

From 1st Jan 2011, to apply for China F business visas, you are required to provide an invitation letter issued by your company here in China, but some Embassies/Consulates (for example Hongkong) still needs F visa official invitation letter which is issued by the Chinese authorities, instead of the companies themselves. We offer the service to apply this official invitation letter. With the official invitation letter (we can also call "visa notice" or "Visa Notification form"), you can apply for 3-month valid, 6-month valid or 12-month valid F visas, with 30-90 days duration of each stay in the Chinese Embassy/Consulate in your country or Hongkong.
For the official invitation letter, we have following services:
V0. Visa Notifications Form (3-12 month F visa official invitation letter) service
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V0 Service: Visa Notifications Form (3-12 month F visa official invitation letter) service:
1. Passport copy
2. Applicant's foreign country address and telephone number (need it for filling the application form)
3. Copy of the shanghai company
Business License [ Sample ]
4. Copy of the shanghai company
Enterprise Code License [ Sample ]
5. Which country the applicant wants to apply the visa?
6. Applicant's detail schedule to China (with company stamp)
[ Sample ]
For 1-3 month invitation letter, above document is enough;
For 6 month Multi-entry 30 days each entry invitation letter, you need to provide 3 entry China record during the past 6 month.
For 12 month Multi-entry 30 days each entry invitation letter, you need to provide 8 entry China record during the past 1 year.
| Invitation Letter Type | Company Register in Pudong | Company Register in Puxi |
| 3 month 1 entry 90 days stay | Time: 6 working days Total Cost: 600RMB/letter |
Time: 3 working days Total Cost: 600RMB/letter |
| 3 month 2 entry 30 days stay | Time: 6 working days Total Cost: 600RMB/letter |
Time: 3 working days Total Cost: 600RMB/letter |
| 6 month multi-entry 30 days stay | Time: 8 working days Total Cost: 700RMB/letter |
Time: 8 working days Total Cost: 700RMB/letter |
| 12 month multi-entry 30 days stay | Time: 8 working days Total Cost: 700RMB/letter |
Time: 8 working days Total Cost: 700RMB/letter |
You need to bring the official Notifications Form to apply the visa in Hongkong or in some other countries Chinese Consulate, you can get 3-12 month (Depend on your visa notifications form period) validity with minmium 30 days to maxmium 90 days stay F visa. So if you plan to goto HK or any other country Chinese Consulate to get the F visa recently, carry a official Nortifications form will be a good idea.