Are entry stamps and entry and exit records important?

Entry stamps and entry and exit records are often encountered by people who travel and study abroad frequently, and they are also important marks left on your passport. The marks of different countries and regions still have a great influence on your entry and exit.

1. The "entry stamp" on the passport is stamped by the immigration officer of the destination country when going through the entry formalities.

In recent years, with the introduction of new passports with "electronic chips" and the popularization and improvement of "self-service customs clearance system" at entry-exit checkpoints in China, more and more tourists choose self-service customs clearance to save time.

According to the relevant national laws and regulations, the self-service channel does not need manual inspection and stamp. It is precisely because of this that many people will ignore the immigration chapter.

However, due to the different policies of different countries, if the passport lacks an entry stamp, it will delay the trip, cause some economic losses, and even be detained by the local government.

Some visa centers will not be able to ensure that applicants are in China when they apply for visas, and may refuse visas.

In recent years, there have been many cases in which China citizens failed to leave the country on time and were fined or detained due to various problems caused by the lack of entry stamps when going through immigration procedures in Malaysia.

In addition, when China tourists go through entry formalities in India, Egypt, Indonesia and Viet Nam, there have been too many incidents in which they have not been stamped with the entry stamp.

In order to reduce the problems caused by the entry stamp, please pay attention to the following matters:

Please pay attention when entering other countries.

1. When you go through the immigration formalities and get your passport back from the immigration border counter, please be sure to check whether the passport is stamped with the immigration stamp. If it is not stamped, it should be filled in by the immigration officer immediately.

2. Pay attention to the entry time and actual stay time on the entry stamp. After completing the entry formalities, tourists should pay attention to check whether the entry stamp stamped on their passports indicates the accurate entry date and stay time, and sometimes the stay time will be replaced by the latest departure date. If it is found that it is not indicated, the immigration officer should be asked to indicate it on the spot immediately.

More importantly, the stay time given by immigration officials in some countries and regions in the entry chapter may be lower than the longest stay period of tourists in the visa type. In this case, tourists should leave the country according to the time limit given by immigration officials, otherwise they will overstay their stay and face fines or detention.

3. Pay attention to immigration; Official; Special staff; Precautions:

Sometimes, immigration officials will make some tips on the immigration stamp. Passengers should pay attention to whether there are any special marks when they retrieve their passports and check their entry stamps. If yes, please consult in time.

4. If tourists find that there is no entry stamp and date after leaving the country at the exit port, they must go through the relevant formalities at the entry-exit management office in time before leaving the country. If after leaving the country, it is found that the passport is not stamped with the entry stamp, or the entry date and stay time of China are not indicated on the entry stamp, tourists will not be able to leave the country as planned.

Please pay attention when you return home.

In order to avoid the lack of "entry stamp" due to self-service customs clearance, generally, China's entry-exit checkpoints will set up "re-printing offices" If it is necessary to stamp, visitors can ask the duty officer to stamp after self-service customs clearance.

If you forget to stamp after self-service customs clearance, resulting in problems in subsequent visa applications, you can also make up for them by supplementing printed entry and exit records, round-trip air tickets and other materials.

2. There are three ways to print entry and exit records.

1. Visitors can print the record of the last customs clearance at the border port on the self-service printer at the entry and exit site. This certificate has the same effect as the border inspection seal.

2. I go to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ at or above the prefecture (city) level or the frontier inspection station for handling.

3. Online inquiry through the government service platform of the National Immigration Bureau. Users can register and use through the platform website, immigration APP, WeChat and Alipay applet. The platform provides the inquiry service of entry and exit records for mainland residents, and can generate credible electronic files to download and print. Electronic documents have the same effect as similar paper documents stamped by the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ or the exit-entry frontier inspection organ.