{"id":2453,"date":"2020-06-28T14:25:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T06:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/Do-Americans-Need-A-Visa-For-China"},"modified":"2024-11-28T23:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:27:49","slug":"do-americans-need-a-visa-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/do-americans-need-a-visa-for-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Americans Need A Visa For China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before arriving in China, you must obtain a visa and hold a passport valid for at least six months. U.S. citizens travel<\/a>ing to China can apply for multiple entry visas for more than 10 years and can travel repeatedly or return to China by going to Hong Kong<\/a> or Macao.<\/p>\n

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Do Americans Need A Visa For China<\/a>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you are a U.S. citizen and want to travel to China many times, this kind of visa is for you. A 10-year Chinese visa allows U.S. citizens to travel to China for an unlimited number of times. I have an American passport. Do I need a visa to go to China? Yes, tourists with American passports must apply for a 10-year visa from China.<\/p>\n

What kind of visa should I apply for?<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, tourists who travel to mainland China need to apply for a Chinese mainland visa, and a visa should be processed ahead of schedule. Which visa you should apply for depends on the reason for your trip.<\/p>\n

There are 12 main visa types, in letters (see below):<\/p>\n

L (tourist visa): it is issued to applicants for traveling to China, visiting relatives, friends, or other personal affairs.<\/p>\n

M (business<\/a> visa): issued to applicants who come to China to engage in business and trade<\/a> activities.<\/p>\n

F (visa for a mutual visit): it is issued to the applicants who are invited to China for exchange, visit, investigation, and other activities.<\/p>\n

Z (work visa): issued to applicants for work or employment in China.<\/p>\n

X (student visa<\/a>): applicants who intend to study in China.<\/p>\n

G (transit visa): issued to transit personnel.<\/p>\n

C (crew visa): issued to crew members and their accompanying family members on international<\/a> air, navigation, and land transport<\/a> missions.<\/p>\n

D (resident visa): issued to applicants who have permanent residence in China.<\/p>\n

J (journalist visa): J-1 is issued to foreign<\/a> resident journalists in China; J-2 is issued to foreign journalists in China for temporary interviews.<\/p>\n

R (talent visa): it is issued to high-level talents or talents in urgent need of skills in China.<\/p>\n

Visa<\/a> for private visit: to the families of foreigners who work or study in China.<\/p>\n

Q (family reunion visa): issued to relatives of Chinese citizens living in China or foreigners with permanent residence permit.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>When to apply for a visa<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

It’s important to get a visa early, but not too early, because from the date of issue, a single \/ dual entry visa is only valid for 90 \/ 180 days. It is usually recommended<\/a> that you apply for a visa one or two months before you book your trip.<\/p>\n

As an American you may find it difficult to get a visa to China. But now you can go to several of China’s largest cities and popular tourist destinations, travel around them, and leave within 72 \/ 144 hours without a visa. If you just want to go to a friend’s house or see the scenery in a Chinese city for a few days, it’s an ideal way to travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before arriving in China, you must obtain a visa and hold a passport valid for at least six months. U.S. citizens traveling to China can apply for multiple entry visas …","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,21,33],"tags":[1948,60,3195,353,1972,306,1891,29,34,1417,1894,1782,214,309],"class_list":["post-2453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china-jobs","category-hot-jobs","category-part-time-job","tag-business","tag-china","tag-do-americans-need-a-visa-for-china","tag-e-china-cities","tag-foreign","tag-hiredchina","tag-international","tag-jobs","tag-jobs-in-china","tag-student-visa","tag-trade","tag-transport","tag-travel","tag-visa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23524,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions\/23524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}