What does a visa on arrival mean?

Visa on arrival means that the applicant does not directly obtain a visa for other countries from the host country, but arrives at the port of the country with a passport and an entry permit issued by the relevant authorities of the country, and then issues a visa. Visa on arrival is usually unilateral.

Chinese name: visa on arrival

Mbth: visa on arrival

Direction: unilateral

Category: exit visa

Content: You must apply for a visa at the port of the country you are going to.

Extended data:

Foreign citizens coming to China should, in principle, apply for visas in advance to China embassies and consulates abroad, offices, offices of special commissioners in Hong Kong and Macao or other overseas institutions authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Applicants should complete their visas in advance according to their own itinerary.

If there are no special circumstances, the applicant can generally apply for a visa from the above-mentioned institutions on his way to China when he has no time to apply for a visa near his place of residence.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-visa on arrival