China News Service, April 11. According to the WeChat public account of the Chinese Embassy in Burkina Faso, there is currently a large demand for Chinese citizens to apply for passports in Burkina Faso. If you have the conditions to handle the consular document business, according to domestic arrangements, it is decided that the Chinese Embassy in Cote d'Ivoire will temporarily assist in the passport business.
The following is the specific process of applying for a passport:
1. Submit the application.
The applicant downloads the "Chinese Consul" APP and registers an account with a real name, clicks the "Passport, Travel Document" business template on the homepage (applicable to those applying for passport or travel document issuance, renewal or replacement), selects the embassy in Cote d'Ivoire, and follows the prompts step by step. , Completely and accurately fill in basic personal information, upload ID photos, current passport information pages and other materials in the required format.
All certification materials are submitted online through the APP.
2. Interview interview.
Contact the embassy in Burkina Faso via WeChat (WeChat number 22671319116), make an appointment with the embassy in Burkina Faso for an interview, and submit the original passport during the interview.
3. Payment of fees.
When the progress of the application in the APP changes to "Pending Collection", the applicant must deposit the passport renewal fee to the special bank account for consular fees of the Embassy in Cote d'Ivoire.
Please fill in the above information on the deposit slip, and indicate the applicant's name in the depositor's message and stamp the bank seal.
Then, please submit a scanned copy of the bank remittance customer receipt to the consular security mobile phone WeChat of the Embassy in Burkina Faso (must sign and indicate the order number of the "Chinese Consul" APP).
Note: The bank may charge a certain handling fee, please pay attention to the full amount of the consular fee for the smooth collection of evidence.
4. Receipt of documents.
According to the notification from the embassy in Burkina Faso, the applicant should make an appointment for DHL express to go to the communication room of the embassy in Côte d'Ivoire to collect evidence (the postage is borne by the applicant) and mail it to the embassy in Burkina Faso.
After the certificate arrives at the embassy in Burkina Faso, please present the original receipt of the bank transfer customer to receive the new passport and the original passport.
During the epidemic, the DHL collection time of the Chinese Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire is 8:30-10:30 every Monday.
Address of Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire: Ambassador de Chine en Côte d'ivoire, lot 134A Rivera M'Badon, Cocody, Abidjan
Contact: Mademoiselle Lauba +225 0103805469
Address of the Embassy in Burkina Faso: Ambassade de Chine au Burkina Faso, parcelles 09 et 10 du lot 03, section 483 de la zone A du secteur n°53-Quartier OUAGA 2000, Ouagadougou
Contact: Mademoiselle Sandwidi +226 25374555
5. It will take 20 working days for passport renewal and reissue from the date of business acceptance.
6. Instructions for using the "Chinese Consul" APP
(1) The "Chinese Consul" APP can be downloaded from the Apple App Store, Tencent App Store, Xiaomi App Store, Huawei App Store or by scanning the QR code in the picture.
After the download is successful, open the APP, use your Chinese mobile phone number or email address to register, complete the real-name authentication according to the prompts, and then you can log in normally.
(2) APP real-name authentication registration currently only supports Chinese ordinary passport or ID number (other authentication methods may be added in the future).
If you do not have the above-mentioned documents, you can use the account that has been verified by someone else's real name.
(3) In order to ensure that the application for relevant documents is operated by the applicant, the APP will perform facial recognition on the applicant.
The failure of face recognition does not affect the applicant's submission of the application, but the applicant must complete the face recognition.
(4) The applicant's photo can only be uploaded online.
If the system is still judged to be unqualified after multiple attempts to upload the photo, the follow-up process can still be continued until the application is submitted.
If it is determined to be unqualified, the order will be rejected and the applicant will be notified to re-upload qualified photos.
(5) After the order is successfully submitted, the relevant application will be submitted to the embassy for review.
Applicants can track the progress of the certificate application in "My Order" or "Message Center", and the embassy staff will give feedback on the review progress in a timely manner, and leave a message in the APP to request additional upload materials as appropriate.
(6) The passport applied for through the "Chinese Consul" APP does not contain the applicant's fingerprint information.
The absence of fingerprints does not affect the normal use of the passport. Only when entering China, you cannot self-clearance, and you must go through manual channels.
(7) At present, the APP has not yet opened for official passport renewal.
(8) The embassy will not ask the applicant to pay the fee by phone or video.
Please beware of all kinds of telecommunication scams under the guise of the embassy.