The Embassy has outsourced its visa services to the external service provider VFS. Visa applications can be submitted at VFS' offices in London and Edinburgh.
If you wish to apply for a Schengen visa you will have to schedule an appointment with VFS and apply in person at their visa application centre:
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Joint Visa Application Centre66 Wilson StreetLondon EC2A 2BTAll appointments must be booked via You can also apply in Edinburgh: Joint Visa Application Centre1 Rennie's&IsleLeithEdinburgh EH6&6QT&All appointments must be booked via &
Please read all information provided on the VFS website regarding the necessary documents and procedures.
For questions regarding your visa application, processing time and supporting documents, please contact VFS by email
or telephone: 3.
Please try to apply as early as possible, especially during the summer months and before public holidays. You may apply for a visa up to three months before you start your trip.&ONLY applications from residents in the UK can be accepted.Diplomatic passport holders in the UK may still lodge their applications with the Embassy. Please contact the Embassy on 020
for more information.Holders of Official or Service passports need to make an appointment on the Please note that it is possible to book an appointment for a Schengen visa directly at the Embassy. However,&there are only a very limited number of appointments available each day and they are usually booked weeks in advance. For an earlier appointment and a faster service it is recommended to book&through VFS.For appointments with VFS All applicants must book appointments and apply in person. Please note that no postal applications can be sent to the Embassy. Postal applications that are addressed to the Embassy will be returned to the sender without being processed.
Applicants for business visas may send their applications by post if they are employed by one of the following companies:- Statoil- Aker Solutions- Det Norske Veritas- BP- Schlumberger- Shell- WesternGeco
Please send your supporting documents by special delivery&to:Joint Visa Application CentreNo. 50 Devonshire Street NorthManchesterM12 6JH
Appointments for residence permits (eg. student visas, family reunion, work permits)Applications for residence permits will still be processed at the Embassy.If you wish to apply for a residence permit please lodge your application To book an appointment please .
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Lodging a visa application in China
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Most applications can be submitted in person at your nearest AVAC or by mail or courier to a designated AVAC; however some applications can only be lodged at the Guangzhou Visa Office. See: &
Most applications can be submitted in person at your nearest AVAC or by mail or courier to a designated AVAC.&See:
PLEASE NOTE: All applications submitted at an AVAC will be assessed and decided by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Staff at an AVAC will have no involvement in the decision-making process nor knowledge of the application outcome.&
For payment information see:
AVAC Beijing
Australian Visa Application Centre, Room D,E,F,G,H,I, 21st Floor
Oriental Kenzo Plaza, No.48 Dongzhimenwai Street
Dongcheng District, Beijing , P.R. China 100027
Tel: 86&20&
Directions: &
AVAC Shanghai
Australian Visa Application Centre
2nd Floor, Jiushi Commercial Building, 213 Sichuan Middle Road
Huangpu District, 200002, Shanghai, China
Tel: 86&20&
Directions: &
AVAC Guangzhou
Australian Visa Application Centre
Unit 02, 29/F, HM Tower,No. 3 Jinsui Road
Zhujiang New Town,Tianhe District,Guangzhou
P. R. China 510623
Tel: 86&20&
Directions:
AVAC Chengdu
Australian Visa Application Centre
Room 3003, 30/F, Tower A
Chengdu Maoye Plaza,No. 19 Dongyu Street
Jinjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province
P.R. China 610016
Tel: 86&20&
Directions: &
AVAC Opening Hours
For submitting visa applications: 07:30 to 15:00, Monday to Friday.
For enquiries and collecting passports: 07:30 to 17:00, Monday to Friday
Appointments are not necessary, however booking an appointment will enable you to attend the AVAC at a time that is convenient for you. Appointments at the AVAC can be made via the online booking system. See:
You do not need an appointment to collect your passport or documentation.&
Some applications can only be lodged at the Guangzhou Visa Office. See:
Applying in person - All persons visiting the Development Centre Building are required to produce ID (e.g. ID card, driving license) and fill in a visitor registration form at the lobby reception to receive a visitor card. Before departing the building the visitor must return the card to reception in order to cancel registration.
