ISLAMABAD – The Chinese Embassy has announced to provide maximum comfort tothe Pakistani applicants seeking Chinese visa.
In order to facilitate visa applicants, the embassy has hired two Pakistanifemale employees for Urdu-speaking applicants.
Director of the Consular Section Yang Lianchun said that more Pakistanistaff have been hired in his section which has taken responsibilities offacilitating the applicants.
“All of our consular officers speak English only. When we have interviewswith Urdu-speaking applicants who visit China for the first time, we willsometimes reject them as we can’t make sure of their visit purposes due tolanguage barriers. However, Pakistani employees can not only help lessenthe applicants’ emotional anxiety but solve the problem easily,” he said.
Since April 1 this year, the Embassy has implemented the new policy for Fand M visas.
According to the new rules, those applicants who have visited China morethan 3 times since January 1, 2016, who work for the companies registeredin local Chambers, or who hold passports with marks of Government Officeror Government Employee are exempted from submitting barcode invitationletters.
These invitation letters are usually issued by Chinese local governments orbig enterprises and difficult to obtain.
According to statistics, the visa issuance volume from April 1 to June 15rose 11% over the same period of the previous year, among which thebusiness visa volume reaches around 15,000, a growth of 19%.
Hiring more Pakistani staff in the Consular Section is actually under theinstructions of Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing.
Since his arrival the Ambassador has specially taken steps to facilitateChinese visa application. His constant meetings with the chambers ofcommerce and industries won huge support from the local business community