I work in Xi, and my girlfriend is from Kazakhstan. My girlfriend wants to live with me in Xi. How to get a visa?

1. What is a foreigner? What are the regulations on nationality in China?

A foreigner refers to a person who does not have China nationality according to the Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China. Usually including stateless persons.

People's Republic of China (PRC) is a multi-ethnic country, and people of all ethnic groups have China nationality.

People's Republic of China (PRC) does not recognize dual citizenship of China citizens. One or both parents are citizens of China, and I was born in China with China nationality. One or both parents are citizens of China, and I was born in a foreign country and have China nationality; However, if one or both parents are citizens of China and have settled in a foreign country, they will have foreign nationality at birth, but will not have China nationality. My parents are stateless or their nationality is unknown, and I have settled in China. I was born in China and have China nationality. China citizens who have settled in foreign countries will automatically lose their China nationality if they voluntarily join or acquire foreign nationality. State functionaries and servicemen are not allowed to renounce China nationality. Foreigners who once held China nationality may apply for the restoration of China nationality if they have justified reasons. Those who have been approved to restore China nationality shall not retain their foreign nationality.

In recent years, some China people have obtained foreign passports through investment immigration, and some people have also gone through naturalization procedures. The foreign passports and foreign nationalities obtained by them must be confirmed by the competent authorities of China government before they are valid.

2. What are the types of Chinese visas?

Visas in China are divided into diplomatic visas, courtesy visas, official visas and ordinary visas, which are issued according to the identity of foreigners coming to China and the types of passports they hold. Ordinary visas are divided into residence visas, professional visas, study visas, visiting visas, tourist visas, transit visas, crew visas and journalist visas. According to the reasons why foreigners apply for coming to China, the visa is marked with the corresponding Chinese phonetic alphabet.

(a) D visa issued to people who come to settle in China;

(two) Z visa issued to China for employment or work personnel and their accompanying families;

(3)X-shaped visas are issued to those who have come to China for study, further study and internship for more than 6 months;

(4) The F visa is issued to those who have been invited to visit, inspect, give lectures, do business, engage in scientific and cultural exchanges, short-term study, internship and other activities in China for not more than 6 months;

(5) L-shaped visas are issued to people visiting China, visiting relatives or entering China for other private purposes, and group visas can be issued to people who come to China in groups of more than 9 people;

(6) G-shaped visas are issued to persons passing through China;

(7) C-shaped visas are issued to international train attendants, crew members of international aircraft, seafarers on international ships and their accompanying families who perform crew, aviation and shipping tasks;

(8) J- 1 Visa is issued to foreign journalists who come to China permanently, and J-2 visa is issued to foreign journalists who come to China temporarily for interviews.

3. Who can be exempted from visa?

A foreigners who hold national passports that have signed visa-free agreements with our government.

B, take an international flight with a connecting ticket and reserved connecting seat to transit directly from China, and stay in the transit city for no more than 24 hours, and do not leave the airport, so as to be exempt from a transit visa; If you want to leave the airport, you must apply for a stay permit at the border checkpoint.

C during the berthing of an international sailing ship at China port, foreign crew members and their accompanying family members who want to land and cannot leave the port city should apply for a landing permit from the frontier inspection station, and apply for an accommodation permit if they want to stay on land. However, if you need to go outside the port city, or you can't leave the country with the original ship, you must apply to the local public security bureau for the corresponding visa.