Applying by mail or courier - Please send your application to the postal address in the table below. Please note that for applications lodged by mail to the Australian Consulate-General in Guangzhou, your passports will be returned by EMS and the receiver will be charged on delivery.
For payment information see: &&&
Visa Office of the Australian Consulate-General Guangzhou
Visa Lodgement, Level 11 Development Centre No.3,Linjiang Da Dao,
Zhujiang New City, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China 510623
Postal Address:
Level 12, Development Centre,
No.3 Linjiang Da Dao, Zhujiang New City,
Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China 510623&
Email:&&&&
Tel:&&&(020)
Fax:&&&&&&(020)
Directions:
Office&hours: By appointment (email request to )
The Department of Immigration and&Border Protection encourages clients to use online services where available. PRC passport holders outside Australia can currently apply for the following visa subclasses online:
& Subclass 574 & Postgraduate Research
& Subclass 155/157 & Resident Return
& Subclass 457 & Temporary Work (skilled)
& Subclass 300 & Prospective Marriage
& Subclass 309 & Spouse Temporary
The following student visa subclasses can be lodged online through an approved eVisa Agent:
& Subclass 570 & Independent ELICOS
& Subclass 571 & Schools
& Subclass 572 & Vocational Education and Training
& Subclass 573 & Higher Education
& Subclass 575 & Non-Award
Page last updated&26&November&2015
Embassy&address:&21&Dongzhimenwai&Street,&Chaoyang&District,&Beijing&
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U.S. Consulates
USA Visa Passport Delivery
visa has been approved, the consular officer will retain your passport at the time of interview.
The visa will be stamped into your passport and returned to you by courier within 7 business days.
Usually, the delivery will be much faster.
Applicants may receive their passport in all probability the next working day after the interview. Most passports
are returned within 2 - 3 business days of the interview.
Passports can NOT be delivered across the counter at the U.S. consulate.
Timings for U.S. consulate to hand over the stamped passports to the courier may vary based on the
work load, holidays etc. The U.S. consulate can not assure a definite turnaround time.
As the cost of the courier is included in the visa application fee, you don't have to pay anything extra at the time
of the delivery.
You will receive one passport per envelope as seprate tracking of every passport is required due to security and safety rules. There is no discount either for multiple passports/envelopes delivery.
Please note that the delivery of the passport is at the pick up
location and NOT to your home or office or any other
personal address.
It will be sent to you by Blue Dart courier to one of the collection locations specified
by you at the time of scheduling your appointment or later.
In case you have urgent travel need, selecting the courier location closer to the interview location may result in faster pick-up time.
Such collection locations are of two types:
There are various options to track the delivery of the passport:
You can track your passport's delivery status using
Send an email to .
valid passport number (exactly as it was entered at the time of scheduling an appointment) in the subject and/or body.
Do not include any additinoal text.
You will receive an automatic response with the status.
You can track your passport via 24x7 .
"The current status of your passport is In Transit To Post."
= Stanley is yet to deliver your passport to the Consulate. It is inbetween the Stanley location and Consulate.
"The current status of your passport is Delivered To Post."
= Stanley has delivered your passport to the Consulate.
"The current status of your passport is Origination Scan."
= US Consulate has filled in your Courier slip but is awaiting Courier Company to pick it / Courier Company is in the process of issuing an AWB/Reference code.
"The current status of your passport is In Transit From Post." = The passport with or without the visa is now being transported by courier to
the pick up location that you specified at the time of creating the appointment. Please check the location of pickup on your
US Consulate appointment invitation letter.
"The current status of your passport is Ready For Pickup."
= It has arrived at the Pickup location. For some it may be the Facilitation Center.
"The current status of your passport is Picked Up." = You (or your authorized person) picked up the passport.
If you have already scheduled an appointment online, but wish to modify your document delivery address, you can do so
by visiting the
You may change your document delivery address or document pick-up location
at any time prior to 11:59 p.m. on the day of your interview at the Embassy or Consulate.
Click on 'Modify Courier Address' link.
If you have not received your passport within 7 business days after your interview, you can either call or visit
the nearest
If you don't take the delivery of the passports within 10 business days, they will be returned back to the Embassy / Consulate
where you were interviewed. If this happens, please contact the
for further assistance.
