外国人来华探亲申请签证须知

外国人来华探望父母、配偶的父母、（外）祖父母、同胞兄弟姐妹、叔、伯、舅、姑、姨等亲属，应当持L签证入境，在签证注明的停留期或有效期内停留，需超过有效期在宁停留的，应重新申请签证。

一、签证申请

根据需要，可以申请有效期6个月以内的零次或者一次入境有效L签证，最多申请两次。

申请签证时，须回答有关询问并提供下列材料：

1．本人有效护照及L签证的原件和复印件；

2．临时住宿登记证明；

3．填写《外国人签证、居留许可申请表》，粘贴一张近期二寸半身正面免冠照片；

4．探望中国内地居民，须提供亲属的本地常住户籍证明或者在宁实际居住的相关证明及居民身份证；

5．探望华侨，须提供亲属的中国护照及国外定居证明；

6．探望港澳居民，须提供亲属的《港澳居民来往内地通行证》或者《港澳同胞回乡证》；

7．探望台湾居民，须提供亲属的《台湾居民来往大陆通行证》或者《中华人民共和国旅行证》；

8．探望常住外国人，须提供亲属的居留许可或者《外国人永久居留证》；

9．探望华侨和港澳台居民还须提供华侨或者港澳台居民6个月以上的常住证明。

境外机构出具的有关证明须经我国驻外使馆或者领馆认证。

二、签证补办

持新护照的外国人申请补办签证，除上述所需材料外，还须提供下列材料：

1．因丢失护照领取新护照者，须提供公安机关出入境管理部门出具的护照报失证明或者外国驻华使馆、领馆照会；

2．因护照即将到期或者签证页用完等情况领取新护照者，须提供本次入境时所持护照；

3．在中国境内出生的、单独持有护照的外籍婴儿，须提供外籍婴儿的出生证明及父母双方的护照复印件。

三、注意事项

1．外国人申请签证，必须按照中国政府主管部门的有关规定缴纳费用。

2．持用L签证的外国人不得在华任职或就业。对在中国非法居（停）留或具有其它违法行为的外国人或责任人，公安机关将依法予以处罚。

3．上述可以申请签证的有效期及签证的入境次数，应以公安机关出入境管理部门最终批准的结果为准。

4．公安机关出入境管理部门有权依法拒发外国人签证、证件，对已发出的签证、证件有权吊销或宣布作废。

5、受理、审批、签发签证、证件需5个工作日。

南京市公安局出入境管理处

Notice to Foreigners Visiting Relatives in China

Applying for Visas

Foreigners coming to China to visit such relatives as parents, parents-in-law, grandparents, blood brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts etc., should enter China with L-visa. L-visa holders can stay in China within the valid staying period specified on their visas. Those who wish to extend their stay should re-apply for another visa from the Exit and Entry Administration Division of Public Security Bureau.

Ⅰ.  Applying for Visa

Foreigners visiting relatives in China can apply for zero-entry or single-entry L-visa that is valid for up to six months. The maximum times that they can apply is twice.

Applicants should answer related questions if asked, and provide the following documents:

1.    Applicant’s original and valid passport and L-visa, as well as copies of the applicant’s passport and L-visa;

2.    Temporary Residence Registration Certificate;

3.    Properly-completed Foreigner’s Visa and Residence Permit Application Form with a photograph affixed to the form. The photograph should be:

l          two inches in size

l          taken recently, showing current appearance

l          show full face and front view with a plain white or off-white background

l          taken in normal street attire (do not wear a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline);     

4.     Applicants visiting residents in Chinese inland regions must provide certificates of their relatives’ local permanent household registration or certificates of their relatives’ actual residence in Nanjing as well as their relatives’ resident ID cards;

5.     Applicants visiting overseas Chinese must provide their   relatives’ Chinese passports and certificates of their permanent resident status abroad;

6.    Applicants visiting residents of Hong Kong and Macaw should   provide their relatives’ Passes for Hong Kong and Macaw Residents Traveling to and from Inland Regions or the Home Visiting Certificates for Compatriots from the Regions of Hong Kong or Macaw;

7.    Those who are visiting residents of Taiwan should provide their  relatives’ Passes for Taiwan Residents Traveling between Mainland and Region of Taiwan or the Travel Documents of the People’s Republic of China;

8.    Those who are visiting permanent foreign residents in China  should provide their relatives’ Resident Permits or Foreigner’s Permanent Resident Permits;

9.   Applicants visiting overseas Chinese and residents of Hong Kong and Macaw should also provide certificates that verify that their relatives can stay legally in China for more than six months.

Note: Documents issued to applicants previously by institutions abroad must be authenticated by Chinese embassies or consulates abroad.

Ⅱ. Re-applying for Visa

When re-applying for a L-visa, new passport holders should also provide the following documents in addition to the above-mentioned required documents:     

1.    If you hold a new passport because your previous passport was  lost, stolen, or damaged, you should provide certificates of passport loss report issued by the departments in charge of administration of exit and entry under the public security bureau or provide documents issued by relevant foreign embassies and consulates in China;

2.    If you hold a new passport because your previous passport was expired or your visa pages had run out, you should provide the previous passports that you used when you entered China;

3.    For foreign infants born in China and holding separate passports, their parents should provide original birth certificates of the infants and copies of the parents’ passports.

Ⅲ. PROVISIONS

1.    Applicants must pay application fee in accordance with the relevant regulations of competent organs of Chinese government.

2.    Foreigners holding L-visa are forbidden to work in China. The public security organs will impose punishment in accordance with law on those foreigners or responsible persons who unlawfully reside or stay in China or break law in China. 

3.    Applicants’ valid staying period and the total entry times should be based on the result of approval by the departments in charge of administration of exit and entry under public security bureau.

4.    The departments in charge of administration of exit and entry under public security bureau have the right to refuse to issue visas and documents to foreigners in accordance with law, and to revoke the issued visas and documents or declare null and void.

5.     The normal processing time, including accepting application,  examination, approval, and issue of visas, is five business days.

Nanjing Exit-and-Entry Administration Division

of Public Security Bureau

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