When will China resume visas for foreigners?

At present, foreigners with diplomatic, official, courtesy and crew visas, as well as visas approved for emergency reasons after March 28, can enter the country, but they are not completely prohibited. As for when the announcement can be lifted, it depends on the development of foreign epidemic situation. Only after complete control will China consider resuming its normal immigration policy. As for whether to restore one by one or all according to the state of each country, it also depends on the follow-up situation.

On September 23rd, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Immigration Bureau issued an announcement, announcing that foreigners with three types of valid residence permits (China for work, private affairs and reunion) will be allowed to enter the country from 0: 00 on September 28th.

For the new policy, many people misunderstand that foreigners can go to China with a Chinese visa from September 28th.

But what is the truth? Yinhejun dismantled this policy for you. Who can go to China and who can't;

Q 1。 Can foreigners enter the country with a valid visa?

No. The announcement on September 23 is only a partial adjustment to the announcement on March 26, but it does not replace the original announcement. Specifically, the announcement on September 23 only partially adjusted the "temporary suspension of entry of foreigners with current valid residence certificates".

On March 26, about "temporarily stopping foreigners from entering the country with current valid visas" and "temporarily stopping foreigners from entering the country with APEC business travel cards". Measures such as suspension of port visas, 24/72/ 144-hour transit visa-free, Hainan visa-free entry, Shanghai cruise visa-free entry, Hong Kong and Macao foreigners visa-free entry to Guangdong 144-hour, and ASEAN tour groups visa-free entry to Guangxi are still effective.

If it is not for the three situations mentioned in the announcement, it is still impossible to enter the country with visas obtained before March 28, including visas for more than ten years.

Q2。 What is the difference between a visa and a residence permit?

visa

A visa is a permit issued by the competent authority of a sovereign country to foreigners to enter the country. Foreigners may legally enter other countries with valid passports and visas after being examined and approved by the port entry-exit administration.

All visas in China have obvious "visa" signs.

residence permit

The China People's Residence Permit for Foreigners is a residence certificate that foreigners apply to the exit-entry administration department of public security after entering China with relevant visas. You can enter and leave the country without a visa if you have a residence permit.

The words "foreigner's residence permit" are marked directly above the residence permit in China, and the purpose of residence represents the type of residence permit.

There are five kinds of residence documents in China:

Work-related residence certificate

Study residence certificate

Class residence certificate

Reunion residence certificate

Personal affairs residence certificate

Among them, the column "reasons for residence" marked with the words "work", "private affairs" or "reunion" is the three types of residence permits mentioned in the announcement on September 23.