Visa policy of mainland China | China visa policy
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Policy on permits required to enter Mainland China
Chinese Q2 visa for family visits issued after Nov. 2018 in London Wet-ink version of a type L visa issued in 1989 by the Exit and Entry Administration on a U.S. passportVisitors to the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China must obtain a visa from one of the Chinese diplomatic missions, unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries. The two Special Administrative Regions – Hong Kong and Macau – maintain their own independent border control policies and thus have their own separate visa requirements.[1]
Chinese visas are issued both outside China, by the Chinese diplomatic missions, and in China, by the Exit and Entry Administrations (EEAs) of the county-level Public Security Bureaus (PSBs).[2] In order to enter China, however, a non-Chinese national should apply to the visa-issuing authorities outside China for a Chinese visa.[3] Because Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan maintain their independent bord...