What documents do I need to apply for when going abroad?

The documents required for going abroad are as follows:

1, passport

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.

2. Visa

Visa is the annotation and seal of the sovereign organ of a country on the passport or other travel documents held by its own or foreign citizens to show that they are allowed to enter or leave the country or pass through it. It can also be said that it is an endorsement certificate issued to them. Generally speaking, a visa is a document issued by a country's entry-exit administration (such as immigration bureau or its embassy or consulate abroad) to approve the entry of foreign citizens. Visas are generally endorsed on passports, and some are endorsed on other travel documents instead of passports. Generally speaking, a visa must be used at the same time as a passport to be valid.

3. Travel documents

Citizens who have gone abroad for a short period of time and cannot use their passports abroad due to loss, theft or damage shall apply for a travel permit of the People's Republic of China to the China embassy or consulate abroad or other overseas institutions entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

legal ground

Article 23 of the Passport Law of the People's Republic of China * * * If a citizen goes abroad for a short period, and his passport is lost, stolen or damaged, so that he can't use it abroad, he shall apply for * * * pieces of travel permit of the People's Republic of China to the China embassy or consulate abroad or other overseas institutions entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Exit and Entry Administration Article 9 China citizens shall apply for passports or other travel documents when leaving or entering the country. China citizens who want to go to other countries or regions also need to obtain visas or other entry permits. However, unless the China government has signed visa exemption agreements with other governments or the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provide otherwise. China citizens who leave or enter the country as seafarers and work on foreign ships shall apply for a seaman's certificate according to law. Eleventh China citizens leaving or entering the country shall submit their passports, other travel documents and other exit and entry documents to the entry-exit frontier inspection authorities, and shall go through the prescribed procedures before leaving or entering the country. At qualified ports, the entry-exit frontier inspection organs shall provide special passages and other convenient measures for China citizens to enter and leave the country.