Big change for China-bound Indian travellers: Online visa system goes live from December 22

New Delhi: Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong has said that the country is all set to launch the online visa application system for Indians. The Chinese Embassy in India will launch the online visa application system on December 22. The information was shared by the Chinese Ambassador on his official X account.

Feihong in a post on social media platform 'X'shared details regarding online visa processing approval. He wrote, "China Online Visa Application System will be officially launched by the Chinese Embassy in India on December 22, 2025. Applicants could enjoy the convenience of filling out the form and uploading application materials online by visiting https://visaforchina.cn/DEL3_EN/qianzhengyewu."

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Sharing details of the website, he asked applicants to visit it and get more details about the visa application process. He further shared details about the Chinese Visa application centre in New Delhi. He told applicants that they can visit the Concourse floor, Shivaji Stadium Metro Station, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Connaught Place, between 9 am to 3 pm, from Monday to Friday, in order to apply for a visa.

The Ambassador also shared a telephone number on which the applicants can call to enquire about the visa application process.

Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs in India had confirmed that the "visa regime" for Chinese nationals is now fully functional. India has been issuing visas for tourism and business purposes for Chinese. The visa services have been resumed after a 5-year-suspension, following the border clashes in Galwan in 2020.

MEA spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, was quoted by the Economic Times as saying, "Visas for tourists are being given to Chinese nationals and business visas were being given earlier. So you know, all those visas are now in place. The visa regime of tourism and business, etc, is fully functional."

India had officially resumed issuing visas for Chinese nationals in November 2025. Before that, in July 2025, they started a limited reopening of visas for Chinese nationals across the world, hoping to travel to India. In fact even before the announcement by the MEA, business visas were being issued to Chinese nationals. This remains in place as of today, too.

The resumption of visas by both countries is a part of "people-centric" confidence-building measures agreed upon by both sides in 2025. Earlier both sides decided to resume flights in October 2025 and also the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, which was an annual event before the 2020 pandemic and clashes at the border.