1. Passport with minimum 7 months remaining validity & available blank pages for visa;

2.From 2019-01-01, China Online Visa Application Form ation(COVA) will be mandatory.

..AIf you don't have time to fill the online form(normally it takes about 2 hours for the first time), you can
..Achoose to Fill up the Simplified Business Application Form.

..AYou also can use the Simplified Business Application PDF Form to fill it simplly by hand.

3. Please use a Digital phone, take a phote of you against a white background, and make sure
..Athat your glasses is removed, your teech is not shown, and you are not wearing a white outfit,
..A(We need your image about your chest, and don't cut off any part of your head).

4. Supporting documents:

....The following documents in required:

....(1) An Invitation Letter of Duly Authorized Unit(referring to the form of visa notification
. . .. issued by the Chinese governmental departments, companies and social
. . .. organizations authorized by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs); or a
. . .. Confirmation Letter of Invitation issued by an authorized Chinese agency; or

....(2) Invitation cards of various kinds of trade fairs or

....(3) An invitation Letter issued by a state-owned enterprise, collectively-owned enterprise,
... ... joint venture, solely-owned or private enterprise and educational, cultural and
... ...scientific institutions, and conference sponsors or hosts (original or copies).

. . . .The invitation letter issued by companies, enterprises, corporations, institutions
. . . . or individuals (i.e. sponsors or hosts as mentioned above) in China shall include
. . . . the following items:Sample of Business invitation letter

. . . .A: Personal information of the applicant: name, gender, date of birth, passport
. . . . . number, etc.

. . . .B: Information concerning the applicant's visit to China: Purpose of the visit, Type
... ... .of the Visa, Date of arrival and departure, places to visit, relationship between
... . . .the applicant and the inviter, and who will bear the cost of the applicant's
... ... .accommodations in China.

. . . .C: Information of the inviter: name of the unit or individual, phone number, address
... ... .and if applicable, the legal representative or the inviter's seal and signature.

. . . .D: Make sure on the letter of invitation, the visa type is clearly marked as DOUBLE-ENTRY.

....NOTE:

. . . .(a) Generally, the invitation letter may be submitted as a fax, copy of printout.
.. . . . . If necessary, the consular officer will ask the applicant to submit the original
.. . . . . invitation letter, or to provide some supporting and supplementary documents,
.. . . . . or schedule an interview.

. . . .(b) The applicant with any fake invitation letter or other fraud will be rejected.

. . . .(c) In accordance with the specific application, the consular officer decides to issue
.. . . . .visas with different validity, number of entries and duration of stay in China.

....(4) Please provide your old Chinese visa copy if you have, For Canadian citizen who was
. . . . not born in Canada with no old visa, please provide us your citizenship card copy.

....(5) For citizens of other countries, the original and photocopy of the resident permits,
. . . . or work permit, or student permit are needed.

....(6)Former Chinese citizens applying for Chinese visas for the first time with a newly
. . . . issued foreign passport should provide the original Chinese passport, and the
. . . . photocopy of the data page and extension page of the passport. Shoud the
. . . . applicant's name shown in the above documents are not identical, please
. . . . provide official certificates.

. . . . Former Chinese citizens who obtained Chinese visas before and are going to
. . . . apply for Chinese visas with a renewed foreign passport are required to provide
. . . . the copy of the data page of their previous foreign passports and the issued
. . . . Chinese visas on it. .