C Visa (Crew Member)
🇨🇳 China visas · Work
What it is
Chinese visa for crew members performing duties on international transport: international train attendants, international aircraft crew, seafarers on ships in international navigation and their accompanying family members, and drivers engaged in international road transport.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- Validity and stay set by the issuing Chinese mission.
- Processing time
- 4–5 days
- Extendable
- Yes
- Dependants
- Conditional
- How to apply
- Mixed
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (驻美使领馆对等费率，一次入境；非全国统一标准)
- USD 140
- Application fee (驻美使领馆费率，一次入境；部分第三国公民标准不同)
- USD 23
Key requirements
- Passport valid for the intended stay
- Completed visa application form and photo
- Documents evidencing the purpose of the visit
- Application at a Chinese embassy, consulate or visa application service centre
Working on this visa
C is a crew-duty route, not a general work route: it is issued for performing train, air, shipping or international road-transport duties, and the supporting document is a guarantee letter from the foreign transport company or an…
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 4 August 2026.