Can a foreigner enter China with a residence permit? Can I take the place of visa?

With the development of global epidemic, countries have very strict control measures on everyone's entry and exit, and whether foreigners with residence permits can enter China is also a matter of great concern to many people. Let's take a look at the detailed answer.

What is a foreigner's residence permit? China residence permit is a kind of residence certificate issued by domestic public security organs to foreigners who meet the requirements and need to stay in China for a long time (the residence period exceeds 180 days). During the validity period of the residence permit, the holder can stay in China and enter and leave the country many times with the residence permit. Foreigners' residence permits are generally divided into work, private affairs, reunion, study, journalists and so on. At present, only work, private affairs and reunion are open to China.

What's the difference between a foreigner's residence permit and a visa? Generally, foreigners living in China need a visa to go to China, and they need a visa to apply for a residence permit in China. For student visa and residence permit for studying abroad, we can understand student visa as F 1 visa in the United States (called X 1 visa in China) or studying in Canada.

Visa and residence permit for studying abroad are understood as American I20 or studying in Canada.

Yes. But unlike the United States, China's residence permit has both residence and entry functions. That is to say, students enter China for the first time with an X 1 visa and get a study and residence permit. In theory, after leaving China, he can enter China directly with a valid study and residence permit without having to apply for a student visa again; Obviously, the United States can't use I20 to enter the country directly.

Can foreigners enter the country with a residence permit? On September 23rd, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Administration of Immigration jointly issued an announcement, clarifying that foreigners with valid residence certificates such as work, private affairs and reunion in China will be allowed to enter the country from 0: 00 on September 28th, 2020.

Residence permit refers to the residence permit of China people and foreigners, which 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.

According to China's relevant laws and normative documents, the three types of residence permits mentioned in the announcement have clear distribution targets:

1, work-related residence certificate, issued to people working in China;

2. Residence certificates for private affairs are issued to spouses, parents,/kloc-children under the age of 8, parents of foreign spouses staying in China for work, study and other reasons, and persons who need to stay in China for other private affairs;

3. Reunion residence certificates are issued to family members of China citizens who need to stay in China for family reunion, family members of foreigners with permanent residency in China, and persons who need to stay in China for foster care and other reasons.

What needs to be added in particular is that the old residence permit issued before June 20 19 1 was issued by the Exit-Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security. Later, according to the actual institutional reform, the name of the issuing authority was changed to "People's Republic of China (PRC) National Immigration Bureau". The old residence permit within the validity period can be used normally.