China News Service, July 31. According to the website of the Chinese Consulate-General in Vancouver, in order to effectively respond to, prevent and control the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and minimize the risk of cross-infection when applicants come to apply for a permit, the permit hall of the Consulate-General in Vancouver has been set up at 4 The external office will be suspended from September 9. The following methods are used to process and receive various consular documents such as Chinese passports and travel certificates, notarization, consular authentication and living certificates:
1. Passports and travel documents
(1) If there is no urgent need, please come to apply for a passport and travel permit after the epidemic. The expiration of Chinese passports and travel permits during the suspension period will not affect normal renewal in the future.
(2) Applicants who have successfully made an appointment on the appointment website, please save the printed application form, and come to apply before the date when the office is resumed. There is no need to make another appointment. Please note: If you cancel an appointment on the website, you must make another appointment.
(3) There is indeed an urgent need to apply for a permit, which belongs to the following situations. Please explain and send supporting materials (passport or travel permit homepage, various notifications, work permits or permits, and air tickets, etc.) as attachments to VISASECTION1595@GMAIL .COM. The consulate general will reply the applicant's application time and the required documents as appropriate.
1. Graduating from high school with a university admission notice, apply for a university visa;
2. University graduates need to apply for a work visa;
3. The study or work permit is about to expire (usually the validity period is less than 3 months), and you need to apply for renewal;
4. The passport of the temporary visitor to Canada is lost;
5. The passport is valid for less than 6 months, but you must go to a third country to study or work in the near future;
6. The passport has expired or is about to expire (you cannot purchase a return ticket), but you need to return to your country due to emergency humanitarian reasons;
7. The passport is valid for less than 6 months, which affects the itinerary of returning home via a third country;
8. Newborns born in Canada will return to the country with their parents in the near future (you need to send an email with the home page of both parents’ passports, Canadian visa, and ticket reservation as attachments);
9. Other urgent matters.
10. To apply for a Hong Kong SAR passport, please refer to the relevant content of the Consulate's website (vancouver.china-consulate.org/chn/visa/instruction/passport/t1572473.htm), click to access, please read item 11 content). After preparing all the required materials, send an email to VISASECTION1595@GMAIL.COM to make an appointment.
2. Notarization
You must send an email to make an appointment.
If it is necessary to apply for notarization urgently, please email the application materials to VISASECTION1595@GMAIL.COM. The consulate general will reply the applicant's application time and application materials as appropriate. Attached notarization application form (ca.china-embassy.org/chn/lsyw/hzqz/bgxz/P020180108842271707246.doc)
3. Consular authentication
For Chinese citizens to apply for consular authentication, all application materials must be emailed to VISASECTION1595@GMAIL.COM. The consulate general will reply the applicant's application time and the required documents as appropriate. Generally, applicants are required to prepare according to the consular certification instructions (vancouver.china-consulate.org/chn/visa/instruction/notary/t950253.htm) and process requirements, and fill in a complete certification application form (ca.china-embassy.org/ chn/lsyw/hzqz/bgxz/P020180108840789941635.doc).
4. Handle the pension qualification review form
Please send an email to VISASECTION1595@GMAIL.COM to make an appointment, and the consulate will reply to inform you of the time for the application. Attached: Approval form for eligibility for pensions for people living abroad (ca.china-embassy.org/chn/lsyw/hzqz/bgxz/P020150618176212932965.doc).
5. Evidence collection method
Applicants who already have the evidence collection form, if they really need to collect the evidence during the epidemic, can come to collect the documents from 9am-12pm on Friday morning. Please be sure to bring the original copy of the receipt and confirm the payment method in advance (currently only accept local DEBIT cards, WeChat, and Alipay).
6. Apply for a Chinese visa
According to the announcement issued by the Chinese government (www.gov.cn/xinwen/2020-03/27/content_5496131.htm, click to visit), “Foreigners who come to China to engage in necessary economic, trade, technological and other For humanitarian needs, you can apply for visas from Chinese embassies and consulates abroad". Applicants who meet the requirements can contact the Visa Application Service Center (https://bio.visaforchina.org/YVR2_EN/, click to visit the center's website and view the contact information).
7. Please read carefully in advance the instructions for applying for the certificate on the website of the Consulate General and WeChat Official Account
The link for the application instructions is vancouver.china-consulate.org/chn/visa/instruction/ (click to access), or refer to the instructions in the WeChat public account of the consulate "Fenghua Wenqing".
Please be sure to prepare the relevant application materials to avoid increasing the number of mail exchanges or sending additional materials due to errors or incomplete materials.
In the future, the accreditation hall of the consulate general will further adjust or restore the way of external office according to the development of the epidemic situation, and publish a notice on the consulate general website and WeChat public account "Fenghua Wenqing", so stay tuned. If you have any questions, you can send an email or call 604-4160040 (manual answering time is 2pm-5pm from Monday to Friday).