Does China allow Americans to enter the country?

Does China allow Americans to enter the country? Recently, 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 28, 2020. The State Administration of Immigration now reminds foreigners who are allowed to enter the country what they should pay attention to when entering the country.

Latest versions of three kinds of residence permits

According to China's relevant laws and normative documents, the three types of residence permits mentioned in the announcement have clear targets: the work-related residence permits are issued to people working in China; Residence certificates for private affairs are issued to spouses, parents,/kloc-children under 0/8 years old, 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; The reunion residence certificate is issued to the families of China citizens who need to stay in China due to family reunion, the families of foreigners who have permanent residence qualifications in China, and those who need to stay in China due to 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.

The old residence permit within the validity period can be used normally.

The National Immigration Bureau reminds that according to the announcement, foreigners who want to enter China should pay attention to the following matters:

From 0: 00 on September 28th, foreigners with three valid residence permits, such as work, private affairs and reunion, can enter the country with a valid residence permit;

If the existing residence permit for work, private affairs and reunion expires after 0: 00 on March 28, 2020, you can apply for the corresponding visa with the expired residence permit and related materials to the China embassy or consulate abroad under the condition that the reasons for entry remain unchanged;

Those who only hold a visa (issued before 0: 00 on March 26, 2020) or a valid residence permit but do not hold a residence permit for work, private affairs or reunion are not within the adjustment range announced on September 23.

In addition, the above-mentioned foreigners who are allowed to enter the country must strictly abide by China's regulations on epidemic prevention.