4. How to apply for a visa?

In a foreign country, an application shall be filed with a diplomatic representative office, a consular office or other overseas offices authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; In China, it shall apply to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ for the administration of foreigners; Foreigners who hold letters and telegrams from authorized units in China and ordinary passports from countries that have diplomatic relations or official trade with China, but are too late to apply for visas in China's foreign institutions due to urgent matters, can also apply for visas at port visa authorities authorized by the Ministry of Public Security. Port visa offices are located in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Dalian, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Xi 'an, Guilin, Hangzhou, Kunming, Guangzhou (Baiyun Airport), Shenzhen (Luohu, Huanggang, Shekou) and Zhuhai (Gongbei). When applying for a visa, foreigners must answer the relevant questions asked and provide a valid passport or a certificate that can replace the passport; Fill in the visa application form and submit a recent 2-inch half-length bareheaded photo; Submit certificates related to the reasons for applying for entry and transit. Relevant certificates refer to:

(1) To apply for a D visa, you must hold a confirmation form of residence status. The "Confirmation Form of Settlement Identity" shall be applied by the applicant or his relatives entrusted in China to the exit-entry administration department of the municipal or county public security bureau applying for settlement;

(two) to apply for a Z visa, you must have the employment or employment certificate of the employing unit in China, or the letter and telegram of the authorized unit;

(3) To apply for an X visa, there must be a certificate from the receiving unit or the competent department;

(4) To apply for an F visa, you must have a letter and telegram from the authorized unit;

(five) to apply for an L visa to travel to China, you must have a reception certificate from the tourism department of China, and if necessary, you must provide air tickets, boat tickets or boat tickets for the country (region) after leaving the country;

(six) to apply for a G visa, you must hold a valid visa of the country (region). Applicants who travel to countries (regions) without a visa must hold a joint ticket;

(seven) to apply for a C visa as agreed and provide relevant certificates;

(eight) to apply for a J- 1 J-2 visa, you must have a certificate from the competent department. Foreigners who have settled or resided in China for more than 1 year must also submit a health certificate issued by the medical and health department designated by the local government or notarized by a notary office when applying for an entry visa. The health certificate is valid for 6 months from the date of issuance.

At present, there are two kinds of ordinary visas. One is issued by China's embassies and consulates abroad, and its entry validity and stay validity are separated. Entry validity refers to entry before this date, and stay validity refers to the number of days allowed to stay in China after entry. The other is issued by the public security department, and its entry validity and stay validity are unified, that is, it is allowed to enter the country within this validity period and only allowed to stay until the expiration.

5. How do foreigners apply for visas?

Foreigners applying for extension or change of various visas and certificates must go through the following procedures:

(1) Submit passports, visas and certificates for examination;

(two) fill in the application form for extension or change;

(3) Providing relevant certificates of the reasons for the extension or change;

(4) Pay visa and certificate fees as required.

6. How do foreign children apply for foster care?

(1) When applying for foster care, the applicant shall provide sufficient certificates and supporting materials to prove that the foster child is indeed a foreign nationality. In addition to the valid passport of the adopted child, if one or both parents are foreigners, copies of foreign passports and certificates should also be provided; If both parents or one of them is a citizen of China, a copy of the certificate of going abroad to settle down shall be provided.

(two) parents of foster children should submit a written application for foster care. The contents of the application include the reasons for foster care, the designated foster care, the guardian, the years of foster care and the resume of the parents of the foster child (including nationality, occupation or identity, when and why to go abroad, when to obtain the right of abode in the host country, and when to join a foreign nationality).

(3) The foster parents must be related to the foster parents. Those who undertake foster care should write a letter of guarantee to ensure that they bear the responsibility of raising and monitoring foster care. The letter of guarantee of the adopter shall include the following contents: 1, basic information of the adopter (including name, work unit, occupation, home address, relationship with the adoptee, etc. ); 2, the basic situation of the foster (including name, date of birth and place of birth); 3. Accept the entrustment of adoptive parents and assume the responsibility of raising and guardianship; 4. Ensure that the foster person leaves the country on schedule without irresistible reasons. The letter of guarantee of the foster care provider shall be notarized by a notary office.

(4) The application for foster care shall be accepted and approved by the local municipal and county public security bureaus.

(5)/kloc-Foreign children over the age of 0/6 are not allowed to be fostered in China.

