When did the US 10 visa come into effect?

2014165438+1October 12 In order to implement the latest agreement reached between China and the United States, the Chinese Embassy in the United States began to issue visas to American citizens on June 12. Ruan Ping, Counsellor and Consul General of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, issued the first American visa to China valid for 10 to Edmund Downey, a 23-year-old American citizen, at the visa office of the Embassy on the same day.

visa application

When applying for a visa, foreigners must answer questions and go through the following procedures:

1, provide a valid passport or a certificate that can replace the passport;

2. Fill in the visa application form and submit a recent 2-inch half-length bareheaded photo;

3. Submit certificates related to the application for entry and transit.

Foreigners who travel to China with visas must pass through the ports open to foreigners or designated by China, accept the inspection by the frontier inspection authorities, submit their valid passports and Chinese visas to the frontier inspection authorities, fill in the entry cards, and enter the country only after they have been examined and approved by the frontier inspection authorities and stamped with the entry inspection seal.

Foreigners who come to China with Chinese visas are not allowed to engage in activities that are inconsistent with their status in China, such as employment, religious propaganda, illegal interviews, etc. Offenders will be prosecuted. The Government of China protects the lawful rights and interests of foreigners in China. Foreigners in China must abide by the laws of China and respect the customs and habits of China.

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dispense with a visa

Foreigners who come to China under any of the following circumstances may be exempted from obtaining a Chinese visa:

(1) Direct transit

Foreigners who directly transit from China on international flights with reserved connecting tickets and stay in transit cities for no more than 24 hours and do not leave the airport can be exempted from visas.

Citizens of the following countries, regardless of passports, can stay in Shanghai for no more than 48 hours (they can leave the airport, but they must enter and leave Shanghai Hongqiao or Pudong Airport): the United States, South Korea, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Greece, etc.

(2) Go to the Pearl River Delta and Hainan Island.

1. Foreigners who hold ordinary passports of countries that have diplomatic relations with China and are already in Hong Kong and Macao can enter the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong through travel agencies legally registered in Hong Kong and Macao (referring to the administrative regions under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing and Huizhou) and stay visa-free for less than 6 days.

2. Citizens holding ordinary passports from the following countries, organized by international travel agencies registered in Hainan with the approval of China National Tourism Administration, can stay in Hainan for no more than 15 days without visas: the United States, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Germany, Britain, France, Austria, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy. Among them, Korean, German and Russian delegations with more than 2 people (including 2 people) can stay for 2 1 day.

(3) Citizens of Singapore, Brunei and Japan.

Citizens of Singapore, Brunei and Japan who come to Chinese mainland with ordinary passports for tourism, business, visiting relatives and friends or crossing the border for less than 15 days may be exempted from visas when entering China, which is open to foreigners. However, in the following cases, the visa must be completed in advance:

1, holding an ordinary passport to come to China for tourism, business, visiting relatives and friends, and the expected stay is more than 15 days;

2. Go to China for study, work, residence, official visit and interview with an ordinary passport;

3. Holding Japanese diplomatic and official passports.

(4) Holders of valid APEC business travel cards.

The APEC business travel card is equivalent to a three-year multiple visa. Cardholders may enter China for many times with their travel cards and valid passports that match the cards, and each stay shall not exceed 2 months.

(5) Hold valid permanent residence permits for China people and foreigners.

(6) Holding a valid alien residence permit issued by the public security organ of China.

Foreigners studying, working or working in China and foreign resident journalists must apply to the public security organs for foreigners' residence after entering the country. During the validity period of the residence permit, foreigners can stay in China and enter and leave the country for multiple times without having to apply for another visa.

(7) Foreigners who are exempted from visas according to bilateral agreements.

According to the bilateral agreements signed or reached between China and relevant countries, some countries that meet certain conditions can travel to China without visas. See the list of visa exemption agreements between China and foreign countries for details.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-China visa