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Those who come to China for traveling, visiting relatives or entering the country for other private purposes may apply for L-shaped visas (including visa extension, additional visas and changes).
Application materials:
1. Fill in the complete application form for visa and residence permit for foreigners, and submit two two-inch full-face bareheaded half-length color photos;
2 copies of valid international travel documents (including diplomatic, official, ordinary business, ordinary passport and other documents), and submit the original;
3. Registration Form for Temporary Accommodation of Overseas Personnel;
4. Certificates related to the application (certificates issued by overseas institutions must be certified by China embassies and consulates abroad or relevant departments):
(1) tourists
(1) To apply for an individual tourist visa, you must provide an official letter from the reception unit; If there is no reception unit, economic proof (cash, traveler's checks, money orders, cash cards, etc. , calculated at $ 100 per day) must be provided to ensure the living expenses in China;
② Applications for group tourist visas will not be accepted in principle. Due to force majeure, you can apply for a zero-time group visa with a validity period corresponding to the actual situation, and you can only apply once, and you must provide an official letter from the reception unit;
③ To apply for group visa separation, the separated personnel can apply for a zero-time visa with the validity period of 1 month, and must provide the official letter of the receiving unit;
(4) Those who apply for the replacement of the lost group visa can apply for a zero-time visa with the same stay period as the original visa, and must provide the official letter from the reception unit and a copy of the entry group visa.
(2) Visitors:
① If the applicant is a citizen of China and holds a permanent residence permit in China, the foreign spouse, parents and children under the age of 18 shall provide the following materials:
I. Proof of kinship
Foreign spouses must provide marriage certificates; Foreign parents must provide proof of kinship; Foreign children must provide birth certificates or proof of kinship.
B, the identity certificate of the interviewee
A. Mainland residents visiting relatives in China must provide proof of their relatives' permanent residence in the local area or relevant proof of their actual place of residence and their identity cards;
B, to visit overseas Chinese, you must provide relatives' China passports and foreign residence certificates, and overseas Chinese's permanent residence certificate for more than 6 months (proof of living in the place of residence for 6 months);
C. To visit Hong Kong and Macao residents, they shall provide Hong Kong and Macao residents' passes to and from the Mainland to visit relatives or Hong Kong and Macao compatriots' home visits, and permanent residence certificates for Hong Kong and Macao residents for more than 6 months (proof that they have lived in their places of residence for 6 months);
D. To visit residents of Taiwan Province Province, they shall provide their relatives' travel permits from mainland travel permit for taiwan residents or the People's Republic of China and permanent residence certificates for residents of Taiwan Province Province for more than 6 months (proof that they have lived in their place of residence for 6 months);
E. To visit foreigners who hold the Permanent Residence Permit for Foreigners in China, they must provide the Permanent Residence Permit for Foreigners of their relatives.
② If the applicant is a foreign spouse of a foreign student, a child under the age of 18, a parent of a foreign student under the age of 18 or an overseas guardian, the following materials shall be provided:
A. Proof of kinship The foreign spouse must also provide a marriage certificate; Foreign children must also provide proof of kinship; The guardian must also provide a power of attorney from the parents of international students.
B. The identity certificate of the interviewee provides the official letter of the institution where the foreign student is studying and the passport or residence permit of the foreign student.
③ If the applicant is a foreigner who has reached the age of 60 and has no immediate family members abroad, and has taken refuge with immediate family members in China, the following materials shall be submitted:
Permanent residence certificate of citizens of asylum country or permanent residence permit of foreigners, notarized kinship certificate, notarized financial source certificate or economic guarantee of asylum country, notarized housing lease or property right certificate of asylum country or asylum country.
④ If the applicant is a foreign Chinese who has reached the age of 60 and purchased real estate in China, and their spouses and children are under the age of 18, submit the following materials:
Property certificate, proof of economic source (draft, passbook, cash card, etc.). ) or economic guarantee or economic self-insurance notarized by domestic notary organs. Foreign spouses must also provide marriage certificates; Foreign children must also provide birth certificates or proof of kinship.
⑤ If the applicant is a foreign Chinese or a foreign child under the age of 0/8 fostered by overseas Chinese in China, the following materials shall be provided:
A, the applicant's birth certificate, a copy of the passport of foreign parents, if both parents or one of them is from China, you must also provide a copy of the foreign settlement certificate;
(two) the power of attorney of the applicant's parents, which shall specify the entrusted custody or guardian, the foster care period and other contents.
C. the identity certificate of the dependent or guardian and the written guarantee notarized by the notary office.
(3) Other personnel shall provide the following materials
① Medical staff coming to China should provide diagnosis certificates from hospitals at or above the county level;
② Persons who enter the country for other private matters must provide relevant certificates.
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Holding rights and interests
(1) Holding an American passport (that is, an American citizen) to attend primary and secondary schools in the United States, as long as all public schools are free and the tuition fee of universities is only one tenth of that of foreign students, you can also apply for loans or scholarships that only American citizens can apply for.
(2) Holding an American passport can enjoy all kinds of perfect American social insurance. Even when people are old, they can still receive old-age allowance and live in low-cost and high-quality apartments for the elderly.
(3) Holding an American passport to travel and business in countries above 130 can enjoy visa-free treatment, which saves visa fees and a lot of trouble.
(4) Children with American passports can help their parents to apply for permanent residency in the United States (the so-called "green card") when they are 2 1 year old.
(5) To apply for an American passport now, you need to hold an American green card for more than 5 years. At present, there are several ways to apply for a green card in the United States: political asylum (more than one year in the United States), professional and technical personnel, residents/races in ethnic minority areas, and marriage with American citizens. Please note that investment immigration is not an American immigration program, and American immigrants do not guarantee that the property and time you pay are the guarantee of getting a green card.
(6) When you live or travel outside the United States with an American passport, you are protected by the American consul. In case of political instability or major disasters, American citizens with American passports can enjoy the priority to leave by plane under the protection of the US government.
On 2014165438+10/0, US President Barack Obama arrived at Beijing Capital Airport and will attend the informal meeting of APEC leaders and deliver a speech. He said that during this visit, the United States and China agreed to make new visa arrangements to benefit both students and tourists. Under the new arrangement, the validity of student visas will be extended to five years at the longest, and business tourist visas will be extended to 10 years.
Baidu Encyclopedia-American Tourist Visa