A tourist needs an L visa to visit China. You can apply for your visa in person at a Chinese consulate. Alternatively you may entrust the matter to someone else - a friend, a professional service, or the travel agent who arranges your tour; they can then apply on your behalf. The Chinese consulates do not accept mail-in applications.
Either way, you need to provide the following documents to apply for a single-entry L visa:
1. Your passport, which should have at least 6 months remaining before its expiration date and should have at least one blank page.
2. One completed Visa Application Form, which can be downloaded from internet.
3. One passport-type photo, either black/white or color. The application fee for a single-entry L visa is US$50.00 for U.S. citizens and US$30.00 for citizens of other countries.
Standard processing time is 4 working days. You may rush the processing - $20.00 additional for 2-3 working-day processing or $30.00 additional for 1 working-day processing.
A single-entry L visa, once issued, is valid for 90 days. This means that the bearer should use it to enter China within 90 days of the visa issuance; otherwise he needs to apply again. The duration of the visa is 30 days, which means that the bearer of this visa can stay in China for up to 30 days.
Below are the Chinese consulates located in the United States and the states they are responsible for:
1. Consulate in Washington D.C.: Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming.
2. Consulate in New York: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
3. Consulate in Chicago: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin.
4. Consulate in San Francisco: Alaska, Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington.
5. Consulate in L.A.: Arizona, Southern California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Pacific Islands.
6. Consulate in Houston: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas.
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