Beijing, China–To ease visa application for foreigners, after consulting other government departments, the Foreign Ministry of China has recently improved visa application forms, according to Mao Ning, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry.
The improvement involves seven major items and 15 sub-items, concerning mainly the applicants’ educational background, family information and previous travel history. The amount of information required is reduced. For example, the applicant only needs to provide international travel history during the past one year, instead of five years. For educational background, the applicant only needs to provide the highest diploma obtained. This will greatly shorten the time it will take to fill out the forms and ease the application process.
The new forms have been put online. The foreign ministry will continue to facilitate people-to-people exchange between China and other countries and serve high-quality development and high-level opening up, Mao Ning said.
