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Entry and Exit Policy Entry and Exit Policy
Entry and Exit Facilitation Policy Entry and Exit Facilitation Policy

Entry-Exit Border Inspection for Foreigners Reminders for Exit and Entry

Entry Border Inspection for Foreigners (1) Fill Out Arrival Cards
When entering the country, all foreigners are required to ll out the Arrival Cards as well as prepare
(1) Entry Requirements
their valid entry and exit documents. The Arrival Cards can be obtained during transportation or at the
When entering China, you shall submit your passport or other international travel document, visa or arrival port. Please complete the form and sign it before going through immigration clearance. The
other entry permits to the exit and entry border inspection authorities, go through the prescribed “Intended address in China” must be declared accurately. If staying in a hotel, the specic address
formalities, and may enter upon examination and approval. should be indicated.

(2) Circumstances of Denial of Entry (2) Fingerprints Collection
1. Those who hold no valid exit and entry documents, or refuse or evade border inspection; 2. Those who Foreigners aged from 14 (including) to 70 (including) who enter China shall provide their ngerprint
were previously deported or repatriated, and the No-Entry-into-China period has not expired; 3. Those information. Those under the following circumstances can be exempted from ngerprint retention:
who are suering from serious mental disorders, infectious tuberculosis or other infectious diseases that
may severely jeopardize public health; 4. Those who may endanger China’s national security or interests, 1. Holders of diplomatic passports or persons holding Chinese diplomatic or courtesy visas, except for
or disrupt social and public order, or engage in other illegal or criminal activities; 5. Those who commit persons from countries with reciprocal arrangements; 2. Persons who are mutually exempted from
fraud during the visa application process or cannot cover the costs of their expenditure during their stay ngerprint retention under bilateral agreements or reciprocal arrangements; 3. Foreign ocials at or
in China; 6. Those who may engage in activities that do not match the type of visa; 7. Other circumstanc- above the vice-ministerial level (including) and members of their delegations who are covered by the
es in which entry is not allowed in accordance with laws or administrative regulations of China. centralized entry procedures in accordance with the relevant facilitating provisions of the Ministry of
Public Security; 4. Persons whose ngerprints are missing or ten ngerprints cannot be retained; 5.
Persons who are exempted from ngerprint retention under special circumstances with the consent of
the Ministry of Public Security.
Exit Border Inspection for Foreigners
(3) Requirements of E-Channel for Immigration Clearance
(1) Exit Requirements
When exiting China, you shall submit your passport or other travel documents to the exit-entry Some ports have set up e-channels for immigration clearance. If you qualify via the conditions below,
border inspection authorities for examination, and go through the prescribed formalities. You may you can conduct the necessary procedures to use the e-channel:
exit or enter upon examination and approval. Please conrm the duration of stay on your visa.
1. Foreigners holding foreign passports and Foreign Permanent Residence ID Cards;
(2) Circumstances of Denial of Exit 2. Foreigners holding foreign e-passports and Chinese residence permits valid for more than 6 months;
1. Those who are sentenced to criminal punishments, the execution of which are not completed, or are
suspects or defendants in criminal cases, except those who are sentenced and transferred under 3. Foreign crew members serving on scheduled international ights eligible for visa-free entry, or
relevant agreements between China and foreign countries; 2. Those who are involved in unsettled civil holders of C or Z visas, or residence permits valid for one year or longer.
cases and are not allowed to exit China upon decision of the People’s Courts; 3. Those who are in
arrears of paying o labor remuneration and therefore are not allowed to exit by decision of the *Whether foreigners can use the E-Channel shall be determined by the nal inspection by the China Border
relevant departments under the State Council or of the People’s Governments of provinces, autono- Inspection authorities.
mous regions, or municipalities directly under the Central Government; 4. Other circumstances in
which exit shall not be allowed in accordance with laws or administrative regulations.

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