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Travelling to China for a holiday or business? Garnet Tourism can assist with both China Tourist Visa and China Business Visa applications. Our team reviews your profile, guides you on the applicable visa category and helps prepare your application documents, travel arrangements and supporting file.
The correct visa category depends on the main purpose of your trip. Garnet Tourism will review your travel purpose and guide you on the appropriate application route.
For travellers visiting China primarily for holidays, sightseeing and tourism.
For travellers entering China for business, commercial and trade-related activities.
The final checklist depends on whether you are travelling for tourism or business, as well as your passport nationality, UAE residence and individual circumstances. Garnet Tourism will review your profile before confirming your requirements.
Share your passport nationality, UAE residence, intended travel dates and whether you are travelling for tourism or business.
Garnet Tourism identifies the applicable visa route and helps prepare your application information and supporting documents.
Our team guides you through the applicable submission process and advises you regarding passport submission, fingerprints or other mandatory steps if required.
Whether you are planning a holiday in China or travelling for business meetings and trade activities, Garnet Tourism can help organise your application file and guide you through the applicable process.
We help determine whether the Tourist L visa or Business M visa is appropriate for your travel purpose.
We review and organise your general and category-specific visa supporting documents.
Garnet Tourism can also assist with flights, hotels and travel arrangements where applicable.
The China L visa is used by visa-required foreign travellers whose main purpose is tourism.
Current Dubai requirements for the L tourist visa list round-trip air travel, hotel reservations and other itinerary materials, or an eligible invitation letter issued in China.
Prepare the applicable flight or travel arrangements.
Hotel reservations should support your intended travel plan.
Provide your intended dates, destinations and activities in China.
In applicable tourist visa cases, an invitation issued by an organisation such as a travel agency or an individual in China may be used instead of the listed travel materials when it contains the required information.
The China M visa is intended for foreign travellers entering China for commercial and trade-related activities.
The M visa can apply to qualifying commercial and trade activities. Garnet Tourism will review the purpose of your trip before confirming the applicable business visa document requirements.
Meetings with customers, suppliers or commercial partners.
Qualifying commercial and trade-related visits.
Attendance at qualifying economic or trade exhibitions.
Current Dubai requirements list business activity documents or invitation letters issued by a trade partner in China, including invitations to economic and trade fairs.
The M visa invitation should clearly explain the traveller, the commercial visit and the inviting business or organisation.
Name, gender, date of birth, passport number and nationality.
Purpose, arrival and departure dates, places to visit, relationship and source of expenses.
Business name, contact details, address and the applicable seal and authorised signature.
Do not use a tourist visa if your principal reason for travelling is a commercial or trade activity. Send Garnet Tourism your trip details and we will help identify the appropriate category.
Current Dubai requirements include Emirates ID and UAE residence documentation for applicable foreign nationals, along with the relevant sponsor documentation.
Current Dubai requirements state that the passport should be valid for more than six months from the application date and contain the required blank pages.
Current Dubai requirements state that where an applicant is under 18, both parents should issue the applicable No Objection Letter and provide copies of their passports.
Prepare the child's passport and applicable visa documents.
Parental No Objection documentation may be required.
Parent passport copies may also form part of the file.
Send us your passport nationality, UAE residence, travel dates and purpose of travel. Garnet Tourism will review your profile and guide you on the appropriate visa category and supporting documents.
The current Dubai process includes online application information and preliminary review followed by the applicable passport and supporting-document submission stage.
Garnet Tourism reviews your visa category and documentation.
We assist with organising the applicable application information and supporting documents.
We guide you on passport submission or other mandatory requirements when applicable.
Depending on current visa rules and exemptions, an applicant may need to personally complete fingerprints, passport submission or another identity-related requirement.
Our team will guide you on what to prepare and when your personal attendance is required.
China currently has visa-exemption arrangements covering certain passport nationalities and qualifying purposes, including tourism and business in some cases. Garnet Tourism can check the applicable requirement based on your passport and intended trip.
Garnet Tourism can assist with both Tourist L and Business M visa preparation. Our advertised starting price represents Garnet Tourism's visa-assistance service and not the government visa fee.
Government visa charges, visa centre charges, express services, courier services, translations, flights, hotels and other third-party costs may be separate unless specifically included in your confirmed quotation.
Explore Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and China's famous cultural destinations, or travel for meetings, suppliers, exhibitions and commercial opportunities.
Yes. Garnet Tourism can assist with both Tourist L visa and Business M visa preparation, subject to your passport nationality, travel purpose and individual eligibility.
Visa-required travellers visiting primarily for tourism and sightseeing generally use the L visa.
Travellers entering China for commercial and trade activities generally use the M business visa.
Your visa category should match your genuine main purpose of travel. If your principal purpose is business or commercial trade, Garnet Tourism will review whether the M visa is the appropriate route.
In addition to the general visa documents, current Dubai requirements list round-trip air travel, hotel reservations and other travel materials, or an eligible invitation letter.
In addition to the general visa documents, an M visa normally requires business activity documents or an invitation issued by a trade partner or relevant organisation in China.
It should normally identify the traveller, explain the purpose and dates of the business visit, list the places of visit and source of expenses, and provide the required information about the inviting company or person.
The M category covers commercial and trade activities, and current requirements specifically recognise invitations to economic and trade fairs as relevant supporting documentation.
Current Dubai requirements list a copy of the Emirates ID for applicants applying in the UAE.
Foreign nationals applying in the UAE should provide the applicable residence evidence required for their case.
Current Dubai requirements list an NOC from the UAE sponsor. Garnet Tourism will review your circumstances and guide you on the applicable sponsor documents.
Current Dubai guidance requires the passport to be valid for more than six months from the application date and to contain the required blank pages.
Current Dubai requirements list two recent 2-inch photographs with a white background.
Yes. Garnet Tourism can assist with applicable flights, hotels and travel arrangements, particularly for tourist visa applications.
Business visa supporting documents depend on the particular trip and invitation. Garnet Tourism will review the confirmed travel arrangements and advise what should be included in your file.
Yes. The competent Chinese authorities may request additional supporting evidence depending on the individual application.
Personal attendance may be required for certain passport, identity or fingerprint requirements. Garnet Tourism will guide you when a mandatory personal step applies.
No. Visa requirements depend on passport nationality, purpose of travel and any applicable visa-exemption arrangement. UAE residence alone does not determine whether a visa is required.
No. AED 500 is Garnet Tourism's starting visa-assistance price. Government, visa centre and other applicable third-party charges may be separate unless specifically included in your confirmed quotation.
No. Garnet Tourism provides visa-document, application and travel assistance. Final visa decisions are made solely by the competent Chinese authorities.
Send us your passport nationality, UAE residence, travel dates and purpose of travel. Our team will review whether the Tourist L Visa or Business M Visa applies and assist with preparing your application and supporting documents.