China Visa/Passport News

Internationals who own valid Chinese residence work permits will be eligible to enter the country without the need to apply for a new visa, starting from September 28, the Chinese Foreign Ministry and National Immigration Administration has announced. The decision comes after China started to relax visa policies for some internationals, after ensuring that the Coonavirus situation permits such a move to be undertaken, VisaGuide.World reports. China's government also announced that persons who wish to enter the [...]

Recent tensed US-China relations, which worsened during the Trump Presidency era, have affected other areas of life in both countries, including Chinese nationals applying for a US visa, for either tourism, business, working or studying, and other types of visas. Ever since Trump came into power as the 45th US President, the number of Chinese passport holders getting a US visa almost halved, as Washington increased attention to who comes to the country and toughened screening procedures [...]

China has granted 59 countries with visa-free access to its southernmost province, the island of Hainan, which has often been compared to Hawaii, in an attempt to attract foreign tourists and boost island's tourism industry. According to the new visa-free policy, starting May 1, the tropical island will open up to the nationals of certain countries, who will be allowed to enter and stay for up to 30 days without the need to obtain a visa first. [...]

Internationals that have Chinese origin, who up to now have been able to obtain one year long multiple entry Chinese visas, now will be able to obtain these visas for a longer period of up to five years. The Chinese authorities have decided to update the one year long visa, and extend it to five years of multiple entry for internationals with Chinese origin. According to China’s official definition, any foreigner who has or had one parent, [...]