{"id":2159,"date":"2021-04-23T09:53:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T09:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.govisachina.com\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2021-04-23T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T09:53:11","slug":"information-for-visa-applicants-regarding-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.govisachina.com\/zh\/2021\/04\/23\/information-for-visa-applicants-regarding-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for visa applicants regarding COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Embassy and Consulates in China remain unable to resume routine nonimmigrant visa operations. <\/em>We are currently offering as many appointments as local conditions, resources, and safety considerations allow. Current restrictions allow us to accommodate a limited number of appointments for applicants in <\/em>certain nonimmigrant visa categories<\/em><\/a>, including for emergency, mission-critical, and certain J, M, C1\/D, exchange visitor visa services. We will resume routine nonimmigrant visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date at this time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immigrant visa services at our U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou are operating normally. For information about immigrant visa services, please visit U.S. Consulate Guangzhou\u2019s immigrant visa website <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>. For information about visa services at other U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide, please visit <\/em>usembassy.gov<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Mission to China understands that many visa applicants have paid their visa application processing fee and are still waiting to schedule a visa appointment. We are working diligently to restore all routine visa operations as quickly and safely as possible. In the meantime, the U.S. Mission will extend the validity of your payment (known as the MRV fee) until September 30, 2022, to allow all applicants who were unable to schedule a visa appointment as a result of the suspension of routine consular operations an opportunity to schedule and\/or attend a visa appointment with the already paid fee. Please continue to monitor this site for information on when we will return to routine visa operations. If you have an urgent matter and need to travel immediately, please follow the guidance provided at <\/em>USTravelDocs.com<\/em><\/a>, or email <\/em>support-china@ustraveldocs.com<\/em><\/a> or contact the <\/em>call center<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> to request an emergency appointment.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Embassy and Consulates in China remain unable to resume routine nonimmigrant visa operations. We are currently offering as many appointments as local conditions, resources, and safety considerations allow. Current restrictions allow us to accommodate a limited number of appointments for applicants in certain nonimmigrant visa […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1726,"url":"https:\/\/www.govisachina.com\/zh\/2021\/03\/15\/notice-on-updated-requirements-for-chinese-visa-application-during-covid-19-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":2159,"position":0},"title":"Notice on Updated Requirements for Chinese Visa Application During Covid-19 Pandemic","author":"Visa China","date":"3\u6708 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Based on the latest situation of Covid-19 prevention and control, starting from 3 November 2020, the Consular Department of the Commissioner's Office are ready to accept visa applications through the Chinese Visa Application Service Center from applicants who intend to travel to China for any of the following purposes. 1.\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cNews\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.govisachina.com\/zh\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1728,"url":"https:\/\/www.govisachina.com\/zh\/2021\/03\/15\/notice-on-visa-facilitation-for-applicants-inoculated-with-covid-19-vaccines-produced-in-china\/","url_meta":{"origin":2159,"position":1},"title":"Notice on Visa Facilitation for Applicants Inoculated with COVID-19 Vaccines Produced in China","author":"Visa China","date":"3\u6708 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"In view of resuming people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries in an orderly manner, starting from 15 March 2021, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the HKSAR will provide the following facilitation for visa applicants who have been inoculated with COVID-19\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cNews\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.govisachina.com\/zh\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1730,"url":"https:\/\/www.govisachina.com\/zh\/2021\/03\/15\/requirements-for-travel-to-mainland-china\/","url_meta":{"origin":2159,"position":2},"title":"Requirements for Travel to Mainland China","author":"Visa China","date":"3\u6708 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Entry restrictions for Mainland China vary depending on departure location. 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