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1. How long does it take to apply for an Austrian visa? 2. What materials are needed to apply for an Austrian visa? 3. This Chinese helped thousands of Jews escape life and death. The President of Israel once called him God. 4. Does Ukraine have an embassy in Austria? 5. When applying for an Austrian visa, do you need to prepare for the interview? 6. Which embassy in Beijing takes how long does it take to process an Austrian visa?

1. Austrian personal tourist visa processing time Austrian Embassy:

The visa processing time is usually no more than 15 working days after you submit your visa application. During the visa review process, some applicants will be notified of supplementary materials. If necessary, they may be transferred to relevant Austrian agencies for review. In such cases, the review time will be extended to 30 or 60 days. The embassy promises to issue visas as scheduled and will also expedite the processing.

2. Personal application process for Austrian visa Austrian Embassy:

The first step is for the visa applicant to first determine the purpose of going to Austria and the itinerary plan.

The second step is to log in to the embassy website and download the corresponding visa application form and the corresponding template form text file from the Austrian Embassy;

The information required for the Austrian visa is from the Austrian Embassy:

Minors (under 18 years old): Original student ID card and certification letter issued by the school, including the following information:

The school’s detailed address and phone number

Certificate of leave approval

Name and position of the approver

One copy

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(1) Issued by both parents or legal guardians (when the minor travels alone), or (when the minor travels with one parent or guardian) issued by the parent or guardian of the other party who is not traveling. A notarized copy of the travel consent form, certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; when applying outside of China, the relevant overseas government agencies will handle the notarization.

(2 Notarized certificate of relative certification or guardian certification certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2. Original household registration book (no translation required): and copies of all pages of the household registration book (for Chinese citizens) Applicable)

3. Accommodation certificate: Accommodation certificate covering the entire trip

4. Travel plan: Documents that can clearly show the travel plan (transportation reservation, itinerary, etc.)

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5. Proof of applicant’s solvency: Bank statements of the last 3 to 6 months, no deposit certificate required

6. Employees:

Covered by the company where they work Copy of the company's business license with a stamp l A letter of certification issued by the employer (English document, or Chinese with English translation), which must be on the company's official letterhead, stamped with the official seal, signed, and clearly dated and with the following information:

Address, telephone and fax number of the company where you work

Name and position of the signatory of the company

Applicant’s name, position, income and years of employment

Proof of leave permission

7. Retirees:

Pension or other fixed income certificate

8. Unemployed adults:

Married: spouse’s employment and income certificate, notarized marriage certificate (certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Single/divorced/widowed: other fixed income certificate

Third Steps: Appointment: You must make an appointment online before submitting your visa and residence application. This appointment is only valid at the Austrian Embassy in China. The Austrian Consulate General in Shanghai cannot make an appointment online. Applicants in Guangzhou can go directly to the visa application center during opening hours. Submitting application materials does not require making an appointment in advance. The appointment in Shanghai will be handled by the Shanghai Visa Application Center.

The fourth step is for the applicant to pay the visa application agency service fee and visa fee at the visa center.

Step 5: Submit visa application materials.

Step 7: Visa processing.

Step 8: What materials are needed to apply for an Austrian visa?

To apply for an Austrian visa, you need to prepare the following materials and go to the Austrian Embassy in China:

1. An application form filled in capital letters, completely filled in, no blanks left, the content is true, the applicant I sign in two designated places (minors must add the signature of the legal guardian)

2. Two recent photos (color photo, approximately 3.5x4.5cm, white background)

< p>3. Original passport and copies of the first page, last page (signature of the applicant) and visa page.

4. Valid passport: The passport is valid for at least 90 days after the visa expires.

5. Travel accident injury medical rescue insurance, the minimum insurance amount is not less than 30,000 euros per person

6. If the applicant cannot prove sufficient personal assets, he or she needs an Austrian inviting party. For electronic guarantee letter (EVE), the Austrian inviting party only needs to sign the guarantee letter issued by the Foreign Affairs Police Department of the place of residence. The inviting person’s information will be verified by the Foreign Affairs Police Department and then forwarded to the Austrian embassy or consulate abroad that accepts the applicant’s visa. . There is no fee for electronic guarantee letters.

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Notes on entry into Austria:

You must hold a valid visa to Austria or an Austrian residence permit, otherwise you will be refused entry and deported. According to Austrian regulations, unless there are irresistible humanitarian reasons such as sudden serious illness or other special circumstances after entry, it is difficult to obtain an extension for your visa in Austria. Please confirm the visa validity and stay period in advance to avoid travel inconvenience.

