Visa Category-Chinese Visa Application Service Center

— Visa —

1. Basic Documents

(1) Passport: Original passport with at least six months of remaining validity and with at least two blank visa pages, a photocopy of the passport's data

(2) Visa Application Form and Electronic Photo: Please complete the Visa Application Form in “Application Form” model and upload your electronic photo(click to check the rules for photos), then print the Visa Application Form and sign by following the tips.

(3) Turkish ID or residence status (applicable fornon-local applicants)
If you are not applying for the visa inyour own country, you must provide the original and photocopy of your valid certificates or visa of stay, residence, employment or student status, or other valid certificates of legal staying provided by the relevant authorities of the country where you are currently staying.

(4) Photocopy of previous Chinese passports or previous Chinese visas (applicable for those who were Chinese citizens and have obtained foreign citizenship)

If you are applying for a Chinese visa for the first time, you should provide the former Chinese passport and a photocopy of its data page.

If you have obtained Chinese visas before and apply for a Chinese visa with a renewed foreign passport that does not contain any Chinese visa, you should present the original of the previous passport, the photocopy of the previous passport’s data page and the photo page if it is separate, as well as the previous Chinese visa page. If you can't provide the previous passport, please provide a written statement or your company'sguarantee letterfor the Consulate-General's further review. If your name on the current passport differs from that on the previous one, you must provide an official document of name change).

(5) For applicant under 18 years old must provide:
1. The original and photocopy of the unabridged birth certificate with names of the applicant's parents (If there's only the applicant's mother's name on the birth certificate, the marriage certificate or certification of kinship notarized certification of kinshipis a must).
2. Photocopy of the parents’ passports or ID cards.
3. Notarized Parental Letter of Consent or the Affidavit from non-accompanying parent(s) authorizing the travel. This letter or affidavit shouldcover the dates of the traveland the parents contact information.

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List of Required Documents

Please prepare the visa application materials in order of the following list, print the list and attach it as the first page

List of Required Documents:list of required doc

		Consular Reference use
1) Passport: original passport and a photocopy of the data page, validity more than 6 months, has blank visa pages
2) Identity Card: photocopy of the Identity Card
3) Visa application form: log in the website (http://www.visaforchina.org/) and make an appointment. The application form must be fully, accurately and clearly filled, and then print out the “Chinese Visa Online Application Filling Form” and “Confirmation Form”. Applicants or those who fills the form on the behalf of the applicant himself or herself need to sign his or her name.
4) Photo: 2 recently-taken color photo, bare-head, full face(avoid white cloth), size 472-560X354-420 pixels
5)“ Verification Letter of Invitation”, “Invitation Letter (TE)”. ★
★In the absence of “Verification Letter of Invitation”, “Invitation Letter (TE)”
For the members of the Governmental Departments, Chambers of Commerce, Associations, Trade Associations and Financial Institutions and Enterprises at or above the Municipal Level and are recognized by the Embassy or Consulate(see attachment for the name list, Embassy and Consulate has the right to adjust the list)	6) Applicant’s working certificate issued by his or her work place which should include the specific information about the applicant (the relevant Chamber of Commerce, Association, Financial Institution and Enterprise should file their registration documents, seal and signature with the Embassy and Consulate in advance)
	7) Common Invitation letter issued by the inviting party in China
	8) Personal information: which one should include a proof of no criminal record, certificate of household registration information for family members and social security certificate
For private and individual Turkish business owner	★ holding letters of guarantee from government departments at or above the provincial level in Turkey
	6) Letters of guarantee from government departments at or above the provincial level in Turkey
	7) Common Invitation Letter issued by the inviting party

	in China
	8)Personal information: which one should include a
	proof of no criminal record, certificate of household
	registration information for family members and social
	security certificate
	★ In the absence of letters of guarantee from
	government departments at or above the provincial
	level in Turkey
	6) Personal information: which one which one a proof of no criminal record, certificate of household registration information for family members and social security certificate.
	7) Company’s registration documents and tax documents
	(which must be consistent with the unit information in
	the social security certificate, or should provide certified
	labor contract).
	8) Certification letters issued by an organization or
	enterprise, including information on applications to
	China, employment status, reasons for visiting China,
	schedule of activities in China, etc.
	9）Common Invitation Letter issued by the inviting party
	in China, business license and the ID copy of legal representative.

Non-Turkish citizen applicants should provide: Legal residence permit, include valid original and photocopied stay permit, residence permit, work permit, student permit or Turkish visa.
Those who had Chinese Nationality and later obtain foreign nationalities are required to provide the following: Previous Chinese Passport, Previous Chinese identity card or Previous Chinese visa NOTE: 1) If you are applying the Chinese visa for the first time, you should provide your previous owned Chinese passport and a photocopy of this passports’ data page. 2) If you had obtained a Chinese visa while applying visa with a foreign passport, you should provide this foreign passport’s date page and your previously obtained Chinese visa’s photocopy. 3) If the new passport is inconsistent with the name, date of birth of the old passport, applicant should provide an official certification to prove that applicant has changed his or her name and date of birth. 4) If the place of birth is different in two passports, applicant should change his or her passport.

Note:

1) The invitation letters issued by the relevant Chinese authorities may be in the form of fax, photocopy or print out, however, “Verification Letter of Invitation” must be submitted together with common Invitation letter which one is issued by the inviting party in China.

2) If necessary, the Consular Officer may require the applicant to provide other proof documents or supplementary materials or require an interview with the applicant.

3) The Consular Officer will decide on whether or not to issue the visa and on its validity, duration of stay and number of entries depending on the specific conditions of the applicant.

4) The Chinese Embassy and Consulate in Turkey implements a corporate and individual visa credit rating system. Good record of visits to China is a positive factor in the issuance of multiple visa.

5) “Verification Letter of Invitation”, “Invitation Letter (TE)” must be prepared by the Chinese inviter, if the applicant uses a third party or agent, he or she might be deceived and has the risk to violate regulation.

3. Special notes

(1) If it is the first time that you apply for a Chinese visa since 4th Dec 2017, you should submit both the visa application and fingerprint at the centre in person, at the same time. If you have submitted the visa application as well as fingerprint in person since 4th Dec 2017, you may submit the visa application either in person or by a local legal travel agency entrusted and recognized by the Consulate-General in Istanbul for the next 5 years.

(2) Chinese Turkishand citizens of third countries are required to submit the applications in person to the visacentre.

(3) According to the regulations of the Consulate-General, all invitation lettersshould be original.

(4) If necessary, the consular officer may require the applicant to provide other proofsupplementary documents, or require an interview with the applicant.

(5) The consular officer will decide whether visais issued or not overits validity, duration of stay and number of entries in light of specific conditions of the applicant.

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