Westlake School in Theoretical Physics: Effective Field Theories

Visa Information

Foreign participants usually need a visa to enter China. You are advised to submit your visa application to the appropriate authorities as early as possible, in order not to delay your travel plan.

For this school, we recommend that you apply for a tourist visa (category L), which is the simplest and fastest one. Before submitting your application, please always check with the Chinese Embassies or Consulates General in your local region for the latest information. You may find a complete list of Chinese Embassies and Consulates General here. For your convenience, we give a few links in the following:

1. Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America
2. In many countries (except the US), the tourist visa may be applied through the Chinese Visa Application Service Center

Note that applications sent by postal mails are usually not accepted.

L Visa

For your reference, we list here the necessary items you will need for the L visa according to here. Please remember to check with the Chinese Embassies or Consulates General in your local region for the complete requirements.

1. Passport: Original signed passport with at least six months of remaining validity and blank visa pages, and a copy of the passport's data page and the photo page if it is separate.
2. Visa Application Form and Photo: One completed Visa Application Form with a photo on glossy photo paper glued onto the form (your photo must meet the requirements).
3. Documents showing the itinerary including air ticket booking record (round trip) and proof of a hotel reservation. Note that you usually don't need an invitation letter for the L visa.

F Visa

Instead of an L visa, you may also apply for a non-commercial business visa (category F). For this you will need an invitation letter from us. Please send an email to honghan@zju.edu.cn with the subject "EFTSchool2020 Invitation Letter". Please provide the following information of you in your email:

1. Full name as it appears in your passport
2. Position and Institution
3. Passport number
4. Gender
5. Nationality
6. Date of birth
7. Arrival and departure dates
8. Address to receive the hard copy (if requested)

The invitation letter will be sent in PDF format to the supplied email address. Please indicate in your email If you need the original hard copy. Usually we will reply to your email within 5 business days. If not, please send your email again and c.c. to zhuhx@zju.edu.cn.