It is easy to get a China visitor's visa with your travel agent
Work Visa
To get a work visa, you need to visit a China Visa office
Vancouver China Visa office
#228 1338 West Broadway
Open 9:00am to noon (open afternoon only for travel agents)
Expect to wait two hours, so get then between 7:00am and 10:00am
You need to bring an invitation letter from the company hiring you
Can get a one-way ticket if you have a work visa
Visitor's Visa
Need to bring
- Passport
- Passport photos (taken at Costco)
- Even babies need a valid Passport and a birth certificate showing the parent's names
Must get return ticket with a visitor's visa
Can stay only three months at a time
Cannot get multi-entry China visas anymore, unless you already had one in the past
Ticket Prices
Return ticket from Vancouver to Beijing: $1,000
Open return ticket for 12 months: $1,400
Infant price (less than 2 years old) is 10% of adult price and gets no seat and only one bag
Child price (2+ years) is 75% of adult price