What should foreigners do when applying for a Chinese visa? What should foreigners pay attention to when applying for a Chinese visa?

Before, Bian Xiao often talked about how China people applied for visas from other countries, but even ignored the issue of how foreigners applied for visas from China. Fortunately, Bian Xiao was recently asked, and Bian Xiao realized that no one had ever said this question.

So, today, Bian Xiao will tell you how this foreigner should handle a Chinese visa. What should I pay attention to?

What should foreigners do? chinese visa

Visa 1, c is issued to international train attendants, international aircraft crew, seafarers and their accompanying families who perform crew, aviation and shipping tasks, as well as automobile drivers engaged in international road transport.

2, D visa, issued to foreigners who enter China for permanent residence.

3, F visa, issued to people who are invited to visit China, study, give lectures, do business, carry out scientific and cultural exchanges, short-term study, internship and other activities for no more than 6 months.

4.J visa, including J- 1 visa: issued to foreign journalists based in China; J-2 visa: issued to foreign journalists who come to China temporarily.

5.L-shaped visas are issued to foreigners who come to China, and L-shaped group visas are issued to those who enter China in the form of group visas.

6.m visa is issued to foreigners engaged in business activities in China.

7.q visa, in which Q 1 visa is issued to the families of China citizens or foreigners with permanent residency in China, who apply for entry and residence in China for foster care and stay in China for more than 180 days;

Q2 visa is issued to people who come to visit relatives in China for a short time. Applicants should be relatives of China citizens living in China or foreigners with permanent residency in China. Stay in China for no more than 180 days.

8. The R visa is issued to foreign high-level talents needed in China and urgently needed professionals.

9.s-shaped visa, in which visa S 1 is issued to foreigners who go to China for long-term stay due to work, study and other reasons. Applicants should be spouses, parents,/kloc-children under the age of 0/8 or parents of their spouses;

Persons who need to stay in China for other personal reasons. Stay in China for more than 180 days.

S2 visa is issued to foreigners who go to China for a short visit and stay in China for work, study and other reasons, and the applicant should be a family member of the foreigner; Persons who need to stay in China for other personal reasons. Stay in China for no more than 180 days.

10, X visa, of which X 1 visa is issued to those who study in China for a long time. Stay in China for more than 180 days.

X2 visas are issued to those who study in China for a short time. Stay in China for no more than 180 days.

Visa 1 1, z is issued to foreigners working in China.

At present, the types of visas issued in China are as follows: 1 1. When you apply for a visa, you must choose the appropriate visa type according to your actual needs, and go to China embassies and consulates abroad to apply for it.

At present, the visa processing time is 4-5 days, and there is no need to provide a medical certificate.

If you lose your passport after entering the country, you need to apply to your embassy or consulate for a replacement passport, and then apply to the exit-entry administration department of the public security bureau in your city for a replacement visa.

If you have just given up your China citizenship, according to the actual operation of foreign embassies and consulates, you will not get a Chinese visa until you have obtained the foreigner status for two years.

When applying for a visa, you need to prepare basic application materials:

1. Passport: 1 Copy of original passport, blank visa page and passport photo page, valid for more than 6 months.

2. Visa application form and photos: People's Republic of China (PRC) visa application form 1 copy and recent, front, color (light background), bareheaded, passport photo 1 copy pasted on the application form.

3. Proof of legal stay or residence (applicable to those who do not apply for a visa to their country of nationality): If they do not apply for a visa to their country of nationality, the original and photocopy of valid proof of legal stay, residence, work and study in the host country are required.

4. Original China passport or original Chinese visa (applicable to those who once had China nationality and later joined foreign nationality): If applying for a Chinese visa for the first time, you must provide the original China passport and a copy of the passport photo page;

If you have obtained a Chinese visa and apply for a visa with a new foreign passport, you must provide the photo page of the original foreign passport and a copy of the obtained Chinese visa (if the name recorded in the new passport is inconsistent with the original passport, you must also provide relevant official documents to change your name).

On the issue of visa extension, after the visa expires, the applicant should reapply, and China embassies and consulates abroad will not handle visa extension procedures. When applying for a visa, the parties concerned should indicate the time of stay in China on the visa application form.

If you cannot leave the country as planned for some reason after entering the country, you should go through the visa extension formalities at the local public security exit-entry administration department before the expiration of your stay.

About applying for a visa directly at China Port, you need to pay attention to the following points.

1. Foreigners who need emergency entry for humanitarian reasons are invited to enter China to engage in emergency business, engineering repair or have other emergency entry needs, and hold the certification materials that the competent authorities in China agree to apply for visas at the port.

You can apply for a port visa from the port visa authority entrusted by the Ministry of Public Security at the port approved for port visa business in the State Council, China.

2. Travel agencies that organize inbound tourism in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state may apply to the port visa authorities for group tourist visas.

3. Except for 24-hour transit outside the airport, 72-hour transit in seven cities including Beijing and Shanghai, 6-day convenience tour in Guangdong and visa-free tour in Hainan 15, American and French citizens must complete their visas abroad in advance when coming to China, and are not allowed to apply for visas at ports.

With regard to the entry of foreigners into Hong Kong and Macao, according to the relevant provisions of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region have the right to handle entry and exit management affairs on their own.

Therefore, visas to Chinese mainland cannot go directly to Hong Kong and Macao, and they need to be handled or exempted according to the specific conditions of Hong Kong and Macao.

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Website of Immigration Department of HKSAR: www.immd.gov.hk; Tel: 0085228246111. Website of Public Security Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region :http://www.fsm.gov.mo/; Tel: 0085328725488.

Well, the information about how foreigners apply for visas in China has been sorted out. I hope it will help friends in need. China is vast in territory and abundant in natural resources, rich in tourism resources, with distinctive scenic features, and the people of China are friendly and enthusiastic. Welcome tourists from all over the world to visit here!