French Consulate General in Guangzhou

France requires Chinese citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Whether the French consulate general in Guangzhou takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

2025 figures: 85,344 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at France’s consulate general in Guangzhou, and 79,908 visas were issued. 6,199 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 7.2%. That is barely different from 2024 (8.5%). Applications rose by 17% compared with 2024 (73,023).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 6.2% (2023) to 8.5% (2024).

France issues Schengen visas at 6 locations in China; this office handled 19% of their 453,348 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Shanghai 3.9%, Beijing 4.5%, Chengdu 4.2% and Wuhan 7.4%. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in China, 4.0% of applications were refused in 2025; France’s rate worldwide was 14.2%. France received the largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

10.1% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of China.

For matters it cannot handle, the French embassy in Beijing (1,895 km) is responsible. The French consulate general in Guangzhou is one of 6 missions of France in China. Consulates: Wuhan, Shanghai, Chengdu and Shenyang. China in turn has 6 missions in France, its embassy being in Paris.

About the French consulate general in Guangzhou

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of France in Guangzhou. Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

Address: Central Tower (Kaihua International Center), 19th floor, Room 1901-1907, No.5, Xiancun Road, Tianhe District, 510623 Canton, Guangzhou. The record for the French consulate general in Guangzhou includes a phone number and an official website.

French citizens travelling to China

French citizens can visit China without a visa for up to 30 days.

When the French consulate general in Guangzhou is closed

Expect the French consulate general in Guangzhou to be shut on New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) on Saturday 6 February 2027, and often on Armistice Day (Armistice 1918) on Wednesday 11 November 2026, a holiday in France.

Before visiting the French consulate general in Guangzhou

Current procedures for the French consulate general in Guangzhou, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the French consulate general in Guangzhou

Within 1 km of the French consulate general in Guangzhou there are 10 other foreign missions.