The National Immigration Administration has officially implemented five measures to facilitate foreigners coming to China from January 11 to further clear up the relevant congestion points for foreigners coming to China for business, study, and tourism, to better serve and ensure high-level opening up to the outside world, and to promote high-level services. Quality development.

The first is to relax the conditions for foreigners coming to China to apply for port visas. For foreigners who urgently need to come to China to engage in non-diplomatic and official activities such as business cooperation, visits and exchanges, investment and entrepreneurship, visiting relatives, and handling private affairs, but who do not have time to apply for a visa abroad, they can apply to the port visa authority with invitation letters and other relevant supporting materials. Apply for a port visa to enter.

Second, foreigners can transit directly through Beijing Capital Airport and other hub airports 24 hours a day without going through inspection procedures. For foreigners, 24-hour direct transit passengers are exempted from border inspection procedures at nine international airports in Beijing Capital, Beijing Daxing, Shanghai Pudong, Hangzhou Xiaoshan, Xiamen Gaoqi, Guangzhou Baiyun, Shenzhen Baoan, Chengdu Tianfu, and Xi’an Xianyang. For inbound and outbound passengers holding international connecting tickets within 24 hours and transiting to a third country or region through any of the above airports, they can skip the border inspection procedures and directly transit without a visa.

Third, foreigners in China can apply for visa extension, replacement and reissue at their nearest location. Foreigners who come to China for a short period of time to engage in non-diplomatic and official activities such as business cooperation, visits and exchanges, investment and entrepreneurship, visiting relatives, sightseeing, and handling private affairs. If they have legitimate reasons and need to continue to stay in China, they may report to the nearest police station at the place of stay. Apply for visa extension, replacement and re-issuance from the immigration administration agency.

Fourth, foreigners in China who need to enter and exit multiple times can apply for re-entry visas. If foreigners in China need to enter and exit multiple times due to legitimate and reasonable reasons, they can apply to the public security bureau’s entry-exit management agency for the replacement of a valid multiple-entry visa with the invitation letter and other relevant supporting materials.

The fifth is to simplify the application materials for visa documents for foreigners in China. When foreigners apply for visa documents, if their accommodation registration records, business licenses and other information can be queried through information sharing, they are exempted from inspection of relevant paper certification materials; foreigners in China who apply for short-term family visit and reunion visas for relatives, A declaration of kinship from the inviter can be substituted for the proof of kinship.

The relevant person in charge of the National Immigration Administration said that as my country’s economic development continues to recover and improve, and the level of opening up to the outside world continues to expand, Chinese and foreign companies and personnel have put forward many new demands for deepening immigration management services. The National Immigration Administration will proactively coordinate with relevant authorities to continue to focus on the choke points for foreigners coming to China for business, study, and tourism, continue to deepen the reform of immigration management services and policy and system innovation, accelerate institutional opening up, and actively participate in creating a first-class business environment and proactive services to promote the construction of a new development pattern.