CHINA LETTER OF INVITE FORM
***PLEASE READ THE ENTIRETY OF THE TEXT BELOW AS THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOUR ENTRY INTO CHINA ***
GENERAL INFORMATION:
- Please note the Entry and Visa Requirements are the responsibility of the individual traveller. These may differ for the country you are visiting depending on your nationality. We keep the following information up to date as much as possible, but rules do change. It is important that you check for yourself with the Embassy of China. Please, keep in mind that all countries require passports valid for at least 6 months from the moment of departure from the country.
- You must have at least two blank passport pages available for each country you will visit on your tour. These are required for entry & exit stamps.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- To apply for a China visa, some countries may be required to present an official Letter of Invitation (LOI).
- PLEASE NOTE: If your Visa application OR your E-Visa application does NOT require a Letter of Invitation, please do NOT fill this form out.
COMPLETING THE LOI FORM:
Please do not submit the below application until 3 months prior to your entry into China. The details will be forwarded to our local agent in China and your Letter of Invitation (LOI) will be issued within 10 business days of receipt.
Letter of Invitations (LOI) will be issued as a matter of priority based on the number of days from departure.
- As Chinese visas are dated specifically for entry and exit, please ensure you enter the correct dates as per your flights entering and exiting China. Please remember to put exactly the same dates when you fill out the application at the Chinese embassy. You will need to provide additional documentation to the consulate (i.e. flights tickets, hotel reservations) if these dates fall outside the duration of the tour.
- Please note that while Hong Kong is part of the People's Republic of China (PRC) as a Special Administrative Regions (SAR), it has separate entry requirements. For your visa application, please only use the dates you enter or exit mainland China.
- Input your name the same way it is in your passport. The information on the application form must match your passport (if you have 2 or more names - all of them have to be listed under "first name").
- If you have an umlaut or other character not recognised in the english alphabet in your name (ie. ü), please enter it in the longer form (ie. ue).
TIBET:
As Tibet continues to be a sensitive area for travel to the Chinese government, you must refrain from listing Tibet as one of the places you are going to visit as your application form or your Visa will be denied.
If you require a visa to enter China, G Adventures will provide you with the necessary documents to obtain your Chinese Visa, as per the China section above. Once you receive your Chinese Visa, please send a copy of this to experience@gadventures.com so we can arrange your Tibet permit.
We must receive your China Visa copy no later than 31 days prior to departure, to ensure your Tibet permit can be obtained in time.
If you do not require a visa to enter China, we will require a coloured copy of the passport you will be travelling on. We highly encourage you provide this as early as possible, but no later than 31 days prior to departure.
The above information relates to the following tours:
ACLK - Essential Tibet
ACXK - Best of China & Tibet
SCANNED PASSPORT FILE:
A clear and coloured scan of your passport in jpg or pdf format (minimum 250KB and maximum 1MB in size) - please include the adjacent page of your passport too. Please note the following:
- Black and white scans are not accepted by the State Migration Services
- All 4 corners must be visible
- No visible marks of red eye along with appropriate brightness and contrast to show natural skin tone
- The photo must have no visible flash/gloss/shine/shadows
- The original size of passport-sized photo scans must be 3x4 cm minimum and cannot be a photoshop version of the photo from the passport scan
For the following trips, you should fill out the form:
ACCJ - Beijing to Tokyo: The Great Wall & Mt Fuji: Days 1-8
ACCH - China & Vietnam: Chengdu to Ho Chi Minh: Days 1-13
ACLH - China & Vietnam: Chengdu to Hanoi: Days 1-13
ACCV - China & Vietnam: The Great Wall to Ho Chi Minh: Days 1-19
ACXH - China & Vietnam: Beijing to Sapa Adventure: Days 1-19
ACKH - China to Vietnam: An Overland Adventure: Days 1-7
ACSK - China and South Korea: East Asia Adventure: Days 1-8
To receive your LOI for China please fill in all of the requested details below and click on the SUBMIT button at the bottom.
***Please carefully check all the information below prior to submitting - it is your responsibility to check whether passport details, name spelling and dates on the LOI are correct.***
NEXT STEPS:
- Once you have received your China LOI, you can apply for your visa by going to the Chinese Embassy.
IMPORTANT: if you require a visa for China and plan to travel within 3 months of your entry into China, we strongly recommend that you avoid travel outside of your home country during the period between your visa application up until the time your visa is approved. In many cases, travellers who apply for a visa to China while in another country outside of their home country, will be denied their visa.
Information accurate as of August 1st, 2023
- Please do not re-submit this form unless we advise you to. Please contact our Sales Support team at experience@gadventures.com with any questions.
- Please note that your uploaded passport file must be a clear, color image of the photo page and the adjacent page of your passport.
Thank you for filling out the China Letter of Invite Form.
Again please note you will only be issued your China Letter of Invite once we are within 60 days of the trip start date.