# China Visa Fees for Indians: What the Consular Schedule Charges and What the Centre Adds

> A Chinese tourist visa for an Indian passport carries a consular fee set by entry count, plus a separate visa centre service charge. How to read the total.

- Published: 2026-08-23
- Author: VisaGyan (VisaGyan)
- Canonical: https://visagyan.in/china-visa-fees-for-indians
- Official sources:
  - https://in.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/lsfw/
  - https://bio.visaforchina.cn/

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China is the route where Indian applicants most often discover the total only at the counter, because the price arrives in two pieces from two different organisations.

## The two charges

**The consular fee.** Set by the Chinese Embassy's published Charging Standard and scaled by the number of entries — single, double, or multiple over six or twelve months. The Embassy has revised this schedule more than once in recent years, including a general reduction announced in January 2024, which is precisely why a figure quoted in a two-year-old blog post is worthless.

**The visa centre service charge.** Levied separately by the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre, per applicant, and unrelated to the entry count.

We deliberately do not reprint a rupee figure here. The consular schedule moves, the service charge moves, and on a YMYL question the only number worth having is the one on the official page on the day you file: the Embassy's **Charging Standard** section and the centre's own fee notice.

## What the fee does not buy

An outcome, and not a fast one either. The fee is non-refundable on refusal, and the standard route runs through in-person biometric enrolment at the centre — the Embassy has published exemptions for particular categories at particular times, so read the current notice rather than an older one.

## Where the real cost sits for Indian travellers

Documents. A Chinese tourist visa application is document-heavy by the standards of the region: confirmed flights and hotels for the whole stay, an itinerary that matches them, and financial evidence. Rebooking after a refusal, not the fee, is what makes this route expensive when it goes wrong.

The full requirement list and the current process are in [China visa for Indians](/china-visa-for-indians). If Hong Kong is on the itinerary, note that it is a separate permission with its own rules. And for how China's total compares with the cheaper regional routes an Indian passport can use, see [visa fees for Indians in 2026](/visa-fees-for-indians-2026).

*VisaGyan is an independent journal, not affiliated with the Chinese Embassy or the visa application centre. Because the consular schedule is revised periodically, verify the current fee on the Embassy's own Charging Standard page before applying. Checked 22 August 2026.*