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Shenzhen Visa on Arrival

The single entry five-day Tourist Visa is available at Luohu (Lo Wu) Port, Huanggang Port, Shekou Port and Fuyong Port if you visit Shenzhen for 5 days at most. There is no visa office at Futian Port although it is a few hundred meters apart from Huanggang Port. They are different land crossings which connect to different points in Lok Ma Chau in Hong Kong . Futian Port connects to Lok Ma Chau MTR Station while Huanggang Port connects to 24-hour Lok Ma Chau Control Point.

Office Hours of Shenzhen Visa on Arrival Application

Luohu Port: 09:00 - 22:30

Huanggang Port: 09:00 - 13:00, 14:30 - 17:00

Shekou Port: 08:45 - 12:30, 14:30 -17:30

Fuyong Port: 08:30 - 17:30

Application Requirements

1. Your valid passport

2. complete the application form when you are at the port

3. take a photo when you are at the port

4. pay for the VOA

Most nationalities of the following countries can easily get a visa on arrival in Shenzhen, such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Ireland and Spain. Other nationals are hard to get it if they have never been to PRC. Passport holders of US and France are not eligible for the application and even get fined for arrival without a valid Chinese visa. Currently, the fee for most nationals is 168 RMB, but the fee for UK nationals is much higher at a rate of 469 RMB. If Irish nationals are unlucky to meet a border official who doesn't know UK and Ireland are different countries, they will be charged the high fee as same as UK nationals. The different visa fees are set on a reciprocal basis. Only RMB is accepted for payment. When you get to the visa office at the border, just complete the application form, pay the fee and take a photo, so you don’t need to worry about the application materials. What you need is just a valid passport. The visa will be issued within 10 minutes.