Nonimmgrant Visa

How to make an appointment

All applicants, both private and official passport holder, need to contact the Visa Information Call Center to make an interview appointment.

The Visa Information Call Center is a user pays service. Before contacting the Call Center please obtain a PIN number either from a participating branch of CITIC Industrial Bank or from the Call Center website, using a debit/credit card. A 12-minute PIN card costs 54 RMB and an 8-minute PIN cards costs 36 RMB.

The Visa Information Call Center can be reached by dialing 4008-872-333(toll free) or (021) 3881-4611 (Shanghai local phone number) from within China, or internationally by dialing 86-21-3881-4611(local Shanghai number). Please note that costs for all local and international long-distance calls are solely the responsibility of the caller.

Please note that costs for all local and international long-distance calls are solely the responsibility of the caller.

The visa information center is available to make interview appointments Monday through Friday from 7am to 7pm and Saturday from 8am to 5pm. The Call Center is closed on Sundays and Chinese holidays.