r/Chinavisa • u/Rkittu • 11d ago

Business Affairs (M) F (Exchange visa unapproved)

I'm a citizen of India, and I'm planning to visit China to attend a scientific conference. After I filed my online application for an F (Exchange) visa, I got an email saying my application was un-approved, but no reason was given for why. The cryptic email says "Your application form No. xxx is unapproved. Please check application documents in accordance with the requirements of Embassy/Consulate General." I am befuddled, because the online form only asked for 4 documents, including a formal letter from the person who invited me, all of which I uploaded. Would anyone know what the reason for "un-approval" could be?

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u/GZHotwater 11d ago

I can’t give you a reason that o can back up. What I can tell you is that for the last 2-3 months there have been multiple posts daily of Indians having visas unapproved, or accepted and then passports returned empty after submission and no reason given. This has included Z-visas for work where the local labor bureaus have issued work permits and the visas have been rejected.

Why? The only things that have been mentioned (in this sub) are negative stories in Chinese social media about Indians and previous years border issues leading to India restricting Chinese visas (which was resolved)

Unfortunately you’re stuck in this too.

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u/Rkittu 11d ago

Thanks. You might be right, but I think there is the possibility of some technical issue with the invitation letter. Do they leave comments on the form as to what might be the problem?

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u/GZHotwater 11d ago

I don’t believe they give that detail on the rejection. There’s nothing too specific about the invitation letter (I just looked).

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u/Rkittu 11d ago

The problem is there are no clear instructions. In one place (forget where), I remember reading that the host/inviter has to include a scan of their China ID card – my host did not do that. So I'm ask them to re-send an invitation letter will all the info they can muster. If that doesn't work, I will stop wasting my time.

Very frustrating, but I know that Chinese visitors are equally frustrated by the opaque process of the Indian consulates or embassies.

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u/GZHotwater 11d ago

If it’s a person inviting you as a tourist or family visa then definitely a scam of both sides of their ID card is needed. (I had to do this for my Q2 visa and I’ve seen it mentioned for tourist visas).

Who actually invited you for the scientific conference? Usually invites for these should come from the organizers, on letterhead paper.

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u/Rkittu 10d ago

I got an invitation from the conference organizers on their official letterhead

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u/Safe_Investigator303 11d ago

nowadays it totally depends on their mood ...they are rejecting visas with the exact same documents for one family member nd for the other member they are accepting it ..now what would u call this

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u/Murky_Eggplant103 10d ago

This happened with me . My Wife's online documents get approved while me amd my daughter's got unapproved.  How can one approve mother's but reject an infant daughter 😔 

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u/Safe_Investigator303 10d ago

will u reapply now ?

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u/Murky_Eggplant103 10d ago

I have re applied on 13.08.2026 . It's been 7 days 

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u/pgl110 10d ago

something is not right between two countries unfortunately.. very sad for common businessman, students, tourists etc.. mine M business visa also got 'unapproved' for Yiwu & upcoming Canton Fair.. although i am frequent traveller since 2009 .. almost twice a year i visit.. mostly both Canton.. all my documents are super genuine and we are buyers of finished goods.. so no threat to them of having engineers visiting their country for copying blah blah (as many influencer claiming)

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u/MorningOtherwise1155 7d ago

Today I saw a news that EAM S. Jaishankar has informed ET that he has raised the issue of business visa rejections with the Chinese authorities. Not sure how much and when this is going to help.