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Here are the documents you shall prepare before submission of visa application:

1. Basic Documents

(1) Passport

Original passport with at least six months of remaining validity and blank visa pages, and a photocopy of the

passport's data page and the photo page if it is separate. For double entry visa or

six-month multiple entry

visa,

passport must be valid for more than 9 months. For twelve-month multiple entry visa, passport must be valid for

more than 15 months.

(2) Visa Application Form and Photo

One completed Visa Application Form (2013) with a recently-taken color passport photo (bare-head, full face)

against a light background attached.

(3) Proof of legal stay or residence status (applicable to those not applying for the visa in their country of

citizenship)

If you are not applying for the visa in the country of your citizenship, 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.

(4) Photocopy of previous Chinese passports or previous Chinese visas (applicable to foreign citizens, those

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. Alternatively, if you no longer have your previous Chinese passport, please

obtain your travel movement records from New Zealand Immigration.

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.)

For the first-time applications, New Zealand born children with Chinese descent are also required to provide

the following documents:

a) Original birth certificate and additional photocopy of the birth certificate

b) Actual passports of the children’s parents and please also make additional photocopy of the passport

(including the earliest resident visa if holding a Chinese passport)

2. Supporting Documents

C Visa

A letter of guarantee issued by a foreign transport company or an invitation letter issued by a relevant entity in

China

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