Chinese Embassy Denies Visa Barriers for Tanzanian Applicants Amid Increased Applications

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• Delays may occur if applicants fail to respond promptly,” the embassy said.
• The Chinese Embassy in Tanzania has denied imposing policy barriers on Tanzanian citizens seeking visas, saying a sharp increase in applications has placed pressure on its current processing capacity.
• In a statement issued following complaints from Tanzanian traders and other travellers, the embassy said applications were being handled “in an orderly and efficient manner” and that measures were underway to expand.
• The Chinese side welcomes the increasingly close people-to-people exchanges between China and Tanzania and is pleased to see that more and more Tanzanian friends are travelling to China,” the embassy said.
• There are no policy barriers for Tanzanian citizens to apply for Chinese visas,” it said, attributing the pressure on visa services to the growing number of applicants and the large volume of applications being.