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Passport and Visa
A favored visa policy for Hainan Province is approved by the State Council in 2000. From 2001, tourists from 21 countries＊ can be granted visa-free entry at Sanya Customs if they are with tour group of agencies and have a vacation less than 15 days. From April 1, 2002, all overseas tourists can have there visa on arrival in Sanya.
＊(These countries are Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Republic of Korea, Philippine, Indonesia, Germany, UK, France, Austria, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Netherlands, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.)
If overseas tourists want to make their stay in Hainan longer or want to visit other places on the mainland, they can apply to the local authorities for a visa and extend their stay period after official documents are provided by their tour agencies. Hong Kong and Macao residents with Chinese nationality have visa-free right if they hold other legal document to visit mainland China. Tourists from Taiwan Province can conveniently have their legal document for entry at the Customs.
The following part is about the general information about passports and visas in other part of China.
The passengers are responsible for all visas, entry documents, health and other requirements and any documents required by laws, regulations, orders and/or requirements of countries visited. All passengers traveling in China and other Asian countries require a Passport, valid for at least 6 months beyond the conclusion of their trip, and with appropriate visas. Multiple-entry visas are required if the passengers need to reenter the country. It is the responsibility of each passenger to have a valid Passport and necessary visas, as well as to comply with entry, health or other requirements of the countries visited. The Operators and agents are not responsible for passport, visa requirements, entry, health or other requirements of the countries visited or for any loss sustained by you for failing to comply with laws, regulations, orders and/or requirements of countries visited.
Tourist Visas
A tourist visa, issued to aliens who come to china for sightseeing and visiting relatives, is marked with "L" in the many kinds of Chinese visas. Visa L is characterized by a short duration of stay, usually 30 days, no more than 90 days, and could not be extended upon expiration.
Group visa, another kind of tourist visa, is applied by foreigner traveling in tour groups (10 participants). Group visa is not issued on the passports, but on a separate paper, which requires the group members enter and exit the Chinese border together.
From Nov. 15th 2000, aliens traveling to Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SAR) in tour groups organized by travel agencies registered in the above-mentioned SARs are exempted from visa requirements for a period of not exceeding 6 days when entering into the following Chinese mainland cities: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jinangmen, Zhaoqing, Huizhou, etc. The premise is that the traveler shall have the citizenship of a country having diplomatic relations with the People Republic of China and carrying an ordinary passport.
Passport Loss
If your passport is lost or stolen when you are abroad, please report the loss immediately to local police authorities and the nearest your country embassy or consulate with the assistance of your local guides. Remember to write your current address in the space provided in your passport, so that, if it is found, it can be retur |
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Entry Procedure
On arrival in China from abroad, foreigners have to go through the following procedures, just as in other countries.
Health Check :
On arrival, the first check you have to pass is the Quarantine Check. At the checkpoint, you will be required to show your visa and passport and fill in a Health Declaration Form. Anyone with listed diseases such as yellow fever, cholera, VD, leprosy, infectious pulmonary tuberculosis or AIDS will be prohibited. Those coming from areas with epidemics yellow fever must show their valid certificates of inoculation against this disease. Those with symptoms of fever, diarrhea, vomiting or rashes must declare this information accurately.
Frontier Inspection:
During this procedure, you are required to fill in Entry Registration Cards, and present your passport, visa and quarantine certificates for inspection.The frontier inspection station has the right to forbid the personnel with any of the following circumstances to enter China: Those who hold no exit-entry certificates
Holders of invalid, false, altered exit-entry certificates Holders of other persons' certificates Those who refuse to receive the health check and the frontier inspection Those who fail to pass through the port specified. Those who are forbidden to enter by the Ministry of Public Security of the State Council and the Ministry of State Security. Those who are not permitted according to the Chinese laws and administrative regulations
Luggage Check:
For the sake of maintaining social safety, the frontier inspection station has the right to check all luggages brought into China. Old and waste materials, food, microorganisms, biological products, portions of human body, blood or its products, or animals that may spread infectious diseases among humans are forbidden to enter. Any printed material, film, tapes that are detrimental to China's politics, economy, culture and ethics' are also forbidden to bring into China.
Note:
1. Each travel is recommended to take no more than one Bible into China
2. Also during this process, customs declaration will be made. And only when you pass all the procedures that you really and legally enter China. China Customs Regulations
Entry
Tourists must fill out a baggage declaration form (in two copies) and hand it in to customs, retaining the carbon to show upon exit. Personal belongings will be admitted duty free, including food, two bottles of liquor and two cartons of cigarettes. Wristwatches, radios, tape recorders, cameras, movie cameras, and similar items may be brought in for personal use but cannot be sold or transferred to others and must be brought out of China. Gifts for relatives or friends in China, or articles carried on behalf of other, must also be declared. Visitors can bring in an unlimited amount of foreign currency, traveler's checks, and the unspent portion can be taken out.
Bringing in the following articles is prohibited
1. Arms, ammunition, and explosives of all kinds
2. Radio transmitters-receivers and principal parts
3. Renminbi (Chinese currency) in cash
4. Manuscripts, printed matter, films, photographs, gramophone records, cinematographic films, loaded recording tapes and videotapes, etc. which are detrimental to China's politics, economy, culture, and ethics
5. Poisonous drugs, habit-forming drugs, opium, morphine, heroin, etc.
6. Animals, plants and products thereof infected with or carrying germs and insect pests
7. Unsanitary foodstuffs and germ-carrying foodstuffs from infected areas
8. Other articles the import of which is prohibited by state regulations
Exit
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