Chinese Embassy for Austria - Address / Phone Number

Chinese Embassy in Austria

Address: Metternichgasse 4, 1030 Wien
City: Vienna (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Tel.:  (+43 / 1) 714 31 49
Fax: (+43 / 1) 713 68 16 

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 17.30
Consular hours: Monday, Thursday 8.30 - 11.00, 14.00 - 16.00, Friday 8.30 - 11.00 

Chinese Embassy ensures all co-nationals protection against the violation of their fundamental rights and the limitation or privation of their personal freedom. They also ensure emergency assistance; help in locating family members, inheritance procedures initiated abroad and for the repatriation of mortal remains. The consular services include:

• Registry
• Consular protection
• Citizenship
• Notary services
• Passports
• Civil status
• Visas, etc.

Legalization means the authentication of a signature of seal/stamp appearing on a document. To have documents which originate in Austria accepted in the People's Republic of China, you shall go to the Legalization Office of the Austrian Foreign Affairs Ministry to authenticate the signatures or seals of local notary publics. Then you may come to the Embassy to legalize the signatures of the officials of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Please be advised that the legalization only confirms that the signature and seals of the officials of the Foreign Affairs Ministry on your document are genuine. It does NOT mean that the contents of the document are correct or the Embassy approves of the contents. If the content of a document is deemed to be illegal, detrimental or immoral in China, legalization will be rejected.

Theft or loss of a valid passport must be reported to the police and a police report should be presented when applying for a new passport. Otherwise a passport is applied as normally. When reporting a lost passport to the police it should be noted that a report made by telephone and a registration number given  on the basis of that might not be adequate proof to the insurance company. The report can be made in person at a police station so that a report of the crime is available in writing.

People willing to travel to China must obtain a visa from one of the Chinese diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries. Special administrative regions - Hong Kong and Macau - maintain independent visa regimes. Visa processing time is 5 working days.

Documents required for the nationals of Austria to obtain a tourist visa to China:

• form of application;
• colored passport photo;
• flight or hotel reservation ticket;
• copy of the residence permit, work certificate or social security card of Austria