According to the requirements of Chinese Embassy and Consulate General, if you are exempted from finger-print collection, your application may be sumbitted by someone else on your behalf. If you want to apply through a travel agency, the agency will be responsible to confirm with you about the submission and fingerprint collection.

All applicants holding ordinary passports will be requested to have their fingerprints collected. The following applicants can be exempted from fingerprints collection:

(1)   Applicants under the age of 14 or over 70; 

(2)   Diplomatic passport holders, or applicants eligible for diplomatic, official and courtesy visas; 

(3) Applicants who already had their fingerprints collected within the past five years at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Singapore with the same passport;

(4)   Applicants who suffer from 10 fingers mutilation or whose fingerprints cannot be collected;

(5)   From September 2, 2024 to December 31, 2025, applicants for short term visas (staying for less than 180 days) for one or two entries  will be exempted from fingerprints collection.

The Chinese Embassy kindly request that applicants shall have their fingerprints collected in person. Those forge fingerprints or use other people's fingerprints will be denied entry into China and bear all the consequences incurred.