China to allow foreigners with valid permits to enter
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In view of the current COVID-19 situation and the need of epidemic prevention and control, adjustments are now made to the Announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Immigration Administration on the Temporary Suspension of Entry by Foreign Nationals Holding Valid Chinese Visas or Residence Permits issued on 26 March 2020.
Effective from 0 a m., 28 September 2020, foreign nationals holding valid Chinese residence permits for work, personal matters and reunion are allowed to enter China with no need for applying for new visas. If the above three categories of residence permits held by foreign nationals expired after 0 a.m., 28 March 2020, the holders may apply for relevant visas by presenting the expired residence permits and relevant materials to the Chinese embassies or consulates on the condition that the purpose of the holders’visit to China remains unchanged. The above-mentioned personnel shall strictly abide by the Chinese regulations on epidemic prevention and control.
Other measures in the Announcement issued on March 26 will continue to be implemented. While ensuring effective epidemic control, the Chinese government will continue resuming people-to-people exchanges in a step-by-step and orderly manner.
Visa
Foreign nationals holding visas issued after March 28, 2020
Residence Permit
Foreign nationals holding China permanent residence
Foreign nationals holding valid Chinese residence permits for work, personal matters and reunion
Check the Purpose for Residence, it should be 工作/ work, 私人事务/ personal matters or 团聚/ reunion, and validity
Apply for new visa
without PU letter
Residence permits with purpose of work, personal matters or reunion held by foreign nationals expired after 0 a.m., 28 March 2020, the holders may apply for relevant visas by presenting the expired residence permits and relevant materials to the Chinese embassies or consulates on the condition that the purpose of the holders’visit to China remains unchanged
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My visa was issued before March 28, 2020, and was valid after March 28, can I renew my visa without PU letter
No, you need to apply for new visa.
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Can International students with valid residence permit enter China
No, as the purpose for residence is 学习/ study, not among the three mentioned, but I will keep you updated
China's Foreign Ministry and National Immigration Administration announced on Wednesday that foreign nationals holding valid Chinese residence permits in three categories are allowed to enter the country from September 28 with no need to apply for new visas, an adjustment six months after the country took a proactive measure to restrict border entry to curb the surge of imported COVID-19 infections.
Effective September 28, foreign nationals holding valid Chinese residence permits for work, personal matters and reunion are allowed to enter China with no need to apply for new visas, according to a statement sent by authorities to the Global Times on Wednesday.
If the three categories held by foreign nationals expired after March 28, they may apply for new visas by presenting their expired residence permits and documents to Chinese embassies or consulates, on the condition that the purpose of the holders' visit to the country remains unchanged, the statement said.
The authorities noted that those foreigners shall strictly abide by Chinese regulations on epidemic prevention and control.
The new adjustment is in view of the current COVID-19 situation, which is basically under control in China, and the need for epidemic prevention and control, it said.
The statement also said while ensuring effective epidemic control, the Chinese government will continue to resume people-to-people exchanges in a step-by-step and orderly manner.
Such relaxed measures built on complete and strict epidemic control and prevention measures in China are necessary, Yang Zhanqiu, deputy director of the pathogen biology department at Wuhan University, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
Yang believes that the entry of these foreigners would not cause an outbreak rebound.
When asked if Chinese immigration authority would have to pay extra attention to border checks, Yang said viral detection and quarantine must be done simultaneously for every traveler.
On March 28, foreign nationals were temporarily denied from entering China even with valid visas, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Immigration Administration announced in a notice on March 26, in a move called by some experts as "semi sealing off of the border" that showed the country's determination to fight the epidemic.
Source: Global Times
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1201831.shtml
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