7. What problems should foreigners pay attention to when entering the country?

Foreigners holding valid passports, visas and certificates of China may enter the country from ports open to the outside world in China, but foreigners and their means of transportation designated by the visa authorities must enter the country from designated ports. When foreigners arrive at the port, they must submit their valid passports, visas and certificates from China to the frontier inspection station, fill in the entry and exit cards, and enter the country after being approved by the frontier inspection station and stamped with the inspection stamp.

8. Which foreigners are not allowed to enter the country?

The following foreigners are not allowed to enter the country:

(1) Being deported by the China Municipal Government and not allowed to enter the country before the expiration of the period;

Believing that terrorist, violent and subversive activities may be carried out after entering the country;

(2) believing that smuggling, drug trafficking and prostitution may be carried out after entering the country;

(three) suffering from mental illness and leprosy, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, open tuberculosis and other infectious diseases;

(four) can not guarantee the expenses required during his stay in China;

(5) Other activities that may endanger China's national security and interests after entry.

The frontier inspection station has the right to prevent the following foreigners from entering the country:

(a) without a valid passport, certificate or visa;

(2) Holding forged, altered or other people's passports and certificates;

(3) Refusing to accept the inspection certificate;

(4) The Ministry of Public Security or the Ministry of National Security has notified that entry is not allowed.

If foreigners who have been prevented from entering the country cannot return immediately with the original means of transport, the frontier inspection station may take necessary measures to limit their activities and order them to leave the country by the latest means of transport.

Nine, how to apply for temporary accommodation registration?

Foreigners staying in hotels, restaurants, hotels, guest houses, schools and other enterprises, institutions or institutions, organizations and other institutions in China shall show their valid passports or residence certificates and fill in the registration form for temporary accommodation. When staying in a closed area, you must show your travel permit. Foreigners staying in China residents' homes and towns must report to the local public security organ with the lodger's passport, certificate and lodger's household registration book within 24 hours after arrival, and fill in the temporary accommodation registration form; In rural areas, you must report to the local police station or household registration office within 72 hours. Foreigners staying in foreign institutions or foreigners' homes in China must report to the local public security organ with the lodger's passport or residence certificate within 24 hours after the lodger arrives, and fill in the temporary accommodation registration form. Foreigners who have lived in China for a long time should also declare their accommodation registration if they leave their place of residence and stay in other places temporarily. Foreigners who temporarily stay in mobile accommodation facilities must report to the local public security organ within 24 hours. Institutions or individuals that provide places for foreigners' mobile accommodation tools shall report to the local public security organs 24 hours ago.

10. What kinds of residence documents do foreigners have? How to apply for residence certificate?

Alien residence documents are divided into alien residence permit and alien temporary residence permit. Residence permit for foreigners shall be issued to those who have lived in China for more than 1 year. Temporary residence permit for foreigners is issued to those who have lived in China for less than 1 year.

Foreigners holding D, Z, X, J- 1 visas and foreigners who need to stay in China for more than 30 days are exempt from visas according to the agreement signed between the China government and foreign governments. You must apply to the city or county public security bureau where you live for a foreigner's residence permit or a temporary foreigner's residence permit within 30 days from the date of entry. The validity period of the above residence certificate is the period during which the holder is allowed to stay in China. Foreigners holding visas marked F, L, G and C can stay in China within the time limit indicated in the visa, and do not need to apply for residence certificates.

Foreigners applying for residence certificates must answer relevant questions and go through the following procedures:

(1) Submit for examination passports, visas and certificates related to the reasons for residence;

(2) fill in the residence application form;

(3) To apply for a foreigner's residence permit, you must also submit a health certificate and a recent 2-inch half-length bareheaded photo.

XI。 What problems should foreigners with residence certificates pay attention to?

