What should I do if my student visa expires and I am still abroad?

After the student visa expires, there are several ways to stay abroad:

1. If the visa expires, you still need to stay abroad for a period of time, clarify the reasons for applying for extension, apply for extension with the corresponding valid certification materials, and apply to the immigration authorities for extension.

2. Those who stay abroad without applying for extension after the visa expires are deemed to be illegally staying, and may be fined, detained or deported according to the length of stay and the consequences caused by overdue stay.

If your visa expires and you are still abroad, you must go to the local immigration office to extend it in time.

If you need to extend your stay, you should apply for an extension to the immigration authorities of the country in advance within the valid stay period allowed by the visa. If there are sufficient reasons, an extension may be granted. If it is not approved, you must go back to your country to apply for a legal entry visa, and then you can legally go again. However, if the applicant does not apply for an extension during the stay period, and the validity period and stay period of the visa have expired, and I have not left the country, then I must apply for an extension to the destination country with the corresponding valid certification materials. So as not to be punished as an illegal resident.

If you stay longer than the time allowed by the embassy, you will encounter the problem of detention. If the circumstances are serious, criminal detention shall be imposed, and criminal responsibility shall be investigated; if the circumstances are minor, criminal detention shall be imposed.

legal ground

Passport and Visa Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 11 Under any of the following circumstances, a passport holder may apply for a new or reissued passport in accordance with regulations:

(1) The passport is about to expire;

(2) The passport visa page is about to run out;

(3) The passport is damaged and cannot be used;

(4) The passport is lost or stolen;

(5) Other circumstances in which a passport needs to be renewed.

Passport holders applying for renewal or replacement of ordinary passports shall submit their applications to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level where their household registration is located; In foreign countries, I will submit it to the people of China, China's embassies and consulates abroad or other overseas institutions entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After returning to China, China citizens who have settled abroad apply for renewal or replacement of ordinary passports, which shall be submitted by themselves to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level. The renewal or replacement of diplomatic passports and official passports shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Article 14 Under any of the following circumstances, the passport issuing organ shall not issue a passport within six months to three years from the date of completion of punishment or repatriation of the applicant:

(1) Being subject to criminal punishment for obstructing the administration of the national (border) territory;

(2) Being repatriated to China because of illegal exit, illegal residence or illegal employment.