There is no shortcut into mainland China. No visa on arrival, no e-visa, no waiver for Indian passports. You apply in person at a Chinese Visa Application Service Center, give fingerprints, and wait. The one piece of good news is the fee, which China cut for Indian applicants and has held down through December 2026.
Documents supplied for Schengen, US, UK, Canada, UAE and beyond. since 2017.
Real six-character booking references that resolve on the airline’s own ‘manage booking’ page. Check yours before you file.
Bookings are made through accredited channels in live airline reservation systems, not generated as PDFs.
If a booking reference does not verify, or we fail to deliver, you get a full refund. Read the policy.
The order matters more than people expect. Do these out of sequence and you end up with a lapsed booking or an appointment you cannot fill.
Added in December 2025 and now the first step, not the last.
New Delhi, Mumbai or Kolkata. In person, with biometrics.
Passport, photo, itinerary, flight and hotel bookings, bank statements.
Both happen at the same appointment.
Standard processing is 4 to 7 working days after submission.
| What you pay | How much |
|---|---|
| Tourist visa, single entryRoughly Rs2,900 visa fee plus Rs2,107 CVASC service charge | About Rs5,000 |
| Double entryVisa fee, before the service charge | About Rs4,400 |
| Six-month multiple entryVisa fee, before the service charge | About Rs5,900 |
| Twelve-month multiple entryVisa fee, before the service charge | About Rs8,800 |
Checked 2026-09-25. Government fees move, sometimes with a month’s notice and sometimes with none. Treat this as a planning figure and confirm the number you will actually be charged at Chinese Visa Application Service Center before you pay.
None of these are exotic. Every one of them is fixable in the ten minutes before you hit submit.
It does not, for Indian passports. Sites offering one are selling you a form-filling service at best.
Biometrics are in person and slots in Delhi and Mumbai go quickly in peak season. The visa cannot be started without one.
China asks for dates, cities and hotels. 'Touring Beijing and Shanghai' is the kind of answer that gets the file queried.
An online pre-approval stage was added in December 2025. End to end, budget 10 to 15 working days rather than the 4 to 7 the counter quotes.
Buy the reservation on its own, or have us take on as much of the application as you want.
A real, airline-held itinerary with a live PNR you can verify yourself.
₹399$4.5per traveller, one way
FLIGHTWe read your file and tell you exactly what to fix. You assemble the documents.
₹799$9per application
ADVICEEverything above, plus the flight reservation and hotel booking, with every date reconciled.
₹1,499$16.9per application
FULLFILEEverything above, and we complete the forms and lodge the application for you.
₹1,999$22.5per application
FILINGYes, always. There is no visa on arrival and no e-visa for Indian passport holders. You apply in advance through a Chinese Visa Application Service Center and give fingerprints in person.
About Rs5,000 all in for a single-entry tourist visa: roughly Rs2,900 in visa fee plus about Rs2,107 in CVASC service charge. Reduced rates for Indian applicants run to 31 December 2026.
Four to seven working days after your appointment. Counting the online pre-approval step introduced in December 2025, plan for 10 to 15 working days end to end.
Yes. China wants a dated itinerary with flights in and out and accommodation for every night. A held reservation satisfies this without paying for a fare before the visa is decided.
Background reading: what a dummy ticket actually is · is it legal? · how to verify a PNR
Verifiable flight reservation from ₹399, or the flight + hotel pack for ₹599.
