China Resident Visa

China Resident Visa Requirement:

1.Valid Passport:
Your signed passport must be valid and with sufficient blank visa pages for any visa stamps(Note: passport page 22, 23, 24 are not visa pages, and can not be used for visas).  The passport's expiration date must be greater than six months from the date of entry for the visa you are applying for. If your passport does not meet the requirements, you must renew your passport or obtain a new passport.
Note: You need to send your original passport to obtain the visa.

2.Complete Application:
Download, print, fully complete, and sign one copy of the China application form.

3.Photographs:
You must provide one 2"x 2" passport photograph.

4. Residence Approval Certificate:
Residence Approval Certificate issued by the Chinese public security bureau. The applicant should entrust his or her relatives within China to apply for this certificate with the said authority.

5.Order Form:
Download, print, fully complete the order form.

6.Payment Methods:
You may pay by personal check, business check or money order, made payable to: Visa Express.

7.Total Fee:
You may pay the total fees with one check, the total fees includes: Consulate Fee, Our Service Fee, Return Mail Fee. Please check the following table for the consulate fee, and service fee.
Our Return Mail Fee is $ 19.00 for Fedex Next Day Service, or $ 7.00 for U.S. Post Office Priority Mail.
Note: U.S Priority mail are not traceable. The normal delivery time for U.S. Post Office Priority Mail is 2-3 business days, but it's not guarnateed by the Post Office.

8.Send us Above Documents and Fees to:
Visa Express
3120 Southwest Freeway
Suite 108
Houston, Texas 77098

Note: If Urgent or Rush service is required, all the doucments has to be delivered to us before 10:30 AM. So please overnight all your documents to us by Fedex Priority Overnight or UPS Next Day Service only.
Please DO NOT use U.S. Post Office Express Mail service!!!

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