Procedures at a Chinese consulate
Nineteen guides, written from the official sources of the five Chinese offices in the United States and dated. Three of them describe things the consulate no longer does, which is exactly why they are here.
The nineteen guides
Each one is dated and says where the figure comes from.
By what you are trying to do
The same nineteen, grouped by the kind of errand they are.
Visas for China
- How to apply for a Chinese visa
- Do U.S. citizens need a visa for China?
- Filling in COVA, the online visa form
- Walk in without an appointment
- Visa fees, processing time and payment
- The L visa for tourism
- The M visa for business
- The Z visa and the residence permit
- The X1 and X2 student visas
- Q and S visas for family
Entering China
Documents and notarial services
If you are a Chinese national
Everything below assumes one thing: that you know which of the five offices covers where you live. Nothing can be submitted anywhere else.
Details verified on 10 September 2026.
This is an independent guide. It is not the Chinese Embassy, a consulate general or any government body, and it charges nothing for anything.
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