Prepare documentation.
Gather all the documentation that is required for your type of application. There are checklists of the required documentation for each category of visa 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 British Embassy / Consulates require that there has to be at least one blank page on the passport, which must be back to back, clear on both sides of the page.

Submit application
Visit a Visa Application Centre to submit a completed Visa Application Form and supporting documentation, pay the relevant fee and for Biometric enrolment.

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 UKVisas):
  - for all applicants travelling to the UK;
  - which correspond to data in the VAF (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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