24th January, 2022
During Chinese New Year Festival, the Visa Application Centres in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenyang and Wuhan, together with Call Center will be closed from January 29th to February 6th, 2022 and will be opened on Monday, 7th February 2022.
24th November, 2021
Dear applicants, please kindly be informed that from November 29 2021, applicants need to use the new version of Visa Application Form to submit the visa application. You can login to your account, fill in the information online and the system will automatically generate a printable version of the new visa application form.
3rd September, 2021
From 13th September 2021, Visa application Centre of Guangzhou will be relocated to following address : Room 811, Taixing Business Building, No 599 Guangzhou Dadaozhong, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. The Centre in Dongbao Building will be closed from 9th September 2021.
More information about opening hours is available on our Address & Opening Hours page.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you and thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Dear applicants, please be advised that the government of Cyprus has announced closure of country borders for 15 days effective immediately. In view of that, no visa applications will be accepted until further notice. If you have questions regarding the situation, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We will be re-scheduling upcoming appointments and returning unprocessed applications. Apologies for the inconvenience.
We are happy to announce that we will be opening nine additional Visa Application Centres for Cyprus. Soon, you will be able to apply for a visa to Cyprus in our Visa Application Centres in Chongqing, Fuzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha, Nanjing, Xi’an, Jinan, Kunming and Hangzhou.
You will be able book an appointment for submitting your application in one of these Visa Application Centres. In addition to regular submission hours, you will also be able book a Prime Time Afternoon appointment and get additional assistance from our staff inside the centre. Please see the list of new Added Value Services on our website or ask our staff when you visit the Visa Application Centre.
Please be advised that Certificate of Family Relationship (Kinship certificate) has been removed from the list of compulsory documents for all visa types except for Visiting Family and Friends visa type. Please check the updated document lists in the section: Documents and Visa Categories.
Please be advised that you’re now required to submit a declaration letter in the event that during your appointment it is discovered that your application files do not correspond to the requirements of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, or some of the required documents are missing. This declaration letter MUST BE signed by the applicant themselves.
We strongly advise you to review the documents in advance and have original declaration letter in case some of the documents are missing and/or are incomplete. Please review FAQ section for more information, especially question 2.6. The application will not be accepted if the application file doesn’t satisfy the requirements outlined by the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, available in the document list for each corresponding visa type, and the declaration letter signed by the applicant themselves is missing.