How to apply for a tourist visa?

The tourist visa application process is to submit the corresponding application materials.

A tourist visa is intended for those who come to China to travel, visit relatives, or enter China for other private matters. They can apply for an L visa. The application materials for a tourist visa include a completed "Foreigner Visa and Residence Permit Application Form", two 2-inch front-facing half-length color photos without a hat, and valid international travel documents (including diplomatic, official, official passports, ordinary passports, etc.) Copies, originals to be submitted for inspection; temporary accommodation registration form for overseas personnel; and certificates related to the purpose of application.

Among them, when applying for a personal tourist visa, you must provide an official letter from the host unit; if there is no host unit, you must provide financial proof that can guarantee the living expenses in China (cash, traveler's cheques, money order documents, cash cards, etc.) ; Applications for group tourist visas will not be accepted in principle. If there are force majeure reasons, you can apply for a zero-entry group visa with a validity period corresponding to the actual situation. You can only apply once and provide an official letter from the host unit.

To apply for group visa separation, separated persons can apply for a zero-entry visa valid for less than 1 month, and must provide an official letter from the host unit; if a lost group visa applies for a reissue, they can apply for a zero-entry visa with the same stay period as the original visa For visa, you must provide an official letter from the host unit and a copy of the group visa for this entry. Foreigners should apply for a visa to the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Municipal Bureau and apply in person. Among them, those visiting relatives can be handled by their relatives in China; those traveling in groups can be handled by the host travel agency.

Types of tourist visas:

The types of tourist visas in our country are: L-type visa, namely family visit and tourist visa. Our country also issues group tourist visas as needed. On November 15, 2000, the Chinese government stipulated that citizens holding ordinary passports and citizens of countries with which China has diplomatic relations will travel to Hong Kong and Macau. If they travel to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and other places in mainland China in a group organized by a travel company registered in Hong Kong or Macau. Group tourist visa is a type of tourist visa, which is characterized by the fact that the visa stamps of the entire group are attached to one piece of paper without having a visa record in the passport.

The characteristics of a tourist visa are that the purpose of visit is tourism, and the validity period and stay period of the visa are relatively short. (Most are valid for 90 days, with a stay period of 30 days. Individual embassies will grant fixed-term tourist visas based on the applicant’s specific stay dates: such as Germany, Australia, etc.). Holders of tourist visas cannot engage in work, business or other activities unrelated to tourism in the destination country, let alone illegal activities.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Tourist Visa