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Visa Section&Embassy of the P.R.China in Ireland118 Merrion Road,Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4&&
e-mail: &&
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Office Hours: 09:00-12:00&& Monday to&Thursday (except Chinese & Irish public holidays)&
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.
Non-Irish passport holders are supposed to apply for any type of Chinese visa in the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in their home countries, with the exception that one is residing and working in Ireland. Besides the above-mentioned documents, the residence and working permission are required.
More documents are required for the following specific visa:
1. &L visa for tourism or visiting relative
For the purpose of holiday, tourism, single or double entry tourist visa is required which is normally valid for 3 months from the date of issue. Necessary travel information, such as the two-way flight details and itinerary, is required.
For travel to Tibet, an entry permit issued by the Tibetan Tourist Bureau is required. (Fax number of Tibetan Tourist Bureau: 4632; Telephone number:4313). The applicant is supposed to contact an authorized& Chinese Tour Operator to organize an entry permit before applying for a Chinese visa.
To visit relatives, single or double-entry visiting visa is required which is normally valid for 3 months from the date of issue. Proof of kinship, such as the birth certificate, marriage certificate, is required. But the applicants who were born in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) as shown in the passport are exempt from this proof.
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
2.&F visa for business and official visit&
For the purpose of doing business or attending a meeting or conference, single, double entry or the multi-entry visa is required. Validity of the multi-entry visa varies, namely half a year / one year. The original version of invitation letter or fax from an authorized Chinese Government Department or Government-authorized company is required along with the two-way flight details or itinerary.
Please make sure that the invitation letter is stamped by the inviting company or government department.
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
3.&Z visa for employment in China
Foreign experts, scholars, teachers or managers shall provide the original version and photocopy of the Employment Permit from the Ministry of Labour or the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of China together with formal invitation letter from Government-authorized company, university or relevant local authority.
Foreigners to be engaged in offshore petroleum operations in China shall provide an invitation from China National Offshore Oil C
Foreigners to be engaged in commercial art performance in China shall provide the temporary commercial art performance permit from the Ministry of Culture of the PRC and the visa notification form from the Ministry of Culture of the PRC or from the Office of Foreign Affairs of provincial people's government concerned；
Chief representative of the permanent office of foreign enterprise in China shall provide visa notification form from an authorized department and the registration certificate from the local administration for i
Staff members working for NGO (non-governmental organizations established in accordance with the agreements between governments) shall provide the business letter or verbal note from the relevant departments of their governments.
Note: Foreigners employed in China for 180 days or longer is required to provide the original version and photocopy of health certificate (the form available on our website).
Z visa holders are kindly requested to register at local authority in China within one month of their arrival in China.
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
4.&X visa for studying in China
For Study in China, a student visa is required. The applicant shall provide the original version and photocopy of JW-201 or JW-202 form issued by the Ministry of Education of China, the original letter of admission from a Chinese University / College and the original version and photocopy of health certificate (the form is available on our website).
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
5.&G visa for transit
To Transit from China, a valid visa for the country of destination is required. Irish passport holders do not need visa when transit from China within 24-hours without leaving the airport.
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
6.&J1 and J2 Visa for journalists
J-1 visa for resident journalist
Foreign correspondents transferred from Ireland to China need to submit application to the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the P. R. China.&A Visa notification form from the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, and health certificates are required.
J-2 visa for news-coverage on a short-term basis:
For foreign correspondents based in Ireland, who travel on coverage purpose
(1)To Guangdong Province or Shanghai Municipality, visa applications can be submitted to the Office of Foreign Affairs of Guangdong Province (Tel: 86-20-, Fax: 86-20-), or the Office of Foreign Affairs of Shanghai (Tel: 86-21-, Fax: 86-21-) or alternatively to the Visa Section of Chinese Embassy in Ireland.
(2)To other provinces, municipalities or autonomous regions, visa applications can be submitted to the Visa Section of Chinese Embassy in Ireland.
