, does that actually mean you have to type in the details, or is that just the term used
http://ie.china-embassy.org/eng/Consular/AboutVisa/t112835.htm

help!

Dante10 · 08-03-2010 6:10am

Just use block capital letters.

marty30 · 25-03-2012 5:38pm

Hi,

I'm visiting China in August and am flying into Beijing for a few days and then getting a flight to Hong Kong, however I was hoping to get a flight with a 8 hour stopover in Shanghai. My query is do I need to get a single or multiple entry visa?

Cheers

brnlghln · 25-03-2012 5:49pm

If you're visiting mainland China (Beijing etc), leaving AND then coming back then YES, you'll need a double entry or better.
i.e. Beijing for a few days (mainland) and then on to HK (not mainland) and then back to Beijing.
Shanghai doesn't count as having left the mainland.

HK is worth a visit IMHO.

If you're stuck, HK Chinese visa office can issue a visa in a matter of minutes to get you back to the mainland, but best get a double entry before you go as it's expensive.

marty30 · 25-03-2012 5:59pm

Cheers for the information, from Hong Kong I'm heading onto Thailand so a single entry should do the job, thanks

Am really looking forward to HK,

Mintaholic · 25-03-2012 7:26pm

In August the temperature in HK can be up to 38°C...

Kold · 11-06-2012 11:28am

How fast can one of these be obtained? I'm leaving for Japan on Sunday and Korea afterwards but I was wondering if I could get my Chinese Visa by next week so I wouldn't have to worry about trying to organise it in a country where I don't have the language. I looked at the Chinese embassy website and the enquiry line is 3pm-4pm tues-thurs, so I was hoping I could hear from someone here first.

spurious · 11-06-2012 12:52pm

Give Sino-Irish travel in Donnybrook a ring. They will know.
http://www.sinoirishtravel.ie/contactus.htm

Lazarus Malrax · 11-06-2012 12:58pm

How fast can one of these be obtained? I'm leaving for Japan on Sunday and Korea afterwards but I was wondering if I could get my Chinese Visa by next week so I wouldn't have to worry about trying to organise it in a country where I don't have the language. I looked at the Chinese embassy website and the enquiry line is 3pm-4pm tues-thurs, so I was hoping I could hear from someone here first.

Hi/ I think you will be cutting it fine hoping to have it for next week. I was waiting two weeks for mine and my wife waited nearly three weeks. She went through Trailfinders for hers and I went through Club Travel. Good luck with it...

gst · 11-06-2012 1:08pm

If you apply directly to the embassy you can pay for an express service that should take 2--3 days. So if you do that you might just make it. Source: http://ie.china-embassy.org/eng/Consular/AboutVisa/

They will be hanging on to your passport, though, so there is a risk. I'd check with them that you can get your passport back on Thursday if they don't have the visa issued. Note that application office is only open until noon each day. So if you wait until 3pm tomorrow to make your enquiry you will have missed the chance to get the paperwork in that day.

tallaghtfornia · 11-06-2012 1:10pm

I was in Beijing last year and you could buy you visa before you go through immigration. I think the cost was a bit more 60€ but it can be done.
Hope this helps

Kold · 11-06-2012 2:28pm

tallaghtfornia wrote: »

I was in Beijing last year and you could buy you visa before you go through immigration. I think the cost was a bit more 60€ but it can be done.
Hope this helps

Where did you fly in from? Did you arrive in China and then were given the option to purchase a holiday visa? 60e doesn't really phase me as a rtn train to Dublin costs more than that.

e04bf0c3 · 03-03-2013 10:51pm

Hi all,

Has anyone applied for a chinese tourist visa lately? I'm hoping to go apply for mine this week but as you seem to have to go into the embassy, and it's difficult to get time off to do that, I want to make sure there's nothing obvious that I'm missing before I go!

Thanks for your help!

jos28 · 04-01-2014 4:20pm

Does anyone have experience of applying directly to the Chinese Embassy for a holiday visa. Any idea if there are long queues

johnnyskeleton · 04-01-2014 4:28pm

jos28 wrote: »

Does anyone have experience of applying directly to the Chinese Embassy for a holiday visa. Any idea if there are long queues

I did several years ago, no problem. I know it's a stereotype but Chinese government departments are very efficient. If they say 72 hours then it will be done in 72 hours (or however log they take now).

Don't say you will visit Tibet, the northwest or Taiwan (afterwards)!

killbillvol2 · 04-01-2014 5:57pm

jos28 wrote: »

Does anyone have experience of applying directly to the Chinese Embassy for a holiday visa. Any idea if there are long queues

I got one most recently in June.

Firstly, you go to the consulate, not the embassy. I went pretty much as soon as they opened (9 am) and was in and out in 10 minutes. When I was leaving there was a queue building. They're open 9-12 Mon-Thurs and it takes 4 working days.

Collection was from a separate window and was painless.

jos28 · 04-01-2014 7:23pm

Thanks a million folks. Travel agent was looking for €90 each to do the honours. I think I will go myself now and only pay €40

jos28 · 06-01-2014 5:02pm

Update :
Filled in the forms, went to the consulate this morning. Someone checks over the forms before you join the queue which is a great idea. The entire process took about 15 minutes and they will be ready for collection on Thursday. Happy days !

Pythia · 16-01-2014 7:39pm

I need to do this in the next few months. Planning on going to Beijing to visit someone for a week in May and see some tourist sites.

Presume it's just a case of filling out the form, bringing it down to the embassy and picking it up a few days later? As a tourist, I don't think I need a letter?

I imagine they will not post the passport back to you, you have to go down to drop off and collect?

killbillvol2 · 16-01-2014 11:44pm

Pythia wrote: »

I need to do this in the next few months. Planning on going to Beijing to visit someone for a week in May and see some tourist sites.

Presume it's just a case of filling out the form, bringing it down to the embassy and picking it up a few days later? As a tourist, I don't think I need a letter?

I imagine they will not post the passport back to you, you have to go down to drop off and collect?

Post isn't an option. You must submit and collect from the consulate. It's ok to get someone else to collect it though. In fact, you could get someone else to drop it in but it's better to do that yourself in case there are any issues.

All ceminists are funts · 17-01-2014 5:33am

jos28 wrote: »

Thanks a million folks. Travel agent was looking for €90 each to do the honours. I think I will go myself now and only pay €40

Could you please tell which travel agent quoted you 90?

I need to sort out a visa soon and, as I live far away from Dub, it would be worth paying the fee.

roundymac · 17-01-2014 12:33pm

w.ppcie.lnk.visafirst.ie/en/chinese_business_and_holiday_visas_info_ppc.asp?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=chinese visas&utm_content=24066377787&utm_campaign=Ireland_Chinese_Visa_(Search)
I used a company, I think it was this one a few years back, I'm in Cork so going to Dublin was'nt really an option. Google Chinese Visas for other options if you don't want to use the one I'v given you.

sarkozy · 18-01-2014 12:04am

Yes, getting the visa was fine. It all went off within the stated timeframe. No worries.

sawdoubters · 18-01-2014 5:57am

no problem but your going to be hit by pollution

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0117/China-s-pollution-The-desolation-of-smog

Pythia · 09-04-2014 12:07pm

Have just been to the embassy. Got there at about 9.20, about 6 or 7 people in the queue in front of me. Was out by about 10.05. There was a guy there that looked over your application while you queued.

Once I got to the counter, it was very quick. It will be ready in 4 working days.

Had to fill out a form I downloaded online, print out my flight and hotel details and bring my passport with me. Very easy in the end.

Only annoying thing is having to get a postal order for payment upon collection.

galwayjohn89 · 09-04-2014 12:22pm

I was in yesterday. Seemed to be unlucky, was there for about an hour. Seemed like everyone in front of me had stuff done wrong. They were all up at the window for 5 minutes or so and then sent on their way still with the forms in their hands. I was only up at the window for 2 minutes max. By the time I left there were at least 25 people in the queue. Overall I thought it was well organised, it was just slow as people made mistakes and started arguing. Someone turned up without a passport and was adamant he could still get a visa.

China visa

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