Foreigners who need to stay or reside in China after the expiration of their visas or residence certificates must apply for an extension before the expiration. If foreigners are found to be suffering from diseases that are prohibited from entering China during their stay, the competent health authorities in China may request the public security organs to order them to leave the country ahead of schedule. If the project changes (name, nationality, occupation or identity, work unit, address, passport number, accompanying children, etc.). ), the holder must go to the local public security bureau for change registration within 10 days. Foreigners with residence permits who move out of the city or county where they live must register with the public security bureau of their original residence before moving in, and must register with the public security bureau of the place where they move in within 10 days after arriving at the place where they move in. Aliens who have settled down must apply to the Public Security Bureau in advance for a certificate of permission to move in, and with this certificate, they shall register for moving in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In order to safeguard national security, social order or other public interests, municipal and county public security bureaus may restrict foreigners or foreign institutions from setting up residences or offices in specific areas; Where a domicile or office has been established in the above-mentioned restricted area, it must be moved to the licensed area within the time limit specified in the relocation notice of the municipal or county public security bureau. Foreigners who have settled in China must submit their residence permits to the Public Security Bureau once a year at a specified time. When the Public Security Bureau deems it necessary, it may notify foreigners to submit their residence certificates to the entry-exit administration department, and foreigners shall submit them at the time specified in the notice. Foreigners who live or stay in China 16 years old or above must carry their residence certificates or passports with them and be inspected by foreign police. Foreign babies born in China must be reported to the local public security bureau by their parents or agents with their birth certificates within 1 month after birth and go through the registration formalities. If a foreigner dies in China, his family, guardian or agent must report to the local public security bureau with the death certificate within 3 days, and hand in the residence certificate or visa of the deceased. If a foreigner dies abnormally, the party concerned or the discoverer shall immediately report to the public security organ.

How do foreigners apply for employment?

The employment of foreigners in China refers to the behavior of foreigners who have not obtained the right to settle in China to engage in social labor and get paid according to law. The labor administrative departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the municipal labor administrative departments authorized by them shall be responsible for the management of foreigners' employment in China. The employment of foreigners must meet the following conditions:

1, foreigners should be engaged in posts with special needs, and there is a temporary shortage of suitable candidates in China, and it does not violate relevant state regulations;

2. At least 18 years old and in good health;

3. Have the necessary professional skills and corresponding work experience to engage in their work;

4. No criminal record;

5. Have a firm employer;

6. Hold a valid passport or other international travel documents that can replace passports.

When employing foreigners, the employing unit shall fill in the Application Form for Employment of Foreigners, and submit an application to the competent department of industry at the same level of the labor administrative department, which shall send it to the labor administrative department for examination and approval. Only after obtaining the Alien Employment Certificate and Alien Residence Permit upon approval can they be employed in China. Alien residence certificate shall be applied to the local public security bureau with the Alien Employment Certificate. The following foreigners are exempt from employment permits:

1, a foreigner holding a Foreign Expert Certificate;

2. Foreign workers with special skills who are engaged in offshore oil operations with the Permit for Foreigners to Engage in Offshore Oil Operations in People's Republic of China (PRC);

3, approved by the Ministry of culture to "temporary business performance license" for business cultural performances of foreigners.

13. What are the regulations for foreigners to travel in China? How to apply for a travel permit?

Cities and counties in China are divided into cities and counties open to foreigners and cities and counties closed to foreigners. Foreigners are free to travel from China with valid passports and visas or residence certificates. Foreigners who travel to cities and counties that are closed to foreigners must apply for a travel permit to the local city and county public security bureau in advance before they can go. The relevant procedures are as follows:

1. Submit your passport or residence certificate;

2. Provide certificates related to the reasons for travel;

3. Fill in the travel application form.

The longest validity period of a foreigner's travel permit is 1 year, but it shall not exceed the validity period of the visa or residence certificate held by the foreigner. After receiving a travel permit, foreigners must apply to the public security bureau for extension or change if they want to extend the validity of the travel permit, increase the number of tourist sites closed to foreigners and increase the number of escorts. Without permission, foreigners are not allowed to enter places closed to the public.