To the visa center and to the embassy

1. There are three ways for Chinese citizens to apply for foreign visa:
(1) I directly apply to foreign embassies or consulates in China
(2) entrust the visa office of China Travel Agency to apply (generally only for tourist visa)
(3) the foreign relatives and friends apply for the visa directly to the immigration office of the country.

2. Some countries require that certain types of visa must be handled through agencies. Indivials are not allowed to submit information directly to the visa center of the embassy. For example, the Japanese tourist visa is that even if you have prepared sufficient information, you can't directly submit it to the visa center of the Japanese embassy. You must choose qualified travel to handle it. But some countries, such as the United States, can apply according to the process. Of course, generally speaking, unless it is a small country or a country with simple proceres, it is recommended that those who are not familiar with the application process of the country should go to the agency to handle it

3. There are two solutions. One is to call the visa center to ask. The other is to send an email to the embassy directly to ask whether they were rejected or waiting for a medical examination

4.

I don't know which country you are going to. In the case of not knowing which country, there are several aspects to answer your question

1. if the destination country has only an embassy but no consulate in China, it can only apply for a visa at the embassy

2. if the destination country has both embassies and consulates in China, which embassy or consulate to apply for a visa, the territorial division of the destination country's embassy or consulate to China, the applicant's registered permanent residence or permanent residence, and which territorial your registered permanent residence or permanent residence belongs to, you can apply for a visa at the embassy or consulate in this territorial area. For example, the United States has embassies in Beijing and Consulates General in Cheng, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang and Wuhan. The division of their consular areas is as follows: the consular areas of the United States Embassy in China include Beijing, Tianjin, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi and Xinjiang; The consular areas of the US Consulate General in Cheng include Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet; The consular areas of the US Consulate General in Guangzhou include Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan; The consular areas of the US Consulate General in Shanghai include Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang; The U.S. Consulate General in Shenyang includes Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning; The US Consulate General in Wuhan does not open consular services

3. most European embassies and consulates in China entrust visa application processing and visa issuance to VFS global, which has several visa centers in China. Applicants can go to these visa centers to submit visa application materials without going to foreign embassies or consulates

4. some embassies or consulates in China do not apply for visa. For example, the British Embassy (consulate) in China does not handle any visa related matters. To apply for a British visa, you have to visit UK Visa & amp; immigration; Apply on the official website of immigration

5. many countries implement e-visa policies. They can visit the e-visa official websites of their governments and apply for e-visa directly online

5. There is no difference, which is convenient to go to according to your location
however, if you go to the visa center, the processing speed may be faster than that of the embassy, because the embassy has to process study visa, work visa and so on. The visa center does not have the right to process study visa and work visa, but they can process visit visa.

6. The visa center is just a service agency that helps to collect information to the embassy

because the Canadian Embassy accepts the information submitted by me to the embassy

but it can only be received in the Canadian Embassy from 11:00 to 12:00 every morning from Monday to Thursday

so if you don't want to pass the visa center

you can hand in the information by yourself

save that 25 0 visa center service fee

refer to Embassy website information:

http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/china/immigration/beijing/visiting-canada-ch.aspx

7. For visa application, you can go directly to the embassy, but you need to make an appointment. In addition, it takes a long time to go directly to the embassy. In addition to the visa fee, you need to pay a certain service fee when you go to the visa center. The visa center is only responsible for the review of materials, and the final issue of the visa is decided by the embassy.

8. It's not the same. It saves your travel and accommodation to Beijing. I think agency is more convenient

9.

Both embassies and consulates can apply for visa, but the scope of application is different, depending on the executive rights of the consulate

The embassy is a permanent diplomatic representative of a country in the capital of the country that has established diplomatic relations, while the consulate is only set up in the main cities of the host country, where there are more overseas Chinese and consular work

the responsibilities of embassies cover all regions of the host country, while consulates are only responsible for the areas under their jurisdiction. Many countries have only embassies and no consulates in most countries. Whether or not to set up a consulate, and which level of consulate to set up, mainly depends on the number of overseas Chinese and consular business and the importance of the region, and in accordance with the principle of reciprocity

consulates can also apply for visa, but the specific visa can be applied for depends on the responsibilities and authorities of the Consulate General. For example, the US Consulate General in Cheng can only apply for non immigrant visa, and the immigration visa can only go to the US embassy in China

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the main task of consuls is to protect the commercial and economic interests of sending countries and their nationals, and to handle all kinds of business related to them. For example, to promote the development of commercial and economic relations between sending and receiving countries; Investigate the business and economic situation of the receiving country and report to the sending government; Issue of passports and travel documents; To accept the declaration of the birth, death and marriage of the nationals of the sending country, to prove the will, to investigate the evidence, to transfer the judicial writ, etc; To protect and supervise the ships, aircraft and their crew members of the sending country, to check the ship documents, to investigate navigation disputes, to mediate disputes between crew members, etc. "

10. The embassy is a permanent diplomatic representative of a country in the capital of the country that has established diplomatic relations, while the consulate is only set up in the main cities of the country, where there are more overseas Chinese and consular work
the responsibilities of embassies cover all regions of the host country, while consulates are only responsible for the areas under their jurisdiction. Many countries have only embassies and no consulates in most countries. Whether or not to set up a consulate, and which level of consulate to set up, mainly depends on the number of overseas Chinese and consular business and the importance of the region, and in accordance with the principle of reciprocity. For example, China has an embassy and five Consulates General in the United States, which are responsible for consular business in their respective jurisdictions. The United States also has four Consulates General in China, namely Shanghai, Shenyang, Cheng and Guangzhou

the consulate general can also apply for visa, but the specific visa application depends on the responsibilities and authorities of the Consulate General. For example, the US Consulate General in Cheng can only apply for non immigrant visa, and the immigration visa can only go to the US embassy in China.