If you overstay, you will face high fines when leaving the country, which will affect your future applications for Austria and Schengen visas.

When entering the country, please actively cooperate with the Austrian border defense department for inspection. If necessary, present relevant supporting materials (such as invitation letters, addresses of relatives and friends in Austria, contact information, etc.) and explain the situation truthfully. When encountering problems, communicate and maintain Stay calm and avoid excessive words and deeds.

If you are refused entry, you should be required to provide humane treatment, guarantee of food, rest and other basic rights while waiting for appropriate transportation to return. If necessary, please contact the Chinese Embassy in Austria.

Tourists who do not live in the EU can apply for a tax refund when shopping in Austria:

1. If you spend more than 75.01 euros in one time on the same day in a store marked with a tax refund logo, you can show your passport to the clerk. Request a tax refund check.

2. When leaving the EU, present the purchased items and the customs officers will stamp the tax refund invoice.

3. Collect your tax refund at a designated bank or office (you can also collect it by credit card or bank check).

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China Consular Service Network-Austria Entry and Residence This Chinese helped thousands of Jews escape life and death. The President of Israel once called him It's God

More than twenty years ago, a Hollywood blockbuster "Schindler's List" reminded the world of Schindler, the savior who helped thousands of Jews escape from the clutches of the Nazis. However, Let us look back at the Holocaust that wiped out the whole of Europe. There is also a Chinese diplomat who is admired and worshiped by tens of thousands of descendants of Jews who survived the Holocaust at that time.

He was the Chinese diplomat He Fengshan at the Austrian Embassy. Despite the risk of being implicated by the Nazis, he extended a helping hand to the Jews, issued thousands of visas to China, and paid tribute to those who were suffering in hell at that time. The Jewish people opened the door to rebirth.

Western Hunan has outstanding people in the world, giving birth to the miracle of Chinese diplomacy

He Fengshan was born in a farmer's family in Hunan in 1901. It was in Shen Congwen's pen that this beautiful land gave birth to Zhilan Yushu like He Fengshan. He has been close to the land since he was a child. During his study and work, he experienced the sufferings of the world and deeply realized that farmers on the land of China suffered from hard work in order to survive. During this period, he had his own understanding of human life. Thinking puts life in the highest position.

Perhaps it was He Fengshan who grew up under the influence of the traditional Confucian culture of benevolence. He understood the value of life since he was a child and was willing to dedicate himself to protecting the lives of others. In this way, the smart and studious He Fengshan advanced all the way. After entering Yali University, he was admitted as a publicly funded international student at the University of Munich in Germany. From then on, he embarked on a long journey to a foreign country.

During his stay in Germany, He Fengshan studied hard and showed the brilliance of Chinese intellectuals who are eager to learn. He also naturally obtained a doctorate in political economics. At that time, due to its weak national power, China's diplomacy had repeatedly encountered obstacles in the international arena, and there was a severe shortage of diplomatic talents. As a young and vigorous man, he decided to join the diplomatic cause, and he might even argue for China on international occasions. Maintain national dignity. In 1935, he officially became a diplomat and in 1937 served as the first secretary of the Chinese Embassy in Austria.

No one thought that his decision to become a diplomat would later save the lives of thousands of Jews.

The Chinese children opened the road to salvation in the flames of war in Europe

At that time, Europe had long since lost the prosperity brought by the industrial revolution, and only the smoke-filled flames of war burned wantonly. and the Nazi party that was ready to move. The political situation is turbulent. As early as China in the Far East, Japan has launched a partial war of aggression against China. In Europe, a war is about to break out. But the Nazi massacre of Jews spread early in Europe.

Since the passage of the Anti-Semitic Act in 1933, the situation of Jews in Europe has been difficult. Germans with Jewish ancestry were dismissed from their positions, Jews were prohibited from marrying people of Germanic ethnicity, Jews serving as civil servants were dismissed, and Jewish shops were smashed for no reason. Until November 9, 1938, the Nazi troops directly broke into the Jewish community and massacred the Jewish residents. Hundreds of synagogues were burned down and tens of thousands of Jewish shops were smashed. Until November 9, 1938, the Nazi troops directly broke into the Jewish community and massacred the Jewish residents. Hundreds of synagogues were burned down, and tens of thousands of Jewish shops were smashed. The broken glass on the ground shone in the sunlight, as if Like crystal, this night was also given the pure and noble name "Kristallnacht" by the Nazi party.

