You must know these questions about visas.

In the new year's application season for studying abroad, everyone began to receive offer one after another. The handling of passports and visas has become the next most important thing. Many students have questions about visa processing. Today, I will tell you some common sense of Beijing passport and visa, and collect it quickly!

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. The word passport means port pass in English. In other words, a passport is a passport for citizens to pass through international ports in various countries. Therefore, some countries in the world usually issue passes instead of passports.

2. Visa

A visa is a note and seal made by the sovereign organ of a country on the passport or other travel documents held by its own or foreign citizens to indicate the procedures for allowing them to enter, exit or pass through its territory. 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 department (such as immigration bureau or its embassy or consulate abroad) to express approval to foreign citizens.

It is worth noting that:

When the passport expires but the visa does not expire, some countries stipulate that the unexpired visa is still valid, as long as the old and new passports are used together; Some countries need to go through visa transfer procedures, that is, transfer existing unexpired visas to new passports.

In addition, some countries will determine the validity of the visa according to the remaining validity of the applicant's passport. For example, when the remaining validity period of the passport is 3 years, you can only get a 3-year visa when you apply for a 10 tourist visa. Therefore, when applying for a visa, it is recommended to know the relevant specific regulations before considering whether it is necessary to change a new passport first.

1. According to the types of passports, visas can generally be divided into diplomatic visas, official visas and ordinary visas.

That is, diplomatic passport holders issue diplomatic visas, official passport holders issue official visas, and ordinary passport holders issue ordinary visas.

2. According to the reasons for entry and exit, visas can generally be divided into immigrant visas (permanent resident visas) and non-immigrant visas.

Non-immigrant visas include study visas, tourist visas, work visas and business visas.

3. According to the number of valid visas, visas can generally be divided into one-time valid visas and multiple valid visas.

The number of valid visas refers to the number of entry times that the holder can use during the validity period of the visa. Once a valid visa is used, it will become invalid, and multiple valid visas can enter the country multiple times. Of course, what kind of visa is issued, and the validity period is long.

Each country has different rights to issue visas.

Holding a visa to study in a certain country, you can only study and study for the main time after entering the country, but you can't work; Or you can work, but the place and time of working are limited.

Accompanying visa holders are not allowed to attend training courses for a long time after entering the country. So if you have other needs, you can apply for a visa of the corresponding category.

If the activities after entry are inconsistent with the nature of the visa applied for, even within the validity period of the visa, it is still a violation of the visa regulations, which may lead to the requirement to leave the country and have a negative impact on the visa application again in the future. The length and number of valid times shall be determined by the visa authority according to the specific circumstances of the applicant.

You need to apply for a new visa, and the regulations in each destination country are different. Therefore, it is recommended to know in advance and determine whether the destination country needs a visa. If it is not visa-free or visa-on-arrival, it is generally necessary to apply.

You can find out whether you need to go back to China, where to go, the materials you need, and so on. In the local embassy of the destination country in official website (in most cases, in the country of study abroad). If you study in the UK and want to travel to Australia, you should check the specific regulations and requirements on the official website of the Australian Embassy in the UK.

Schengen visa refers to a unified format visa issued by a country that signed the Schengen Agreement for short-term stay. Once the applicant obtains a visa from Schengen countries (whether single entry or other multiple entry options are checked when applying), he can enter and leave all Schengen countries within the validity period of the visa and the time allowed to stay.

Although you can enter and leave any Schengen country with a Schengen visa, you should submit an application to the embassy of the main country where you stay (that is, you should submit an application for the longest stay to the embassy or consulate of that country). If the stay time in several countries is similar, you can submit an application to the embassy or consulate of the first country of entry.

After the visa comes down, you can actually change your itinerary, but at least make sure that the main country of entry or the first country of entry (that is, the country where you submitted your visa application) is there. As long as it is a small change, such as the change of air tickets and hotel reservations, there is no big problem and there is no need to declare it to the embassy or consulate.

In addition, for international students who want to study in Schengen countries, after arriving in the destination country, they need to apply for residence registration at the local institution in charge of foreign citizens' residence within the prescribed time limit. With this residence registration, you can go to all other Schengen countries without applying for a Schengen visa.