Additional Requirements for Minors Applying for a Visa

Additional Requirements for Minor Applicants

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    Except for regular requirements on different visa types, when applying Visa for children under 18, applicants need to provide:
     
    a. Authenticated Notary on Parents’ Marriage Certificate
    b. Authenticated Notary on Birth Certificate
    c. Authenticated Parental Consent Form notary- Parents must sign this form in front of the Notary
    d. Notary on Parents’ ID
    e. Entrust Letter (if neither of the parent go with the child)
     
     
    Notes:
     
    *Divorced parents should provide:
    a. Authenticated Notary on Divorce Certificate
    b. Authenticated Notary on Guardianship and Custody Document (if exist).
     
    * If parents choose to come to the Consulate to sign the consent form, applicants still need to provide all material above except for the Notarization and Authentication of Consent Form and Parents ID.
     
    * All the Notarization Documents should be in both Chinese and English.  Please prepare both copies and originals and Consulate will send back the original documents.​

    ​* For Authentication, applicants should go to local FAO offices(Sichuan,Chongqing, Yunnan, and Guizhou), do not need Authentication from the Consulate.