After this night, 30,000 Jews were imprisoned in concentration camps. Little did they know that this was only the beginning of the Jewish national disaster.

The Nazis targeted the Jews who were mostly concentrated in Germany, Poland and Austria.

It was not until Germany captured Poland in 1939 that the European battlefield of World War II officially broke out, and the Nazis carried out the massacre of Jews openly and openly. Vienna has cultivated many world-famous artists such as Kafka and Mozart with its long history and humanistic sentiments. However, now this ancient city with outstanding people has been looted by the Nazi party. In this city, many generations of Jews have been recuperating and recuperating. They became victims of the Nazis' violent outbursts. They were imprisoned in concentration camps and began a life of darkness and hell.

China opens a life channel for the Jewish nation in disaster

The Nazis’ bloody activities of indiscriminate massacre of Jews shocked He Fengshan, a diplomat who was serving as the Chinese Embassy in Austria at that time. Ho Fung-shan, who is a sensible person, naturally sneered at the Nazis' behavior of trampling on human life. Until one day, a ragged Jewish young man hurriedly ran into the Chinese Embassy in Austria and asked He Fengshan to give him a dozen visas that could help him and his family escape.

He looked haggard, looking expectantly at the Chinese visa officer, but there was a hint of sadness after being rejected. You must know that you must apply for a visa in person. The family of this Jewish young man are now imprisoned in a concentration camp. How could he be allowed to easily take away eleven visas from the Austrian Embassy? At this time, Germany had occupied all of Europe. The Nazis launched crazy massacres in various European countries and ordered that countries be prohibited from accepting Jewish refugees. Therefore, embassies in various countries closed their doors to Jewish refugees. Before coming to the Chinese Embassy, ??this Jewish young man had been rejected by more than 40 countries.

Frustrated, he wanted to try his luck at the Chinese Embassy, ??but unexpectedly, the Chinese visa officer in front of him said to him kindly: "It doesn't matter, how many do you want from the Austrian Embassy?" I'll give you a visa." Just like that, the disgraced Jewish youth ran out of the Chinese Embassy like crazy with eleven visas for Shanghai, China, shouting "Long Live China" and holding the numbers issued by the Chinese diplomats. Ten visas rescued ten of his relatives in the concentration camp.

The news of the Chinese Embassy issuing visas spread throughout the Jewish concentration camp. Early the next morning, a long queue began to form in front of the Chinese Embassy, ??filled with Jews seeking visas. They only asked for one. Apply for a visa and find a place to commit yourself and your family. In this way, Ho Fengshan issued thousands of visas to China as a Chinese diplomat, and most of these Jews temporarily committed themselves to China. There were also many people who transited from China to the United States, Oceania and other places. Thousands of Jews found a way to survive.

However, the good times did not last long. The German Nazis learned about He Fengshan’s issue of visas to the Jews, and angrily came to the Chinese Embassy to imprison He Fengshan and a group of Chinese people on the groundless charge of occupying a Jewish house in the embassy. Diplomats expelled from embassy. However, He Fengshan, who was eager to save people, was not at all frightened by the alarmist tactics of the Nazis. He found a dilapidated small house and continued to use his status as a diplomat to issue visas to the Jews. Under such critical circumstances, one after another Thousands of visas were issued.

At that time, Shanghai had been captured by the Japanese and the whole city was in a stage of uncontrolled rule. Therefore, Shanghai at that time became the first choice for European Jews to seek refuge. More than 30,000 Jews came. This refuge is more than the total number of Jews who fled to Canada, the United States, New Zealand and other countries during World War II. It is China's tolerant and inclusive culture of Confucianism and Taoism that transcends racial and cultural boundaries and completed China's feat of redeeming the Jews during World War II.

After living in Austria for decades, the patriotic Ho Fengshan returned to Chongqing, China, with his family to carry out anti-Japanese work. It was not until the end of the Anti-Japanese War that he and his family settled in San Francisco, ending their journey in a foreign country. Living a homeless life, he began to spend his old age surrounded by his family.

As for the matter of redeeming the Jews, he mentioned it to his own children only as a pastime for after-dinner tea, but said nothing to others. Perhaps he treated his own issue of issuing visas to the Jews He treated the matter as a trivial matter, and did not put his actions from God's perspective. Until He Fengshan passed away in San Francisco in 1997, this matter was not mentioned by people or history.

