China Embassy in India: Holidays, Visa Fees, Tips

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of India

Holiday Schedule of Chinese Embassy in India in 2007

The Visa Office of Chinese Embassy in India will be closed on the following days in 2007:

New Year's Day	January 1
Republic Day of India	January 26
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year's Day)	February 19-23
Holi Festival	*
International Labor Day	May 1-7
Indian Independence Day	August 15
Vijaya Dashami	*
Chinese National Day	*
Deepawali Festival	*

Note:
* means that the date is not fixed and the Visa Office will give notice of the exact date in advance on the website http://www.chinaembassy.org.in/eng/.

Visa Fees

1. Regular Visa Fee per Person

Visa Types	Indian Citizens	American Citizens	Citizens of Other Countries
Single-Entry Visa	INR 1,000	INR 4,200	INR 1,300
Double-Entry Visa	INR 1,500	INR 4,200	INR 2,000
Multi-Entry Visa with 6-month Validity	INR 2,000	INR 4,200	INR 2,600
Multi-Entry Visa with 12-month Validity	INR 3,000	INR 4,200	INR 3,900
Hong Kong Visa/ Entry Permit	INR 1,200	INR 1,200	INR 1,200
Civilian Group Visa	INR 800	N/A	N/A
Official Group Visa	INR 400	N/A	N/A

2. Expedited Service Fee per Person
The regular processing time of a visa is 4 working days. For urgent cases, you can apply for the expedited service. Moreover, additional fee will be paid as following:

2-3 working days processing

INR 900 (for individual applicant) INR 450 (for group visa applicant)

Note: All payments should be paid by Demand Draft of National Bank or International Bank in New Delhi. The payee is 'Chinese Embassy, New Delhi'. At the back of Demand Draft, please write the number of Pick-up Receipt, your name, telephone number.

Tips for Applying Chinese Tourist Visa (L Visa)

1. In order to save your time, you'd better avoid the following peak period of applying visa: Monday, Thursday, the first three days after every holiday.

2. Between 09:00-10:30, applicants are relatively rare in every working day.

3. Know the procedures of application and make a good preparation of required documents, including:
the passport with at least 6-month Validity and two blank visa pages
the properly completed Chinese Visa Application Form with one recent passport photo attached on it.
the letter of introduction of your company
the round-trip airline ticket and its copy

4. Applicants can come to the embassy in person to submit application. They can also entrust someone else to submit application and pick up their visas.

5. The embassy doesn't accept applications by post/mail.

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