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Asked by David from united kingdom | Apr. 03, 2020 14:09

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Z Visa Application

I'm a UK citizen, I've been living in China for over three years now - first on a Z visa and currently on an M visa whilst working probation in a new role which expires at the end of May. I've been getting papers ready to apply for a Z visa, including a criminal background check which I've had this document legalised in the UK but not by the Chinese Embassy in London because it is closed and has a notice on their website stating it is not offering legalisation or any other services right now.
Can I still apply for the Z visa with this document, or are there any places in China that I can get it legalised here? Thanks, David

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Answered by Alex | Apr. 06, 2020 19:18

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David, you have to have this documents authenticated for the purpose of applying for a Z visa. Maybe you can contact the UK embassy in China to see if they can authenticate this document for you.

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Answered by David | Apr. 08, 2020 02:16

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Hi all,

Thanks for your reply Alex, but the TL:DR is basically, there is no solution for this.

As an update; all British Consulates are currently closed (at least Guangzhou is, others may just not be answering calls). The Embassy in Beijing is the only one that gives an option for 'emergency' requests, which puts you through to the FCO in the UK, who are very nice to talk with but cannot help aside from asking you to complete a form on the GOV.UK website to contact the consulate. This gets answered by the FCO Consular services in the UK... and this is where I stop being nice. They are as helpful as a paper airplane in a blizzard. I sent one request last week explaining the situation (just after my post above), and the reply was very generic and basically said that all document processing is suspended. I then replied asking if a letter might be supplied to show that this is the case which I might need for the application, and the reply for this was little more than a short, blunt generic 'no', as this was a legalisation issue (it is not, it is notarial, which they can do).

Today I found out that the visa application centre will not accept the document without the notarisation, so I sent another form request today asking when the consulates would reopen as most of China is now doing so, as I am in need of notarial services. They just now sent me a generic email which, whilst it did point out that the 'consulates are not offering document services right now', then went on to give links for details on marriage in foreign countries, visa application for visiting the UK (!), travel advice and passport services.

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