After He Fengshan passed away, his daughter received a call from a Jewish historian, asking her to help the Jews who were rescued at that time uncover the truth of history, and to make He Fengshan’s righteous deeds public so that all Jews can They all cherish the memory of this great Chinese diplomat. It was the persistence of this Jewish historian that made He Fengshan's feat of helping Jews issue visas known to people all over the world, and they learned that China once had such a great diplomat who helped the Jews to open up the world. The channel of life, in him, embodies the brilliance of Chinese people's humanity.

After escaping from the tiger's mouth, they settled in China. At this time, Shanghai was an international metropolis known as the "Paris of the East". The open and inclusive Chinese accepted this group of people from foreign countries. of refugees. And their relatives far away in Europe were suffering horrific abuse in the concentration camps. They were brutally thrown into incinerators by German soldiers, and some were forced into gas chambers as living experiments... The German army was madly killing the Jews. This action caused 6 million Jews to suddenly disappear from the world, which was a rare atrocity in history.

On the other side of the ocean, the Jews who fled to Shanghai began a new journey in life in this mysterious Eastern country. In Shanghai, they established friendly friendship with the Chinese people. They established Western bands with local people and learned traditional Chinese culture together. It was the Chinese who transcended racial and religious prejudices and accepted the victims of the foreign invasion like themselves, allowing them to temporarily forget the pain caused by the war and spend the war years with the Chinese people in Shanghai.

It was not until the founding of the state of Israel that the Israeli Communist Party brought these Jews who had been scattered around the world to the Middle East and established the state. Tens of thousands of Jews have formed an indissoluble bond with China, and some of them directly joined the Chinese revolution.

Stein Richard, a Jew born in Austria, fled to Shanghai in 1939, where he met General Nie Rongzhen, and then joined the Eighth Route Army and went to the front line like Chinese soldiers. General Nie Rongzhen also He was given a Chinese name - Fu Lai. In 1944, he was introduced by General Nie Rongzhen and joined the Communist Party of China. Until the founding of New China, he was unwilling to leave and chose to stay in China and become a Chinese national.

When Fu Lai passed away in 2004, he was also willing to use his body for medical research, scatter his ashes on the land of China, and rest here with his favorite land.

The Jews who were rescued in China were grateful to the land that had saved them. Carter *** Former Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal still has tears in his eyes when he mentions the days when he took refuge in Shanghai. He was full of praise for the enthusiastic Chinese people and has been to Shanghai dozens of times in his career. , expressing his gratitude to China to the Chinese people in fluent Shanghainese.

History will always remember Ho Feng-shan

After the Jewish historian’s righteous deeds to save the Jews were made public, people learned that this great Chinese diplomat only had manuscripts According to records, He Fengshan issued more than 2,000 visas to Jews. Former Israeli Prime Minister Sharon once said of him gratefully: "He is not a hero or an angel, he is God."

In fact, it is not just He Fengshan, there are many unknown Chinese who have experienced these alien invasions. people reached out to help. In 2008, the Shanghai Jewish Martyrs Memorial Hall was officially completed. This memorial hall, which was transformed from a church used by Jews in Shanghai, still tells the historical deeds of the Chinese people who sacrificed their lives to save the Jews.

In a documentary sent by Israel to the Communist Party of China commemorating the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 2015, several gray-haired old people held up cardboard written in Chinese:

Thank you Shanghai !

These are the deep gratitude to China from the surviving Jews who took refuge in Shanghai. It is the kind-hearted and enthusiastic Chinese people like He Fengshan who use the Confucian culture of benevolence that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people to transcend national boundaries and use ancient Chinese culture to tolerate this group of homeless people, allowing the Chinese people to make the most sincere friendship. friend. Does Ukraine have an embassy in Austria?

Yes, Ukraine and Austria have normal diplomatic relations, so they have embassies in each other's country. The current Ambassador of Ukraine to Austria is Wassyl Chymynez. I am applying for an Austrian visa. Is it necessary to prepare for the visa interview?

The Austrian Embassy does not require applicants to conduct an interview with the Austrian Embassy. Applicants only need to submit relevant materials to the embassy or consulate. Although applicants do not need to conduct an interview at the Austrian Embassy, ??it does not mean that an interview is not required.