AFP | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz
China will resume issuing short-term visas for South Korean nationals on February 18, the Chinese language embassy in Seoul stated Wednesday.
The transfer follows South Korea’s choice final week to finish Covid-linked journey restrictions on Chinese language nationals — guidelines that sparked a livid response and tit-for-tat measures from Beijing.
From Saturday, the Chinese language embassy in Seoul and different consulates “will resume issuing short-term visas for Korean residents to go to China, for enterprise, transit and different non-public affairs”, the embassy stated on its official WeChat account.
China scrapped visa-free transit for South Korean and Japanese residents final month after Seoul and Tokyo imposed Covid measures on travellers from China, the place coronavirus circumstances have been surging on the time.
China has seen a growth in outbound journey after the federal government abruptly deserted strict Covid insurance policies that included obligatory quarantines for all arrivals.
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