Chinese Embassy to launch visa applications for Indians on December 22
According to a notice from the embassy, applicants will be able to fill out forms and upload materials through the new platform, accessible via the official website.
The Chinese Embassy in India has announced it will launch visa application system for Indian citizens on December 22, 2025. The development marks a significant development in ensuring travel between both the countries, following a period of halt after border clashes in 2020.
According to a notice from the embassy, applicants will be able to fill out forms and upload materials through the new platform, accessible via the official website. The Chinese Ambassador to India shared the update on social media, inviting interested travellers to visit the website for further details.
Earlier on November 26, the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that the visa regime for tourism and business purposes for Chinese nationals is now "fully functional, "marking the end of a five-year suspension imposed after the 2020 border clashes.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, addressing the weekly media briefing, said, "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 officially resumed issuing tourist visas to Chinese nationals worldwide in November 2025, expanding on a limited reopening that began in July 2025. Business visas were already being issued prior to this recent announcement, and that process remains in place.
The resumption of visas is part of a series of "people-centric" confidence-building measures agreed upon by both sides in 2025, which also included the resumption of direct commercial flights in October 2025 and the revival of the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra pilgrimage. This decision is expected to boost tourism and trade and enhance people-to-people exchanges between the two most populous countries in the world.