In accordance with Chinese laws and regulations and international common practice, the Chinese Embassy, Consulates and the Chinese Visa Application Service Centers in the Kingdom of Thailand will collect 10 fingerprints of all Chinese visa applicants starting from January 11,2021. All Visa applicants are required to submit the application documents and have their fingerprints collected in person at the Chinese Embassy, Consulates or Chinese Visa Application Service Center at the time of their appointment after filling in the online electronic application forms and booking the appointment at https://visaforchina.org.

Please be noted that fingerprints collection is not required for:

I. Children under 14 years old and adults over 70 years old;

II. Diplomatic Passport Holders and diplomatic,official and courtesy visa applicants.

III.Applicants holding the same passports whose fingerprints have been collected at the same Chinese Embassy, Consulates or the Chinese Visa Application Service Centers within five years.

Please be informed that all applicants should have their fingerprints collected in person at the Chinese Embassy, Consulates or the Chinese Visa Application Service Centers. Visitors to China whose fingerprints do not match may be denied entry and should bear all the consequences.

In addition, According to the important notice released by the Chinese Embassy on April 5,2020, the Chinese Visa Application Service Center in Chiangmai was temporally closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For necessary economic, trade, science and technology activities,or emergency humanitarian needs, please contact the Chinese Visa Application Service Center via E-mail( Chiangmaicenter@visaforchina.org).