After getting the Alien Employment License and Invitation letter, foreigners are able to apply China Z visa in Hong Kong.

• China Alien Employment License
• China Job Invitation letter

Before you visit Hong Kong, please read our article Do I need a visa for Hong Kong?

China work visa - Z visa - issued at Hong Kong on 30th Jun 2009

Shenzhen Ports to Hong Kong

Flying to Shenzhen will save half of the airplane ticket fee, compared with flying to Hong Kong. So we suggest our client fly to Shenzhen first, then take the following ports to Hong Kong.

Shenzhen Luohu Port

Shenzhen Huanggang Port

Apply China Z visa in Hong Kong by yourself

the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Address: 7th Floor, Lower Block, China Resources Building, No.26, Harbor Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong SAR

Office Hours: Monday to Friday (except Hong Kong public holidays) 9:00-12:0014:00-17:00

Payment: Hong Kong Dollars in cash only

Get China Z visa in Hong Kong with us

We need the digital copy of the required documents to do paperwork in advance.

Required Documents:

• Passport (Validity more than 7 months)
• 2-inch white-background color photo (Photo Requirements of Chinese Visa)
• Hong Kong Landing Slip
• Application Form
• Invitation Letter by company
• Photocopy of Business License with stamp
• Photocopy of organization Code License with stamp
• Alien Employment License (company)
• Expert permit (school)
• Invitation Letter by commercial committee removed in 2017
• Company contact details with stamp

Payment: Both Hong Kong Dollars and CNY

Preparation Time: 5 days

Process Time: 2-4 working days

We can pick up your documents from your hotel and send back to your hotel.

Aliens may apply Chinese visa on arrival at Beijing airport, in cases of an urgent need to travel to China and a lack of time to apply for visas to the Chinese visa office abroad, for the following reasons:

1. Being invited at short notice by the Chinese side to attend a trade fair in China;
2. Being invited to China to enter a bid or to formally sign an economic or trade contract;
3. Coming to China under contract for supervision over export shipment, import commodity inspection or checked on the completion of a contract;
4. Being invited to install equipment or make rush repairs;
5. Coming to China at the request of the Chinese side for settling claims;
6. Being invited to China for scientific or technological consulting services;
7. A last-minute replacement or addition, approved by the Chinese side, to a delegation or group that has been invited and has already obtained visas for traveling to China;
8. For visiting a patient in a critical condition or making funeral arrangements;
9. As persons in immediate transit who, because of force majeure, are unable to leave China by original aircraft within 24 hours or have to leave China by other means of transport;
10. As other invitees who really do not have enough time to apply for visas to the above-mentioned Chinese agencies abroad but hold letters or telegrams from designated competent authorities approving the application for visas at port visa agencies.
11. Tour groups organized and received by International Travel Agencies in China or the approved Hong Kong/Macao travel agencies.

Port visa offices shall not handle visa applications of aliens who do not come under the above-listed categories.

From Mar 8th 2016, Beijing police accept online application for China visa on arrival .
The access of application system will be available to authorized company and organization. Click to see news about 2016 online system of Beijing visa application.

Don't know whether your arrival city is OK for visa on arrival? See Which Chinese City Issue China Visa On Arrival?

Don't know what kind of documents are required? See What's The Required Documents Of China Visa On Arrival?

Call visa office of your arrival city for direct instruction.

If you are in non-emergency situation, we suggest you to apply for Chinese visa through Chinese consulate in your place, as the oversea issued (not Chinese border issued) China visa will allow you to get the following visas without leaving China.

• 3-month China Visa
• 6-month 2-entry China Business Visa
• 6-month 1-entry China Student Visa
• 1-year 1-entry China Business Visa
• 1-year multi-entry China Visas

From the 1st of Sep 2013, the China visa type is changed according to new China visa regulations.

We update the latest  China visa types here and keep the old China visa types on this page.