Port Visa has great advantage compared with traditional business Visa and tourist Visa. Port Visa policy is NOT open to all the domestic corporations.
I. Qualified applicants
Foreigners who need to enter China because of emergency;
Foreigners who are invited to enter China because of urgent commercial affairs, emergency repair works, or other urgent issues;
Foreigners who participate in tours organized by tourist agencies in accordance with laws and regulations;
Note: Application shall be verified by related departments; application shall be processed by port-visa-granting offices authorized by the Ministry of Public Security.
II. Approach
(1) Individuals shall apply for personal port visa after arriving at the port. Tourist agencies shall apply to the port-visa-granting office for tourists after arrival;
(2) Organizing institutions (individuals) shall apply to the local port-visa-granting office for invitees before arrival; applications on behalf of foreigners shall be transferred by administrative departments of prefecture-level city governments and governmental agencies with higher level of authority
III. Required materials
1) Personal passport or other international travel documents (original and hard copies);
2) Filled application for port visa;
3) Personal photographs;
4) Invitation letters or other supporting documents issued by organizing institutions (individuals) or tourist agencies (original and hard copies);
Notes: Inquiries shall be conducted by port-visa-granting offices before application for port visa. Background information shall be verified by port-visa-granting offices and organizing institutions (individuals). Related institutions and individuals shall cooperate with legal investigation.
(1)To apply for C visa, the applicant shall provide an invitation letter issued by the administrative departments of county governments and governmental agencies with higher level of authority or department of civil aviation, railway, highway, port and other transport institutions, to clarify entry because of emergency.
(2) To apply for F visa, the applicant shall provide a letter of permitting port visa issued by the administrative departments.
(3) To apply for L visa, the applicant shall provide an invitation letter from qualified travel agencies, a list of members and a travel plan.
(4) To apply for M visa, the applicant shall provide an invitation letter from authorized institutions or organizing institutions which have been put on records to port-visa-granting offices; for other organizing institutions, the applicant shall provide a schedule after entry, an invitation letter for clarifying entry because of emergency and registration materials.
(5) To apply for Q2 visa, the applicant shall provide an identification of the inviter, an invitation letter including reasons for entry because of emergency and relationships between family members from a foreigner with permanent residence.
(6) To apply for R visa, the applicant shall provide supporting materials from the administrative department of talents and an invitation letter from organizing institutions for clarifying entry because of emergency.
(7) To apply for S2 visa, the applicant who comes to China for visiting relatives shall provide inviter’s passport and residence credential, an invitation letter from a foreigner living in China including reasons for entry because of emergency and relationships between family members; the applicant who comes to China for other private affairs shall provide supporting materials of entry because of other urgent issues.
Note: Family members refer to spouses, parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren and spouses of children.
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