根据中国有关法律法规及国际通行做法，中国驻桑给巴尔总领馆自2019年 12月 20 日起签发生物识别签证，中国签证申请人须本人前往中国驻桑给巴尔总领馆留存十指指纹。以下人员可免予采集指纹：

　　一、未满14周岁或超过70周岁人员；

　　二、持外交护照或符合中国外交、公务、礼遇签证审发条件人员；

　　三、5年内持同本护照在同一中国使领馆申办签证并采集过指纹的人员；

　　四、十指手指均残缺或十指指纹均无法留存人员。

　　请提前在线填写签证申请表并在线预约，按照预约时间携带本人标准彩色证件照片两张、护照原件、护照首页复印件、申请表、预约单及邀请函等相关申请材料赴中国驻桑给巴尔总领馆申办签证。

　　                                                                                                                     中国驻桑给巴尔总领馆

　　                                                                                                                        2019年12月20日

　　Notice on the Issuance of Biometric Visas

　　                                                                                                                        20 December, 2019

　　In accordance with Chinese laws and regulations, the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Zanzibar will issue biometric visas from 20 December, 2019. The applicants for Chinese visas are required to be personally present at the Consulate General to leave all ten fingerprints. The following applicants could be exempted:

　　1.Applicants who are under age of 14 or over age of 70;

　　2.Applicants who hold diplomatic passports or who are eligible for diplomatic, service or courtesy visas;

　　3.Applicants who have applied for Chinese visa with the same passport during the past 5 years and whose fingerprints have already been collected.

　　4.Applicants who suffer from mutilation of all ten fingers or whose all ten fingerprints are illegible due to physical reasons.

　　Applicants should submit application in person and prepare all necessary documents as well as 2 passport photos.

　　Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Zanzibar