The number of visitors to China is continuously rising. Anyone travelling to China require's visas to China.Travel to China can be for business or pleasure , although anyone entering China for business can get a tourist visa and they do away with the need for a letter of invitation from a Chinese organisation. The letter maybe necessary if asking for a multiple entry visa otherwise there is no advantage to it, and it may in fact cause a visa application to be denied.

Procedure to obtain Business visas to China

      Those who are in need of obtaining business visas to China are required to submit an invitation fax or an invitation letter which they get from a government department of China or a Chinese government authorized concern. Single and double entry business visas to China are generally valid for a period of three months from the date they are issued. Multi entry business visas to China require that the invitation letter that is obtained from a government department is original and such business visas to China are valid for a period of six months from the date they are issued.

Types of business visas to China:

1. Single entry business visas to China :

      Such visas are valid up to a maximum of three months from the date they are issued. It may be required for the persons to spend a week’s time to obtain the Single entry visas to China that includes obtaining an invitation letter from the Government authority.

2. Double entry business visas to China :

      Such visas like the single entry visas to China are valid only for a period of three months and both the visits to China has to be made within that period of three months.

3. Multiple entry business visas to China:

      The procedure involved in obtaining multiple entry business visas to China involves furnishing a photocopy of the last visa to China. Hence, it is mandatory that a person has been to China before. Such visas are valid for a period of six months from the date they are issued. The whole process might consume two solid weeks of an individual including the tasks of obtaining the invitation letter and the processing of the same by the Chinese Embassy.