Visa Application Form of People's Republic of China (Form V2011A)  Visa Application Form of People's Republic of China (Form V2011B)

Ambassador: Mr. Cheng Wenju
Address: 5 Ganibu Dambis Street, Riga, LV-1045, Latvia
Tel: +37-1-67357023, 67357024
Fax: +37-1-67357025, 67323263
Office Hours: 09:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00, Monday-Friday (except holidays)
Email: chinaemb_lv@mfa.gov.cn
Website: http://lv.chineseembassy.org/eng/

 The information of all sections of Chinese embassy in Latvia

Sections	Information
Secretary to the Ambassador	Tel: +37-1-67357023, 67357024
Defense Attaché Office	Tel: +37-1-67509124
Consular Office (for China visa, passport, authentication & notarization)	Tel: +37-1-67509123, 67509127 +37-1-6189537 (Mobile Phone) Email: chinaemb_lv@mfa.gov.cn Office Hours: 10:00-12:00, Monday & Friday; 14:30-16:30, Wednesday (except holidays)
Commercial Office	Counselor: Mr. Zhang Tingzhou Address: 2 Darba Street, LV-1046, Riga, Latvia Counselor's Office: +37-1-67805460, 26866922 (mobile phone) Secretaries: : +37-1-67805469 (Zhang Yunwei), 67805465 (Qu Jianguo), 67805471 (Li Zhijian) Fax: +37-1-67805470 Email: lv@mofcom.gov.cn Website: http://lv.mofcom.gov.cn

 Transportation to Consular Office of China Embassy
You can reach the Consular Office of China Embassy in Latvia by trolleybus No. 1 and No. 19, by trams No. 5 and No. 9, or by bus No. 2 and No. 24. Please get off at Petersalas Iela Stop for city-bound direction and at Ganibu Dambis Iela Stop for an opposite direction of the city, then walk along the street about 200 meters northeast.

 Brief Intro
Latvia is situated in the west region of East European Plain, neighboring the Baltic Sea to its west. There are many lakes and swamps. Climatic features intermediate between Oceanic and continental climates.    
Neighboring Countries: Estonia, Russia, Lithuania, Belarus 
Land Area: about 62,050 square kilometers (23,958 square miles)
Capital: Riga     
Time: It is 2 hours later than GMT and 10 hours later than Beijing Time. 
Official Language: Latvian (More than 95% of the residents can understand Russian and English is also used.)
Major Religions: Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox
Currency: santimi, lat    

 Important Holidays:
New Year's Day (January 1), Easter (late March or early April), Labor Day (May 1), Mother's Day (the second Sunday in May), Summer Solstice (June 23-24), Independence Day (November 18), Christmas (December 25), New Year's Eve (December 31)

 Notices for Chinese Going to Latvia
1. Latvia has been a member of the Schengen visa area since December 21, 2007. Unless otherwise specified, people with Latvian visa can travel freely in all the 24 member countries of Schengen visa area, including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland and many others in Europe.
Schengen business/private/family visa fee: CNY650

2. With valid visa, foreign people can make a stay at most for 90 days and more than 90 days are allowed with a long-term visa or residence permit. Latvian Embassy will make the decision to issue the visa 7 days later after receiving all the needed documents. It will be longer (30 days) if some info needs to be renewed.

3. Visa Fees: (Consular fee – LVL30/CNY480)

Types of Visa	Fee (Latvia lat/Chinese yuan)
Entry-exist visa for one or two journey	LVL20/CNY 350
Multiple entry visa	LVL35/CNY600
Renewing visa for changes of traveling documents	LVL5/CNY100
Group visa	LVL20/CNY350 (plus additional cost of LVL1/CNY40 per person)