Please note: You need to fill out and print out application form and sign on it. A printed application form with your signature together with other required documents need to be presented when you submit your application to the Chinese Visa Application Service Center.

P.S：YOU ALSO HAVE TO COME TO OUR CENTER FOR APPLY CHINESE VISA. 

1. Instructions for online visa application form

(1)  Before starting your application, please make sure you have the Internet Explorer version 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, or Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 or higher, or Safari 5.0.

(2)  Please fill out the form either in English or Chinese. Letter å,ä and ö can be input as aa,ae and oe.

(3)  In order to preview, print or save your online form, please make sure that you have installed a version of Acrobat Reader with Simplified Chinese Kit.

(4)  Please do not use IE's buttons but the "NEXT" or "PREVIOUS" button at the bottom of the page if you want to move forward or backward between pages.

(5)  You can save the form in this website at any step by clicking "SAVE" button at the bottom of the page. However, this website can only save your form no more than 30 days.

(6)  Please make sure all items are filled out. Incomplete forms will make you unable to go to the next step.

(7)  You can click the question mark behind each item for help information which will be found at the right side of the page.

(8)  Please print and sign the completed form, and submit it to the Chinese Visa Application Service Center.

(9)  Please make sure all information is complete, updated and accurate. The form cannot be modified once you click the "CONFIRM & PRINT" button.

(10)  Please note that the online application form does not mean that your visa will be issued by the Chinese Embassy. The final decision on your visa which is made by the Embassy might be different from your application.

2. Terms and Conditions

The Chinese Visa Application Service Center (the Center) is responsible for accepting visa applications for visiting mainland China (i.e. not including Macau or Hong Kong etc.) from holders of ordinary passports who are Swedish citizens or citizens of other countries that possess Swedish permanent residence or work permits, and for collecting visa fees on behalf of the Chinese Embassy in Sweden and returning passports. Applicants who are holders of diplomatic or service (official) passports or eligible for applying for diplomatic, courtesy and service visas, or those applying for a visa/entry permit to Hong Kong or Macau Special Administrative Region of China should apply directly at the Chinese Embassy.

If you submit your application online, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted these Terms and Conditions, and agree that:

(a) The Center will provide visa application services (the Services) to you;

(b) The Terms and Conditions include but not limited to all information which has been published on the Center's website (www.visaforchina.org), policies, fee schedules, flyers, brochures and other official materials;

(c) You are obligated to make payments to the Center and to indemnify the Center in some cases.

The Chinese Embassy has the legal right of approval for issuing a visa

The Center is not involved in the visa assessment and decision-making process. Whether a visa is to be issued or not and what type of visa is to be issued as well as its period of validity, number of entries and maximum duration of stay is solely decided by the Embassy in the light of the relevant laws and regulations of China. You are required to pay a service fee to the Center regardless of whether your application is approved or not. The service fee is non-refundable. 

The Chinese Embassy has the legal right to request the applicant to provide additional supporting documents or to come to the Embassy or the Center for an interview. Failure to comply may lead to rejection of the visa application.

Information provided by you

To facilitate the assessment process for the Chinese Embassy regarding your application, you are kindly required to:

(a)  Read the information regarding visa instruction carefully before applying.

(b)  Make sure that all supporting documents you have are genuine and credible.

(c)   Fill out the visa application form with true and accurate information (parent or guardian can sign for under-age child，and indicate the relationship).

Please carefully check all the printed information on your visa when you collect your passport. If you have any queries about the visa, please inform the counter staff immediately. The Center will not be responsible for any consequences arising from the following:

(a) Your visa becoming invalid and therefore unusable as a result of your own actions or omissions or any act or omission by a third party acting on your behalf.

(b) In the event that you are refused boarding on an aircraft or to enter China due to your failure to duly check all the information printed on your visa including the spelling of your name, birthday, nationality, your visa's number of entry, period of validity and duration of stay as well as the number and validity of your passport before departure for China.

(c) Your visa cannot otherwise be used due to reasons for which you are in control.

Submission Time

Please submit your application at an appropriate time so that your visa will not have expired or that it would not be too late for you to obtain a visa before your planned departure for China. Usually you can apply one month in advance from your intended date of entry into China, and do not apply three months earlier but please check this with the Center prior to application.

Personal Information

The Center collects certain personal information regarding all applicants in order to be able to correctly process the applications. Necessary Information will be submitted to the Chinese Embassy and might be transmitted to and kept in countries outside Sweden, i.e. the People’s Republic of China. The Center will adopt appropriate and sufficient measures to keep all information safe and secure. By applying through the Center you confirm that you accept that the Center collects stores and provides your information to the Chinese Embassy.

Loss/Damage/Theft of your Documents

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Center shall not be liable to you or any third party claiming through you for any loss or damage in relation to your application documents and supporting documents including but not limited to your passport (the Documents) which are lost, stolen, damaged, misplaced or can’t be returned to you due to events or acts beyond the reasonable control of the Center such as natural disasters, unforeseen accidents and robbery, etc (Force Majeure).

The Center may reimburse you the standard fee for replacement of a passport at the local passport authority if loss or damage to the passport is due to events which occur in transit between the Center and the Chinese Embassy provided that transit is carried out through normal procedures. . Receipt issued by the passport authority is required for reimbursement.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Centre expressly disclaims all conditions and warranties express or implied, in connection with the Services other than any conditions or warranties expressly stated in these Terms and Conditions. Where the law precludes such exclusion and implies certain terms, conditions and/or warranties into the Terms ("Implied Terms"), the liability of the Centre for a breach of such Implied Terms shall be limited, at the option of the Centre, to any one or more of the following:

(a) Re-supply of the relevant Services; or

(b) The cost of the re-supply of the relevant Services; or

(c) Any amount paid by you to the applicable government department or authority in respect of the relevant Services (upon the Center being provided with a legally valid receipt).

You agree that in no circumstances will the Center be liable to you or anyone claiming though you for any indirect, incidental, special and/or consequential losses or damages of whatever nature, or for loss or profits, loss of opportunity, loss of business or goodwill or interruption of business arising out of or in connection with your application and/or any of the services, however arising or where so ever situated, whether or not relating to any act, error, omission or negligence by the Center or any officer, agent, employee and representative of the Center.

Force Majeure

Strictly in line with relevant laws of Sweden, the Center shall take every precaution to ensure the safety of the personal information and documents of the applicants, but it shall not be liable to your or anyone claiming through you for any consequences due to events or acts beyond its reasonable control such as natural disasters or an act of God, unforeseen accidents, robbery, and failure of equipment of the Center (Force Majeure), which may occur when the information and documents are in transit between the Center and the Chinese Embassy.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold the Center, its management personnel, employees and representatives harmless from any claim, loss, damage, proceeding or other action (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees), made by any third party arising out of a breach of the Terms by you, or a violation by you of any law of any country or of the rights of a third party.

Variation of Terms

Any of the Terms may be amended or varied by the Center at any time by notice to the public.

Governing Law

All Terms shall be governed by laws in the respective state where the center is located.