What is the difference between a passport and a visa?

Passport is a legal document issued by a country to prove the nationality and identity of its citizens when they enter and leave the country and travel or stay abroad. The word passport means port pass in English. In other words, a passport is a passport for citizens to pass through international ports in various countries.

Most visas are endorsed (stamped) on a person's passport or travel document, or affixed with a clearly stated label, indicating the reason for the holder's entry, the time allowed to stay, or allowing him to travel to other countries through his territory. Visa system is a symbol of national sovereignty and a concrete embodiment of a country's control and management of the entry of citizens of other countries, so as to achieve the purpose of safeguarding national security and domestic social order.

Passport is proof of identity. It acts like your ID card in China!

A visa is a pass. Similar to the access card in your community. However, the visa contains a little more content than the access card!