Ukraine and China are working on preparing a visa waiver agreement between the two countries, Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong has said.He said this at a press conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the strategic partnership between the People’s Republic of China and Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent reports Read more
By LI LEI China has seen an increasing number of foreign residents while continuing to open up in the past decade, the latest population census shows. A total of 845,697 foreigners were living on the Chinese mainland in 2020 when the seventh national census was conducted, up about 250,000 from Read more
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Embassy and Consulates in China remain unable to resume routine nonimmigrant visa operations. We are currently offering as many appointments as local conditions, resources, and safety considerations allow. Current restrictions allow us to accommodate a limited number of appointments for applicants in certain nonimmigrant visa Read more
What Is the Chinese Version of “International Travel Health Certificate”? A International Travel Health Certificate is a comprehensive certificate showing the holder’s information about the COVID-19 nucleic acid and serum antibody tests results, vaccine injection, and others. It contains an encrypted QR code for the relevant authorities in other countries Read more
Some Chinese Consulates in the United States (including Los Angeles and San Francisco) are nolonger issuing health declaration codes to foreign nationals holding valid work, private andreunion type residence permits unless the travel is pre-approved by the consulate under urgentor humanitarian reasons. Foreign nationals must provide the relevant documents to Read more
by Dezan Shira & Associates China’s new work permit system for foreigners was rolled out nationwide on April 1 this year. Under the new framework, the previous Alien Employment Permit and the Foreign Expert Permit have been combined into a single work permit, issued to any foreigner eligible to take Read more
by Joey Knotts China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday that the country will be opening its borders to holders of valid residence permits in another amendment to the ban on foreign entries that were put into place on Mar 26 of this year. The change goes into effect Monday, Sep 28. Read more
By Dan Harris Got an email this morning from a loyal reader setting out the steps one must go through to switch China employers while hanging on to a China work permit (Z Visa). Here goes. The most important factor in keeping your work permit is getting a letter of release Read more
Entry restrictions for Mainland China vary depending on departure location. All travelers are strongly advised to check with a local Chinese embassy or consulate in each jurisdiction they intend to pass through in order to confirm all testing and document verification requirements. All persons (including Chinese nationals) traveling from abroad Read more
In view of resuming people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries in an orderly manner, starting from 15 March 2021, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the HKSAR will provide the following facilitation for visa applicants who have been inoculated with COVID-19 Read more