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CHINA VISA APPLICATION GUIDES
Clear, practical guidance for preparing documents, completing the online application, submitting a passport, and receiving it back safely.
U.S. students should plan the China X1 timeline backward from enrollment, separating school documents, COVA preliminary review, passport submission, shipping and the post-entry residence permit.
Read guide →An X2 holder may apply for an extension in China with current study evidence, but approval is discretionary, timing matters and an extension is not a conversion to X1.
Read guide →Choose a China visa category from the trip’s real primary purpose: tourism, business, family, study and work use different supporting documents and post-entry rules.
Read guide →China classifies foreign workers as Category A high-end talent, Category B professional talent or Category C other qualifying personnel; the classification is not a visa type.
Read guide →A China work permit is tied to the authorized employer and role; changing employers requires formal cancellation, change or a new filing plus review of the work-type residence permit.
Read guide →Current official guidance tells the employer to submit a China work-permit extension 30 days before expiry; the work-type residence permit has its own extension deadline.
Read guide →An X1 visa or study residence permit does not by itself authorize off-campus work or an internship; school approval and an official residence-permit annotation are required.
Read guide →Non-U.S. citizens applying in the United States use an entry-based fee table, with nationality exceptions, and must also document legal U.S. residence or status.
Read guide →Choose a China M or Z visa from the activity you will actually perform: commercial and trade activity points to M, while employment in China requires the work-permit route and Z visa.
Read guide →A China work-permit notification, Z visa, Foreigner’s Work Permit and work-type residence permit are separate documents used at different stages before and after entry.
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