Consulado General de China en Auckland

Beijing International Music-Cello competition 2010
Santiago Cañón Valencia Young cellist
Hello
My name is Rocio Valencia Quijano. My 15 year old son is Santiago Cañon Valencia. We are Colombian and hold Colombian passports. We are living in New Zealand because Santiago is a young musician and has a scholarship to study at Waikato University.

Santiago has been accepted to compete at the Beijing International Music - Cello Competition 2010 in October. We need to apply for a visa to stay in China from 21 October until 3 November 2010.

I need to accompany Santiago to China because he is a child of only 15 years. Our passports expire on 11 January 2011. We are returning to Colombia for the University holidays from 11 November until the end of February and we will renew our passports then. We can only renew our passports in Colombia because there is no embassy here. I am concerned about the requirements of passport validation. We only have 4 months validity on our passports. Colombian passports can not be reissued until they have expired.

For your information, I am attaching Santiago´s official invitation and acceptance for the competition.

Please can you let me know what other information I need to provide to obtain a visa for China.

Thank you very much for your help.

Rocio Valencia Quijano