Visa Application
Conference participants who bear a foreign passport may need to apply for a Chinese visa to visit China. Participants can apply for a visa at the Chinese embassy or consulate in the region where they live. Please also kindly refer to the website for visa application: https://www.visaforchina.cn/globle/
To avoid any uncertainty, participants are advised to apply for the visa as early as possible, at least give one month in advance.
For most attendees, it is easier to apply for a Tourist (“L”) visa, for which no invitation letter is required for the application. In 2023, China has reopened up the L-visa to people in most countries after the covid-19 pandemic.
If required, you can also choose to apply an “M” visa (business and trades) for attending the conference. Notice that an invitation letter is required for “M” visa. Please send an email titled "Request for ICEB 2024 Visa Application Invitation Letter_Name_Nation/Region" to yinzheng@uic.edu.cn or zhengzhiguan@uic.edu.cn.
In the request email, please send the following inforation accordingly. Thanks
Name(s) as it appears on your passport
Gender
Data of Birth (Strictly in the format of DD/MM/YYYY)
Nationality (in English as shown on your passport)
Passport Number
Reason for Attending
Title of Work to be Presented (if have)
ICEB Paper ID (if have)
Email
Your full address
Important Notice
In general, visa applications should be placed in person in the nearest embassy in your country, but before that, an online form should be finished in the COVA system https://cova.mfa.gov.cn It is also strongly recommended to read the latest notices of the China embassy in your area. Taking the Consulate-general of China in San Francisco for example, here are the Notice on Visa Application Requirements and the Notice on Appointment for Visa Application Submission (AVAS).
April 15, 2024