Hi everyone! My online pre-screening for my China visa was approved today, and I’m planning to submit my documents in person tomorrow. Our trip is scheduled for October 20–28, so I’m worried about the tight timeline.

I know I should rebook my outbound flight to a later date (like Saturday), or is there a good chance the visa will be released in time? Has anyone had a similar experience with processing times. (I'm a first timer)

For context, I still have my return flight booked, so I’m only thinking about moving the departure. Also, if the visa will surely arrive after 5 days.

Any advice would be really appreciated. Thank you!

Edit: I have a Philippine Passport

I got my visa approved, but put the dates on the application more so as a reference. Do I have to stick those dates, or could I buy the tickets for any specific time?

Hello everyone

I go to China for 1.5 months in January 2027.

The French Center for VISA (L) is really complicated (no answer calls, emails) and seems to require physical appointment, which is not suitable given I don’t leave here, and don’t even know there won’t be any document issue once I got there. It would cost me several hundreds euros.

BUT
It seems French Citizen have so far Visa excemption for 1 month.

Has someone already tried, without Visa L, to exit China before 1 month for like HK or Macao, and then re enter ?

Thank you everyone and wish you a great China experience.

Florian

My girlfriend wants to come in China to study but she has a minor drug charge from 4 years ago. It expires next year. When I applied to my school I remember I had to upload my criminal record certificate. But do you think they will even let her in with a certificate like hers?

I'm staying in HK for a week, and really want to try the Tenz Spa in Shenzhen. I've seen various things online, all a bit contradictory ngl, about a visa specifically where you take the route I put in the title. Something along the lines of needing to go to Macau after Shenzhen.
Context: I'm a US citizen.

I just want to know how and where to find accurate information on this, if it's still valid, how much it is, if anyone has experience, and roughly how long it may take?

Any help works :)

Flying USA - HKG round-trip. When I make entry in W.Kowloon (train to Guangzhou) will there be a problem since my return flight is not China - foreign country but HKG - USA?

Wanted to confirm if my TWOV transit is acceptable. For entry I plan on doing USA > Shanghai. I plan to stay in Shanghai and nearby places like Hangzhou and Suzhou for 10 days. For exit I’m doing Shanghai > HKG > USA. So essentially I’m doing USA > Shanghai > Hong Kong > USA. Is my transit good?

Edit: I also understand that some flight staff are not familiar with TWOV. What do I do to make sure I am not denied entry

I'm applying for the visa in LA and it's taking a lot longer than expected for my trip on October 28. My plan B is to use the 240 hour rule if the visa doesn't come in time. Would this itinerary work for it? All are separate flights, except taking a train from Shanghai to Beijing -

Flying from US to Taiwan (3 days), Taiwan to Shanghai (4 days), Shanghai to Beijing (3 days), Beijing to US

Hi, I have a flight on 24th October. And my passport is gone to the embassy on 14th October. I just wanted to check if the 6 day timeline of pick up is working or people are facing delays under the normal visa apply type for Toruist visa (L).

Did anyone submit on 7th,8th oct with pick up on 14th,15th oct

or on 9th, 10th oct with pick up on 16th, 19th oct (incase you see this late)

Please help me out.

Hi,

I just got rejected. They asked me to provide documents from my employer in Chinese which I already did. Later the same day I got mail which says as follows:

(…)information is incomplete.Please visit Visa Application Service Center website to check and amend as required.
Reject Reason: please upload latest Hong Kong landing slip after your entry on 13/10/2026.

I don’t get it. I went to HK on 13.10, get a slip which is valid till January, uploaded photo and then went back to mainland. Do I have to go back to HK again, simply because I modified the application and get a new slip?

hey

i wanna ask, if im planning to travel to guangzhou, the flight that is available from taipei is not that much
so im planning to go from taipei to guangzhou using cathay and the flight itself will have a layover from hongkong
then after 4 days ill leave china via hongkong.

is that allowed? it my first flight (entry) being counted taipei to guangzhou or hongkong to guangzhou

thanks

I’m an Indian passport holder residing in Qatar with a good travel history. I applied for a China tourist visa through the https://consular.mfa.gov.cn/VISA/ portal, attached flight and hotel bookings, and mentioned that we are travelling as a family.
Within 24 hours, \*\*all our family members’ applications received the same “Review failed” status\*\*, stating: “No Business and tourist visa for Indian passport holder.”
Has anyone experienced this or found a way to resolve it?

Hi everyone I’m planning on visiting my girlfriend in China for a week in February, but I am unsure how to go about the visa process, I am a US citizen and have never traveled before it’s all very confusing to me! Any help at all would be lovely!