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Great Traveler answered at 6 months ago

L Visa (Tourists Visa) and F Visa (Business Visa) are two most popular categories of China Visas, so many tourists are eager to know policy changes in the two categories of China Visas. China Highlights listed the changes below:

F Visas issued in China mainland can not be renewed in China mainland
F Visa issued in China mainland can not be renewed in China mainland. But if you get your F Visa in Shenzhen and Zhuhai you can still renew it in China mainland. Other F Visa holders must go to Hong Kong, Macau or their own countries to renew F Visas.

Validity of L Visa and F Visa has been reduced to 30 days
The validity of L Visa and F Visa has been reduced from 90 days to 30 days.

F Visa can not be switched to L Visa or Vice Versa

To apply for L Visa and F Visa, you need the following documents
Passport: your passport with a validity of at least 6 months. Besides, there should be a few blank pages on your passport.

Application Form: to apply for a China Visa, you need to complete an application form. You can download the application form on the official website of China embassy in your resident county.

Photo: a photo the same with your passport. You need to glue it on your application form.

Round Trip Air Tickets and Hotel Reservation: the hotel reservation should include your check-in and check-out time and the round trip air tickets should include your arrival and departure time. If you want to live in your friend's home, you need to provide your friend's passport number or ID number. If you want to live in your family member's home you need to your family member's passport number or ID number. Besides, you need to prepare a certificate of kinship.

The four documents are necessary to apply for both L Visa and F Visa. Besides, when applying for an F Visa you need a Visa notification issued by an authorized Chinese unit.