Afghanistan Students

Afghanistan Students

Sep,07 2022

Updated on : 2022-07-30 21:26


1.Basic Documents


(1) Passport

Original passport with at least six months of remaining validity and blank visa pages, and a photocopy of the passport's data page and the photo page if it is separate.

(2) Visa Application Form and Photo

One completed Visa Application Form with a recently-taken color passport photo (bare-head, full face) against a light background attached (please also take another 2 photos of the same requirements) and the reservation certificate.

(3) Proof of legal stay or residence status (applicable to those not applying for the visa in their country of citizenship)

If you are not applying for the visa in the country of your citizenship, you must provide the original and photocopy of your valid certificates or visa of stay, residence, employment or student status, or other valid certificates of legal staying provided by the relevant authorities of the country where you are currently staying.

(4) Photocopy of previous Chinese passports or previous Chinese visas (applicable to foreign citizensthose who were Chinese citizens and have obtained foreign citizenship)

If you are applying for a Chinese visa for the first time, you should provide your previous Chinese passport held and a photocopy of its data page.

If you have obtained Chinese visas before and want to apply for a Chinese visa with a renewed foreign passport that does not contain any Chinese visa, you should present the photocopy of the previous passport's data page and the photo page if it is separate, as well as the previous Chinese visa page. (If your name on the current passport differs from that on the previous one, you must provide an official document of name change.)


        2.other documents


(7)X1, X2 visa

A. Original and copy of Admission Notice issued by concerned Universities or Colleges in China.

B. Original and copy of Student Visa Application Form (JW201 form or JW202 form) issued by the Ministry of Education of China.

C. Bank deposit proof (according to the length of schooling, 2500 US Dollars per year) or certificate of the scholarship which will cover the fees and living costs in China.



3.Special Reminder
(1) After filling up the online visa application form, the applicants shall make a reservation online
(2) Normally a visa will be processing for 4 days. The delay or rejection of a visa is for the consular officials to decide.
(3) An invitation letter issued by a relevant entity or individual in China, should contain:

–Information about the applicant (full name, gender, date of birth, etc.)

–Information about the planned visit (purpose of visit, arrival and departure dates, place(s) to be visited, relations between the applicant and the inviting entity or individual, financial source)

–Information on the inviting entity or individual (name, telephone number, address, official stamp, signature of the legal representative or the inviting individual)

(4) According to relevant Chinese laws and regulations, the Chinese Embassy in Kabul is going to collect the fingerprints of all foreign applicants for Chinese visas . Only the following people can be exempted from fingerprints collection.

(a) Applicants over 70 or under 14 years old.

(b) Diplomatic passport holders or applicants who shall be issued Chinese diplomatic, service and courtesy visas.

(c) Applicants who have applied visa for China (mainland only) with the same passports in the same Embassy and left their fingerprints within 5 years.

(d) Applicants whose 10 fingers are incomplete or 10 fingerprints cannot be identified.


Applicants who apply for visa for China (mainland only) must personally come to the Visa Section of the Chinese Embassy to leave their fingerprints. The Chinese side reserves the right to reject entry to China in case of registering fake fingerprints which don't belong to the applicants. The applicants will have to bear all the consequences without complying with this regulation.


(5)If necessary, the consular officer may require the applicant to provide other supporting documents or supplementary materials, or ask for an interview with the applicant, or require signing off after the applicant finish visiting China.

(6)Holders of D,Q1, S1, J1, X1, Z Visa shall, within 30 days from the date of their entry, apply to the exit/entry administrations of public security organs under local people's governments at or above the county level in the proposed places of residence for foreigners' residence permits.

Holders of W, courtesy or service visa shall,within 30 days from the date of their entry, apply to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or regional foreign offices authorized by the ministry for residence permit.

(7)Fees:

Single entry: 30 US dollars

Double entries: 45 US dollars

6-month multiple entries: 60 US dollars

12-month multiple entries: 90 US dollars

Cash only.

(8)Ticket reservation is not necessary for visa application during the COVID-19 pandemic.


source: Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan


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