Where do I send my China visa application?

Picture this: you figured out which documents you needed to have to apply foryour visa to China. You have your itenerary planned, your passport is up to date, all your documents are safely tucked in a folder. You go to check if you can mail in your visa application to the Chinese Embassy and then you notice two things; visa applications have to be submitted in person and the Embassy in DC only accepts applications from specific states!

If this situation sounds familiar, we’re here to help. Below we’ll outline the Chinese Consulates’ map and their jurisdictions so you don’t have to be confused about where your documents need to go.

The Map

The Jurisdictions

Chinese Embassy

Visa Office Address: 2201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite110, Washington, D.C. 20007 U.S.A.

Alabama | Mississippi | West Virginia

Arkansas | North Carolina | Washington DC

Delaware | Oklahoma

Florida | South Carolina

Georgia | Puerto Rico

Kentucky | Tennessee

Louisiana | Texas

Maryland | Virginia

Chinese Consulate General in Chicago

Visa Office Address: 1 East Erie Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60611

Illinois | North Dakota

Indiana | South Dakota

Iowa | Wisconsin

Kansas

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco

Visa Office Address: 1450 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA94115

Alaska

Idaho

Montana

Nevada

Northern California

Oregon

Washington

Wyoming

Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles

Visa Office Address: 443 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, CA 90020

Arizona

Colorado

Hawaii

New Mexico

Southern California

U.S. Pacific Islands

Utah

Chinese Consulate General in New York

Visa Office Address: 520 12th Ave., New York, NY 10036

Connecticut | Rhode Island

Maine | Vermont

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania