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 Welcome to the website of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston.

Chinese Consulate General in Houston covers a consular jurisdiction of eight American Southern states and a self-governing commonwealth: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. The consulate is committed to the exchanges and cooperation between China and the above-listed states in the areas of economy and trade, science and technology as well as culture etc., protecting the rights and interests of the Chinese citizens in its consular areas according to law and offering the services like approving and issuing visa and appropriate papers.

It is my sincere hope that the website would be able to provide you with accurate information about China and convenience for you learning China.

Thanks for the visit.

Qiao Hong

Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Houston

What's New from the Consulate
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·  Notice of Mourning for Earthquake Victims
·  Announcement of the Chinese Consulate General in Houston on donation to the quake-hit area in China (updated)
·  Office Hour and Holidays Schedule for 2005
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  1. The Chinese Embassy and Consulates only take authentications and living certificates sent by mail.
    • For visa applications,if the applicant is unable to come to the visa office himself, he can send some one else or a travel/visa agent to come to the visa office for the application process. Visa application should be submitted and picked up by the applicant or someone else entrusted.
  2. Please read the relevant application instructions, e.g. AUTHENTICATION INSTRUCTIONS before submitting your application.
  3. Applicants are required to submit applications to the corresponding visa office of the Embassy or Consulate -General according to consular district jurisdiction.
    • Please check the Consular districts of the Embassy or Consulate-General, and be sure the application goes to the correct office. Otherwise, it will be returned without processing.
    • Mark your envelope with "Authentication Application" or "Consular Application".
  4. Due to technical reasons, the Consulate General in Houston can not accept Certified Mail, Registered Mail or mails requesting Return Receipt.
  5. It takes 10 business days to process applications received by mail.
    • No rush service is available for applications received by mail.If you want to use your document in the next 15days, please come or entrust someone else or a trvel agent to come to our office to applly in person. 
  6. In addition to the application fee, a $5 handling fee PER PACKAGE shall be charged. This handling fee is not return postage.

    • Please pay by Money Order or Cashier's Check.   Company Check or Personal checks are not acceptable.

    • Please make  payable to Chinese Embassy or Chinese Consulate.

    • All payments can be written on one check or money order.
  7. A self-addressed pre-paid RETURN envelops with sufficient postage must be included.  It is suggested you use Express Mail service for the postmen come to our consulate to pick up the mails everyday.
    • The following next day arrival trackable return delivery is recommended: FedEx, Post Office Express Mail, Airborne, UPS or DHL, etc.

    • Meter stripe postage, Certified Mail or Registered Mail can not be used as return delivery.

    • Please write or print your name and address both as SENDER and RECIPIENT on the RETURN ENVELOPE instead of the Chinese Embassy or Consulate.

    • Applicants are solely responsible for the correct address and postage provided on their return envelopes.
    • To facilitate your application, please provide a cover letter with a list of the items being mailed, and your daytime telephone number.
    • Do not make any inquires regarding the status of your application if it is less than 15 days old. Should you need the status in case of real emergency, please fax or email us the name of the applicant, nature of the application and the telephone number through which we may reach you. We'll get back to you as soon as possible. The fax number of the Consulate General in Houston is 713-5210237 and the email address is: visa@chinahouston.org

    • A reviewing fee of $20 shall be charged if you withdraw your application while it is being processed.

    • The Visa Office is not responsible for the loss, damage, delay or mishandling of your passport and documents caused by the delivery services.
    • Visa applicants who resident in the Consular districts of the Consulate General in Houston(Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,  Oklahoma, Texas and Puerto Rico),  if cannot come to the Consualte in Houston personnally, may entrust traval/visa agents legally registerd in Houston for the application process.  The traval/visa agents include the following ones:

              (1) Chinese Visa Office  add: 6600 Sands Point., Suite 123 Houston, TX 77074     www.visa-chinese.com,   www.chinesevisaoffice.com

              Email: office@visa-chinese.com     Tel:7137745606        Fax:7137741763

              (2) China Visa Service Center  add:10700 Richmond Ave., Suite 211 Houston, TX 77042   www.MyChinaVisa.com

              Tel:8007996560           Fax:7139529377

              (3) Visa Express   add:3120 Southwest Fwy, Suite 108, Houston, TX 77098    WWW.VISAEXPRESS.NET

              Tel:8008847579           Fax:7135290406

              (4) eTriones.com Inc.    add:eTriones.com Inc.  1720 Dryden Rd. #218   Houston, TX 77030   www.visa2china.com

              Tel:8325269025  2815137743         Fax:2819970221

              (5)Chinese Civic Center Visa Service   5905 Sovereign Dr., Houston TX 77036   www.cccvisa.com    www.chineseciviccenter.org  

              email: info@cccvisa.com           Tel:7137721133, 2816901143 

             (6)Best China Visa Service Center (BCV),  9898 Bissonnet St., Ste.325C, Houston,TX  77036  www.bcvisa.com

             email: service@bcvisa.com       Tel: 18887786182, 18888080062,  Fax: 2818846978

     

     

     

     

     

     


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