Visa Checklist for China

Passport

• • • Original signed passport with at least six months of remaining validity and blank visa pages, and a copy of the passport’s data page and the photo page if it is separate.
    • Visa Application Form (Form V.2013) and Photo
    • One completed Visa Application Form with a photo on glossy photo paper glued onto the form (your photo must meet the requirements).
    • Proof of legal stay or residence status (applicable to non-U.S. citizens)
    • 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.
    • Photocopy of previous Chinese passports or previous Chinese visas (applicable to foreign citizens 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.)
    • An invitation letter issued by a relevant entity or individual in China. The invitation should contain:
      • Information on the applicant (full name, gender, date of birth, etc.)
      • Information on 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 for expenditures)
      • Information on the inviting entity or individual (name, contact telephone number, address, official stamp, signature of the legal representative or the inviting individual)

NOTE:

• • • The applicant should guarantee that all information provided in the application is true and correct. Any false, misleading or incomplete information may result in denial of the visa or refusal of entry into China.
    • The invitation letter may be in the form of fax, photocopy or computer printout. An applicant may be required to submit an original invitation, provide other supporting documents, or schedule an interview with the consular officer.
    • The consular officer will make decisions on whether or not to grant a visa and allowed validity, duration of stay and number of entries based on individual application.

Visa Checklist for Korea

Documents to be provided by applicants

• One recent passport-size photo of the applicant
• Original passport and a photocopy thereof
• Visa cover letter (applicant should furnish details including the purpose of the visit, a tentative itinerary, and who will cover his or her expenses during the visit)
• Flight schedule
• Hotel booking voucher (receipt)
• Travel schedule in detail
• Job certificate from a Nepali business entity stating the applicant’s position in the company and the purpose of his or her visit to Korea
• Company registration (original and photocopy)
• Permanent Account Number (PAN) registration (original and photocopy)
• Personal bank statements for the last six months
• Please note that the visa issuance process can take seven working days or more. Applications should be submitted at least 14 days prior to the scheduled date of departure to allow adequate processing time
• Visa applications are accepted at the Embassy gate from Monday to Friday, between 09:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.
• Visas and passports are collected from Monday to Friday, between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
• In principle, applicants must submit their visa applications and pick up their passports in person. However, if you are unable to come to the Embassy in person due to circumstances beyond your control, you can authorize someone to do so on your behalf by means of a signed letter. In that event, the signature on the letter must be identical to the signature in your passport.
• Handwritten passports are no longer accepted as of March 2, 2015. All visa applications must now be submitted along with Machine Readable Passports (MRP) issued by the Government of Nepal.
• An applicant’s passport must be valid for at least six months at the time of the application.
• Please note that a visa does not guarantee entry to the Republic of Korea. The visa holder may be subjected to further inspection at the airport immigration desk by authorized officials in the Republic of Korea.
• Applicants are requested to use glue, rather than staples, to affix their photographs to their applications.
• The Embassy of the Republic of Korea informs for all those concerned that in order to facilitate visa application procedures, the Embassy will collect the visa fee (in cash) along with the visa applications at the Embassy counter with effect from December 1, 2016. The Embassy further informs that since the bank account for depositing visa fees will be closed from the same date, the visa fees cannot be deposited in banks.Likewise, the Embassy requests those who pay visa fees by November 30th, to kindly lodge visa application by December 9, 2016.

The visa fees are as shown below:

CATEGORY

SINGLE ENTRY (UP TO 90 DAYS) 4,000 NRS ($40 USD EQUIVALENT)

SINGLE ENTRY (MORE THAN 90 DAYS) 6,000 NRS ($60 USD EQUIVALENT)

DOUBLE ENTRY (UP TO 30 DAYS) 7,000 NRS ($70 USD EQUIVALENT)

MULTIPLE ENTRY (UP TO 30 DAYS) 9,000 NRS ($90 USD EQUIVALENT)

IMPORTANT:

• All Nepali documents must be translated into English and notarized by authorized notary publics.
• Please note that failing to submit the required documents (specified below) may lead to the rejection of the visa application.
• The Embassy reserves the right to call applicants in for interviews, demand additional documents, and take other steps when it is deemed necessary.
• Fraud or misrepresentation can result in refusal of a visa. Do not submit inauthentic documents.
• Please check below for the result of your visa application:
  choose ‘passport number’ from “select”, and then input your passport number, name (family name first and given name later), and date of birth on your passport
• Please check below for the information of visa application;
• Even though all the required documents and procedures are fulfilled, the Embassy reserves the right to issue visa or not without informing any reasons according to the rules and regulations of Korean Immigration.
• In case a visa applicant is found to tender any form of fake document, the perpetrator will be barred from entering the Republic of Korea up to 5 years.
• The Government of the Republic of Korea has decided that long-term (over 90 days) visa applicants are required to submit their medical report on tuberculosis from the specifically designated hospitals by the Embassy, which is due to be effective from Mar 2, 2016.

The list of the designated hospitals is as below;

[1]. Patan Hospital, Patan
[2]. Civil Service Hospital, Newbaneshor
[3]. Korea Nepal Friendship Nepal Friendship Hospital (Korea Thimi Hospital), Bhaktapur
[4]. Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Teku

※ In case a visa applicant, who has been holding a tuberculosis history in Korea and come back to Nepal, applies for a short term visa (less than 90 days), the visa application would be approved only when the visa applicant proves to the Embassy that he/she is fully recovered from tuberculosis by submitting a medical report from the specifically designated hospitals by the Embassy.