How to apply for a tourist visa abroad?

If it is your first time to travel abroad, you generally have to go through several steps such as applying for a passport, applying for a visa, and booking air tickets. If you are traveling abroad with your baby, remember to apply for a passport for your baby.

1. Apply for a passport: Bring your photo, ID card, and household registration book to the exit-entry office of the Public Security Bureau where you are registered to apply for a passport. 10 to 15 days is available.

Specific steps:

(1) Submit the completed "Passport Application Form" with a recent front-face color photo of the applicant (48X33mm, white background) attached, and submit 2 photos of the same specifications.

(2) Submit copies of the city’s resident household registration book (or original household registration certificate) and ID card, and submit the originals for verification.

Application procedures and deadlines

Remarks: Applicants must apply in person. Applicants who are under 16 years old or over 70 years old can entrust an agent (the agent must submit their ID card). To apply for a child passport, parents need to bring their household registration book and birth certificate. Ordinary passport costs 200 yuan/book.

2. Apply for a visa: Once you have your passport, go to the embassy of that country to apply for a visa.

Specific steps:

Visa requirements and fees vary from country to country. Some countries can entrust travel agencies to handle this.

For example, the materials required for a German visa::

(1) 2 carefully filled application forms, with recent ID photos attached

(2) Passport (valid for no less than 90 days after the visa expires) and a copy of the identity page

(3) Proof of booking and confirmation of return air ticket

(4) Hotel reservations, transportation and schedule for traveling in this country

(5) Proof of source of funds for this trip (I can present bank deposit certificate, property certificate or real estate, securities, etc.)

< p>(6) Original and one copy of medical insurance certificate during stay

(7) Original household register (including copies of all pages and additional pages)

(8) The original certificate issued by the work unit regarding the applicant’s position and leave permission. The certificate must list the name, position, telephone number, address, fax number, signature and seal of the unit of the signer of the unit.

For example, the materials required for a Korean tourist visa:

(1) Valid passport;

(2) 2 photos;

(3) 2 business cards;

(4) Personal information sheet and resume;

(5) Copy of the business license of the applicant’s company;

(6) Original of my bank deposit certificate;

(7) Original + copy of my real estate certificate;

(8) Copy of flight reservation;

(9) Personal travel itinerary;

(10) 5 pieces of company letterhead with official seal.