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| 1 | 1 | Joseph Foley | h1. Foley's Wiki Page for Chinese Visas |
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| 3 | h2. Links |
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| 5 | * Official Chinese Visa Website: http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/ |
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| 6 | 5 | Joseph Foley | ** Just the visa form: http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/sblhqz_660598/P020130828561586361528.pdf |
| 7 | 1 | Joseph Foley | * Common mistakes http://www.visarite.com/china_visa_form_common_problem.htm#.V4ZnJWiLRpg |
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| 9 | h2. General directions |
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| 11 | If you are going to a conference in China, you need an F-type visa "Non-business" |
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| 13 | In Iceland, the Chinese Embassy is at Bríetartúni 1, 105 Reykjavík https://ja.is/sendirad-kina/ |
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| 14 | 7 | Joseph Foley | The embassy is open 09:00-11:30 MWF. A visa usually takes 5 days to process. For a US citizen, it costs 17500ISK. For everyone else it is cheaper. (This is because the US charges a large fee for visas on the other side.) |
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| 16 | When you go apply for your visa, remember to bring your actual passport and a copy. They will hold onto the passport until the visa is issued. (I have no idea why.) |
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| 18 | Check the official website, but I believe you need: |
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| 20 | 6 | Joseph Foley | * Your valid passport |
| 21 | 1 | Joseph Foley | * Photocopy of the info page and picture page of your passport |
| 22 | * The filled out form, signed and dated. |
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| 23 | 8 | Joseph Foley | ** A passport photo attached to the form. |
| 24 | ** Make sure that the visa itinerary includes the exact dates that you enter china and leave. |
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| 25 | 9 | Joseph Foley | ** If you want to put Chinese characters into the form, you must use Adobe Acrobat. |
| 26 | 1 | Joseph Foley | * Proof of residency |
| 27 | 2 | Joseph Foley | * Invitation letter. |
| 28 | ** Contact the conference chair to get one e.g. Ang Liu <angliu AT usc DOT edu> |
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| 29 | ** They will need your full legal name, legal address, and email/phone |
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| 31 | 4 | Joseph Foley | If you‘ve already bought tickets, you probably want to include them with the paperwork. It might help to make sure the visa dates match. *Be warned that China may give you visa dates that are different than what was requested.* |
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| 33 | -- Joe Foley <foley AT ru DOT is> |