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China Embassy in Australia
China Tourist Visa is granted to Austrian nationals who intend to visit China for sightseeing purposes. The Embassy of China in Austria requires every applicant to submit the following documents: a valid passport with at least six (6) months validity remaining before date of expiration and at least one (1) blank Visa page.
All the necessary and applicable information asked in the China Visa application form, one (1) copy, should be filled-up, duly signed and affixed with one (1) passport-type photograph. For verification purposes, Austrian passport bearers should also present valid documents that entitle them to reside or work for an extended period of time in China. In most cases, an onward or return tickets or confirmed itinerary is asked.
For guidance, the regular Visa Fees - here quoted in Euro (EUR), per Austrian applicant are as follows: Single-Entry Visa EUR 30, Double-Entry Visa EUR 45, Multi-Entry Visa with 6-month Validity EUR 60, and Multi-Entry Visa with 12-month Validity EUR 90. On urgent demands, an Expedited Service with corresponding fees is available.
The Chinese Embassy in Austria is located at Vienna (Wien). The Consular Office attending to Visa applications and related concerns is open 8:30 to 11:00 in the morning and 2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon on Mondays and Wednesdays only. The office is closed on declared Austrian and Chinese national holidays, as directed.
China Trivia
The curious among us has one or two fascinations about anything Chinese. Its would be nice to know just what makes a Chinese Mandarin and one Cantonese.
Mandarin, though more commonly used in referring to the overseas Chinese community, is, by legal parlance, refers to a person who holds citizenship of the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China, regardless of ethnicity. In general, any person of Chinese descent, including those in China and abroad, is called a Mandarin.
A Cantonese, on the other hand, would normally refer to a person who has resided outside of China for a long period of time, usually ten or more years, or it can refer to a Chinese person born in foreign country; such that there are the so-called Cantonese a the Chinese-looking and more likely a Chinese-speaking fellow, residing in Europe or United States. |
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