The Chinese Visa Application Service Centre (CVASC) in Seoul issued a holiday notice on 17 December confirming it will suspend operations on 25 December and from 1 – 2 January. Collection dates for submitted passports will shift accordingly, and the centre warns of post-holiday application surges that could extend processing times.
South Korea is China’s fifth-largest source of inbound visitors and a critical origin for technicians supporting electronics supply chains in the Yangtze River Delta. Companies sponsoring short-term Z- and M-visa applicants are therefore urged to lodge paperwork early or utilise the CVASC’s ‘express’ channel—though quotas for same-day service remain capped at 50 dossiers per day.
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For entities that prefer a streamlined solution, VisaHQ offers an end-to-end China visa concierge service that can absorb these holiday fluctuations. Using its online platform (https://www.visahq.com/china/), the firm pre-screens application packets, secures CVASC appointments and tracks processing milestones in real time, giving mobility teams clear visibility and reducing the risk of costly travel delays.
The notice also applies to satellite centres in Gwangju and Jeju, popular with Korean leisure travellers heading to Hainan and Guangdong under group-tour charters. Airlines such as Korean Air and Asiana typically add Lunar-New-Year capacity in late January; failure to secure visas in time could lead to no-show penalties for group operators.
Chinese embassies globally have largely harmonised their year-end schedules, but local variations persist. Mobility managers with multi-country teams should cross-check embassy calendars to avoid unintended gaps in travel eligibility, especially for staff rotating into China projects early in the new fiscal year.
South Korea is China’s fifth-largest source of inbound visitors and a critical origin for technicians supporting electronics supply chains in the Yangtze River Delta. Companies sponsoring short-term Z- and M-visa applicants are therefore urged to lodge paperwork early or utilise the CVASC’s ‘express’ channel—though quotas for same-day service remain capped at 50 dossiers per day.
For entities that prefer a streamlined solution, VisaHQ offers an end-to-end China visa concierge service that can absorb these holiday fluctuations. Using its online platform (https://www.visahq.com/china/), the firm pre-screens application packets, secures CVASC appointments and tracks processing milestones in real time, giving mobility teams clear visibility and reducing the risk of costly travel delays.
The notice also applies to satellite centres in Gwangju and Jeju, popular with Korean leisure travellers heading to Hainan and Guangdong under group-tour charters. Airlines such as Korean Air and Asiana typically add Lunar-New-Year capacity in late January; failure to secure visas in time could lead to no-show penalties for group operators.
Chinese embassies globally have largely harmonised their year-end schedules, but local variations persist. Mobility managers with multi-country teams should cross-check embassy calendars to avoid unintended gaps in travel eligibility, especially for staff rotating into China projects early in the new fiscal year.
