The visa sections at the Danish embassy in Beijing and the consulategenerals in Shanghai and Guangzhou make a great effort to process allvisa application in time. The visa processing time is normally 3-5working days. However, it occasionally happens that the visaapplication process for different reasons is delayed. The most commonexplanation is insufficient applications, where some of the requireddocumentation is missing.
It is important that the applicant submits the required documentationin time, and that the host provides an invitation letter withsufficient information. In cases where the visa application process isdelayed, the visa sections are often contacted by uncomprehendingapplicants and hosts, who want to know when the visa will be issued. Inmost cases there is a good explanation why the visa is not issued yet.
The most common reasons why the visa process is delayed:
- The applicant is waiting for his passport to be issued. Many Chinese citizens have not travelled outside China.
- The application has not yet been submitted to the visasection: Applicants with official passports are according to Chineselaw obliged to send their application to the Foreign Affairs Office(FAO) of the workplace. Not until the FAO of the workplace hasprocessed the application, it will be send to the visa section at theEmbassy or the consulate generals. In most cases the applicants are notinformed about this.
- The visa is in fact issued. The applicants have beeninformed that they according to Schengen rules have to submit planeticket and insurance, but the visa section is still waiting for thedocumentation. See the required documentation here.
- The visa is issued and the applicants have been informed, but the applicants still have not picked up their passports.
- The applicants have submitted their application, but thedocumentation needs to be verified by the relevant Chinese authorities.This can be information about companies, personal relations and thelike.
- Unfortunately there are extensive attempts to get a visa toSchengen countries based on fake information. Danish companies often donot have the ability to check if their contact person works for thecompany in China. Thus the Danish embassy and the consulate generalsroutinely check the applicant’s documentation.
E.g. by checking ifthe company is officially registered and if the applicant works for thecompany or not. In cases where there is considerable doubt that thedocumentation is genuine, the Danish Embassy and the Danish ConsulateGenerals conduct field trips to check the validity of the application.
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