The following documents are required for applicants:
(1)&&& Application letter of the affiliated news agency
(2)&&& Invitation letter of the interviewee
For first time applicants, resume and a copy of passport are required
For more information about making coverage trips to the Mainland China, please search on
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
7.Diplomatic and service visa
Officials of foreign governments or members of diplomatic missions in Ireland, staff of the United Nations, or other international organizations, who wish to travel to Mainland China for official or private purpose or be assigned on a mission to China, shall submit a verbal note from their governments, diplomatic missions or their employing organizations along with their applications. In some cases, an invitation from governmental organs concerned in China is required.
Primary contents of the verbal note should include the applicant's full name, title or occupation, the employing department, passport type and number, purpose of journey, entry and departure dates.
In case of assumption of duty to an embassy or consulate in China, information should be included such as the designated official title, term of duty as well as whether it is a new post, or if not, the name and title of the predecessor.
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
8.&C visa for crewmembers
Crew Visas are conducted according to relevant bilateral visa agreements, if there are, for staff members working on trains, crewmembers on planes and seamen on shipboards of international transportations.
In case there are not reciprocal visa agreements or of beyond their regulations, single or double entry
Crew members working on private or charter planes are required to apply visas with business letters from their employing companies.&Only after the flying permits are obtained from relevant Chinese authority could the said crew visas come into effect.
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
9. D visa for residence in China
Applicants for resident visas shall firstly apply for residence permit in person or through their relatives in China with the local Entry and Exit Administration Division under Public Security Department. When the permit is obtained, applicants may apply for a resident visa at the visa section by submitting the residence permit from the said division.
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
Hongkong and Macau Visa
Irish nationals can visit Hongkong and Macao without a visa and stay up to 90 days.
For Detailed instructions about Hong Kong Visa Applications, please visit: http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/home.htm
Tel: 11; Fax: 11
For Macau, please visit:
Tel: 00(853) ; Fax: 00(853)
Group visa
A tourist group should comprise at least 6 members. The required materials as follow:
--The original confirmation letter from the authorized Chinese travel agen
--A name list of the group in triplicate and a front sheet covering the information about the group.
---the passports of all group members.
Please note that depending on specific application, visa officer may require further documentation or interview.
Visa collection
It takes 3-5 working days by regular service to process a visa application once the application is accepted. And it takes 2-3 working days by express service to process a visa application, which is the quickest. No express Visa can be granted on the same day.
Please pay in bank draft issued by Bank of Ireland or Allied Irish Bank, or post order issued by An Post payable to the Chinese Embassy in Ireland upon collection, the denomination of the currency being euro only.
Apart from bilateral arrangement, the following charge standard applies,.&
For Irish citizen: &40.00 Euro for single entry,
& & & & & & & &&&& 60.00 Euro for double entries,
80.00& Euro for half-year multiple entries
120.00& Euro&for one-year multiple entries
For USA passport holder, 120Euro regardless of entries.
For Romanian passport holders: 55 Euro for single entry
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 75 Euro for double entries,
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 115 Euro for multiple entries.
For Serbian passport holders:&& 45 Euro regardless of entries.
For Other passport holders: 33.00 Euro for single entry,
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 50.00 Euro for double entries,
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 66.00 Euro for half-year multiple entries
&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&100.00 Euro for one-year multiple entries
For Irish group visa, 32 Euro per person.
For USA group visa, 100 Euro per person.
For Romanian group visa, 44 Euro per person.
For Serbian passport holders:&& 36 Euro per person.
For other group visa, 27 Euro per person.
For Express service: &additional express fee of 23.00 Euro would be charged for each applicant.&
Express service is not available for U.S passport holders.
Application by post will not be accepted.
The visa can be applied and collected in person or through someone entrusted by applicant.
Duration of stay of a visa varies. When necessary, extension of duration of stay of a visa is possible.
Foreign tourists are not permitted to assume employment in China.
&No vaccination is required for short-term visitors (less than 3 months) except for those who come from/via epidemic areas.
A health certificate is required for those who stay in China for more than one year.
Please leave a valid direct contact of the applicant on the application form in case the visa officer may need to contact the applicant for further information.
Please note that there is a pickup form issued on acceptance of application for collection.
Please note that payment is not due until collection.
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