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Asked by Walter from austria | Oct. 26, 2019 23:06

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Does a previous visit to Egypt block me from getting a tourist visa to China with the same passport?

I am an Austrian national and I visited Egypt last year for tourism. I have the Egyptian tourist visa in my passport. I wanted to visit China in two months and planned to ask for a tourist visa. I have to apply from Taiwan, as this is my current country of residence. In the application form, my wife found a sentence that it is not possible to apply for China tourist visa if you visited Egypt. Does anyone have any experience with this - is there a way around or can I really never visit China using the same passport?

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Answered by Kris | Oct. 28, 2019 01:28

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As far as I know, it's hard to apply for China visa in Taiwan, maybe that can explain why the requirements are more strict. Maybe you can go to HK to apply and I don't see there is a sentence in normal application form that states the visit to Egypt will make one ineligible for China visa, though in fact it may have some influence.

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Answered by Walter | Oct. 28, 2019 18:07

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Thank you for your answer.
In the meantime, I found a colleague who had the same problem and learned this: the "black-list" including Egypt really only applies for visa applications from Taiwan (yet, strangely, not to Taiwanese...). It seems that the visa is not 100% sure to be denied if you have visited one on the list, but since you have to apply through a travel agent (no Chinese embassy), and they charge for it, they just say it's impossible to avoid troubles down the road.
Solutions are: 1) go to HK and apply in person 2) apply by mail through your home country 3) risk it and apply from Taiwan. My colleague did 2) and I will do the same.

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