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| 1. What documentations do I need to travel on your programs in China? A passport, valid for at least 3 month after your visit to China and the necessary visa or permits if you are traveling with our program. The visa should be approved prior to entering China and a permit for Tibet must be obtained 15 days before entering Tibet. If you only plan to travel and stay in Hong Kong you are exempt from applying for a China visa. 2. How do I get a visa? It will be very easy for you to obtain a China Visa to travel in China, which usually will allow you to stay within China for one month. If you are not from US or Canada, please inquire with your nearest PRC embassies or consulates, or contact with us, we can help anyone with a valid passport to process applications for a China visa. If you are from the United States of America or Canada, you have several options of obtaining a China Visa: 1) contact the China National Tourist Office in New York or Los Angeles, or 2) contact your travel agent or visa services, or 3) you can obtain it directly from the Chinese embassies or consulates in the following cities: Washington DC Embassy 2300 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20008, USA Tel: 202-328-2517 New York Consulate General 520 12th Ave. New York, NY 10036, USA Tel: 212-330-7409 Chicago Consulate General 100 West Erie St. Chicago, IL 60610, USA Tel: 312-573-3070 San Francisco Consulate General 1450 Laguna St. San Francisco, CA 94115, USA Tel:415-563-9232 Los Angeles Consulate General 443 Shatto Place Los Angeles, CA 90020, USA Tel: 213-380-2508 Houston Consulate General 3417 Montrose Blvd Houston, TX 77006, USA Tel: 713-524-4311 Chinese Embassy in Ottawa 515 St. Patrick Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 5H3 Canada Chinese Consulate in Toronto 240 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario, M5R 2P4 Canada Chinese Consulate, Calgary 100-1011th Ave. SW Calgary, Alberta, T2P 0W1 Canada Tel: 403-264-3322 Chinese Consulate in Vancouver 3380 Granville Street Vancouver, BC, V6H 3K3 Canada China Visa Office in Hong Kong 5th Floor, Lower Block, China Resource Building Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel: 2827 1811 4) or you can contact us. We can give you detailed instruction to help you process your visa application after you booked your tour to China with us. For more information, please refer to the Visa Application page. 3. What do I need to have to apply for a visa? To apply for a tourist visa (Type L), you need an application form, a passport-size photo and a valid passport. It takes about seven business days for an application to be processed. For Tibet, the Chinese Embassy must get approval from the Tibet Tourism Administration before issuing a visa. A passport-size photo means a photo similar to the one in your passport. Only photos which are head-only, full frontal, with a white background, approximately 1-1/2" by 2".will be accepted. You can obtain this type of photo at any "Passport photo" service. Cut-outs from personal photographs are not acceptable. 4. What type of visa do I need? Most people only need to apply for a single –entry visa, which is usually valid for 3 months after the issuing date and will permit you to stay in China for a maximum of 30 days. Back to FAQ Homepage << |
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