🇨🇳 China
Who needs a visa for China?
Of 198 nationalities, 81 enter China with no paperwork at all.
The rest: 117 must be approved before they travel.
We have not found a China government portal we can link to with confidence, so
we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through China's own
immigration service or its embassy.
What do you need? I hold a passport from Choose a country 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇹🇩 Chad 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇨 Monaco 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇻🇦 Vatican City 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇭 Bahrain 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇧🇳 Brunei 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇮🇱 Israel 🇯🇵 Japan 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇰🇼 Kuwait 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇲🇴 Macao 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇴🇲 Oman 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇰🇷 South Korea 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇸🇾 Syria 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇾🇪 Yemen 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Panama 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇵🇪 Peru 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇷 Suriname 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 🇺🇸 United States 🇺🇾 Uruguay 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇦🇺 Australia 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇷 Nauru 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Who needs what Visa free 81 Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.
🇦🇱 Albania 90d 🇦🇩 Andorra 30d 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 30d 🇦🇷 Argentina 30d 🇦🇲 Armenia 90d 🇦🇺 Australia 30d 🇦🇹 Austria 30d 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 30d 🇧🇸 Bahamas 30d 🇧🇭 Bahrain 30d 🇧🇧 Barbados 30d 🇧🇾 Belarus 30d 🇧🇪 Belgium 30d 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 90d 🇧🇷 Brazil 30d 🇧🇳 Brunei 30d 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 30d 🇨🇱 Chile 30d 🇭🇷 Croatia 30d 🇨🇾 Cyprus 30d 🇩🇰 Denmark 30d 🇩🇲 Dominica 30d 🇪🇨 Ecuador 30d 🇪🇪 Estonia 30d 🇫🇯 Fiji 30d 🇫🇮 Finland 30d 🇫🇷 France 30d 🇬🇪 Georgia 30d 🇩🇪 Germany 30d 🇬🇷 Greece 30d 🇬🇩 Grenada 30d 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇭🇺 Hungary 30d 🇮🇸 Iceland 30d 🇮🇪 Ireland 30d 🇮🇹 Italy 30d 🇯🇵 Japan 30d 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 30d 🇰🇼 Kuwait 30d 🇱🇻 Latvia 30d 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 30d 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 30d 🇲🇴 Macao 🇲🇾 Malaysia 30d 🇲🇻 Maldives 30d 🇲🇹 Malta 30d 🇲🇺 Mauritius 60d 🇲🇨 Monaco 30d 🇲🇳 Mongolia 30d 🇲🇪 Montenegro 30d 🇳🇱 Netherlands 30d 🇳🇿 New Zealand 30d 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 30d 🇳🇴 Norway 30d 🇴🇲 Oman 30d 🇵🇪 Peru 30d 🇵🇱 Poland 30d 🇵🇹 Portugal 30d 🇶🇦 Qatar 30d 🇷🇴 Romania 30d 🇷🇺 Russia 30d 🇼🇸 Samoa 30d 🇸🇲 San Marino 90d 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 30d 🇷🇸 Serbia 30d 🇸🇨 Seychelles 30d 🇸🇬 Singapore 30d 🇸🇰 Slovakia 30d 🇸🇮 Slovenia 30d 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 30d 🇰🇷 South Korea 30d 🇪🇸 Spain 30d 🇸🇷 Suriname 30d 🇸🇪 Sweden 30d 🇨🇭 Switzerland 30d 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇭 Thailand 30d 🇹🇴 Tonga 30d 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 30d 🇺🇾 Uruguay 30d 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 30d
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