Chen Guangcheng's passport application 'completed'

Dissident Chen Guangcheng says he and his family have completed passport applications and officials say they should be ready within 15 days.

The blind activist told the BBC officials had helped him fill in the forms on Wednesday at the Beijing hospital where he is staying.

Mr Chen spent six days in the US embassy last month after escaping house arrest.

He wants to leave China and has been offered a place at a US university.