Times of Islamabad

Chinese Visa: Embassy in Islamabad takes a new initiative

Chinese Visa: Embassy in Islamabad takes a new initiative

ISLAMABAD – Chinese Visa for Pakistanis may become easier as Embassy inIslamabad takes a new initiative.

China yesterday announced to open a visa centre in Islamabad to facilitatepeople-to-people exchange.

The Chinese embassy here said: “In order to further facilitatepeople-to-people exchanges between China and Pakistan and provideapplicants with more comfortable environment and more efficient services,the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan will entrust Chinese Visa ApplicationService Center in Islamabad (“Visa Center” at the Gerry’s visa drop box) tooffer visa and attestation facilitation services May 06, 2019 (today).”

The Visa Center is responsible for handling various consular documents andapplications, “including ordinary visas, attestation, Hong Kong SAR andMacao SAR visa applications, biometric information collection andcollection of attestation fees on behalf of the Chinese Embassy – includingexpress and urgent fees – passport/visa collection and answeringapplicants’ questions among other services, in line with the requirementsof the Chinese Embassy.”

The visa center will be on trial operation from May 6 to May 10. Duringthis period, applicants with ordinary passports can submit theirapplications to the visa center or the Chinese Embassy.

Diplomats, officials can submit applications directly in the embassy