# Business visa invitation letter: contents and annotated examples

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Use the M-visa content checklist to ask your genuine Chinese trade partner for the right information. Learn from fictional fragments, then have the inviting party prepare its own letter.

## Check the three groups in Annex 2

New York’s requirements, Annex 2, and the Embassy’s corresponding annex organize invitation content into the invitee, the visit and the inviter. For an M application, the commercial-activity document comes from the trade partner in China. Check the responsible office’s current instructions as well.

| Group | Information to check | Who confirms it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 01 · Invitee | Name, gender, date of birth and passport number. | Applicant provides accurate passport details; inviter enters and checks them. |
| 02 · Visit | Purpose, arrival and departure, places, relationship to the inviter and who pays. | Inviter confirms activities; applicant and actual payer verify their respective facts. |
| 03 · Inviter | Name, address, telephone, date, and the seal / legal-representative signature specified in Annex 2. | The inviting organization issues the document and completes its own signing/sealing process. |

Los Angeles’ September 2026 FAQ separately requires the inviter’s signature. Do not treat a typed company name as proof that the letter has been signed, or copy a seal from a sample.

## Fictional instructional fragments — not a submission template

Every fragment below is fictional instructional content, not a customer case or an invitation. There is no real company, passport identifier, signature or seal. Each invitation field must be completed and verified by the genuine inviting party; these fragments must not be submitted.

| Fictional fragment | Numbered margin note · author and check |
| --- | --- |
| EXAMPLE ONLY · Person A / passport identifier omitted | 01 · Inviter fills this field from the applicant’s current passport. This teaching label is deliberately not an identity. |
| EXAMPLE ONLY · Discuss the proposed product specification; City A; illustrative visit from 10 to 14 November 2030 | 02 · Inviter fills this field with the real purpose, actual places and agreed dates. Fictional future dates are not a travel plan or a processing estimate. |
| EXAMPLE ONLY · Buyer–supplier discussions; airfare paid by applicant, local meeting transport by inviter | 03 · Inviter fills this field after both parties confirm the real relationship and expense allocation. Do not invent a payer to make a letter look complete. |
| EXAMPLE ONLY · Inviter details and execution deliberately absent | 04 · Inviter supplies its own real contact details and the required signature/seal. This fragment cannot serve as evidence of an invitation. |

## Ask your partner to prepare its own letter

Instructional request-email example — fictional and not an invitation. Replace the teaching labels only in a private request to a real partner; the partner must determine and verify its letter. Do not put passport scans in a broad email distribution list.

English request example (fictional instructional content, not an invitation): Hello, please issue an invitation based on our agreed business activities, confirming the purpose, visit dates, places, our relationship and the payment arrangement. Let us verify passport details through a private channel we agree on. Please include the inviter details and complete the signature and seal required by the responsible consular office, then provide a complete, legible document. If the office requests an original, please coordinate delivery with us. Thank you.

给中方的请求示例（虚构教学内容，并非邀请函）：您好，请贵方根据双方已确认的真实商务活动出具邀请函，并核对访问目的、起止日期、访问地点、双方关系及费用承担安排。申请人护照信息请通过双方约定的私密渠道核对。请按申请所属使领馆要求填写邀请方信息并完成签名、盖章，提供清晰完整的文件；如使领馆要求原件，再请协商原件交接。谢谢。

1. Identify the real host and confirm the actual visit.
2. Send the relevant official requirements, not somebody else’s completed invitation.
3. Compare the issued letter with your application before uploading; ask the issuer to correct errors.

## A sample is a reading aid, not a purchased invitation

CEV is an independent service provider, not a consular office. CEV does not issue, ghostwrite or buy invitation letters, and does not supply an inviter. The genuine inviting party is responsible for the letter; the applicant verifies their own information; the consular office decides what to accept and whether to issue a visa. Existing form and material review can help check preparation within the selected service, without guaranteeing approval or timing.

This guide provides annotated on-page examples. There is no downloadable PDF or Word invitation here and no ready-to-submit form. A request email does not replace the letter issued by the inviter.

- [Review the form and supporting materials](https://app.chinaentryvisa.com/services/china-visa-form-review)

## Related guides

- [Overview: China visa invitation letters: who writes what?](https://app.chinaentryvisa.com/guides/china-visa-invitation-letter.md)
- [Company letter, cover letter or invitation: which one do you need?](https://app.chinaentryvisa.com/guides/china-visa-invitation-letter/company-letter.md)
- [Invitation letter: original, scan, printout or handwritten?](https://app.chinaentryvisa.com/guides/china-visa-invitation-letter/original-copy-handwritten.md)
- [China M-visa requirements: a business-trip document checklist](https://app.chinaentryvisa.com/guides/china-business-visa/requirements.md)

## Official references

Follow the current instructions of the Embassy or Consulate handling your application. These references do not confirm CEV service availability or an order-specific receiving address.

- [New York: visa requirements and invitation annexes](https://newyork.china-consulate.gov.cn/eng/lsfw/Visa/rhsq/202509/t20250924_11714483.htm) — verified on 2026-10-01
- [Chinese Embassy in the US: visa requirements and invitation annexes (September 2025)](https://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/lsfw/zj/qz2021/202509/t20250920_11712385.htm) — verified on 2026-10-01
- [Los Angeles: visa FAQ (September 17, 2026)](https://losangeles.china-consulate.gov.cn/eng/visa/Notice/202609/t20260918_12024964.htm) — verified on 2026-10-01

Content updated: 2026-10-01

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