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Complete a Visa
Application Form (VAF).
You
can also apply online at Visa4UK which l provide instructions
in English to guide you through the on line application
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Prepare your documentation
Gather all the documentation that is required for your type
of application. Please see the 'Checklist'
page on this website.
The following is a general checklist before submitting an
application:
General Checklist for Submission.
1. Check if your name, father's name and mother's name
is written in Pinyin and Chinese.
2. Check if the CCC numbers are written below the Pinyin
names.
3. Check if your address is written in both Pinyin and in
Chinese.
4. Check if your photograph is 3.5CM 4.5CM, with a white
background, as well as clear features, and taken within
the last 6 months.
5. Check if you have a photocopy of passport data page and
signature page.
6. Check if you are carrying originals of all required documents
along with a photocopy.
7. Check if you are carrying English translations of all
original Chinese documents.
8. Check if the passport has been signed by the applicant.
9. Check if the visa application form is signed by the applicant.
10. Check if you are carrying the visa fee (cash only).
11. Check if the visa application form has been completed
correctly.
12. Ensure that the date on the visa application form is
the same as date of submission.
13. The UK Border Agency requires that there is at least
1 blank page on the passport, which must be back to back,
clear on both sides of the page. |
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Submit application
Visit a visa application centre
to submit a completed visa application form and supporting
documentation, pay the relevant fee and submit your biometrics.
Applications will only be accepted at the visa application
centre if applicants:
present a signed, dated visa application form
(VAF);
provide the required photographs;
provide passports (or other travel documents where
specified by the UK Border Agency
- for all applicants travelling to
the UK;
- which correspond to data in the visa
application form (name, passport number, expiry date);
- which have not expired;
- which have at least one page free in
the visa pages for the insertion of a vignette,
pay the published visa fee; and,
consent to have their biometrics data recorded.
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