外国人申请F签证须知

外国人应邀来宁进行短期访问、考察、讲学、经商、科技文化交流及短期进修、实习等活动的，应持F签证入境，在签证标明的停留期内或者有效期内停留，需超过期限在宁停留的，应重新申请签证。

一、签证申请

外国人可以申请有效期不超过6个月的零次、一次、二次签证以及6个月或者1年的多次入境签证，申请次数不限，但自入境之日起每次在华停留期连续累计最长不得超过1年。

申请签证时，须回答有关询问并提供下列材料：

1．本人有效护照及F签证的原件和复印件；

2．临时住宿登记证明；

3．填写《外国人签证、居留许可申请表》，粘贴一张近期二寸半身正面免冠照片；

4．申请F签证须提供本地接待单位公函（三资企业、民营、集体、股份等公司接待的，还须提供有效营业执照副本原件及复印件）。

二、签证补办

持新护照的外国人申请补办签证，除上述所需材料外，还须提供下列材料：

1．因丢失护照领取新护照者，须提供公安机关出入境管理部门出具的护照报失证明或者外国驻华使馆、领馆照会；

2．因护照即将到期或者签证页用完等情况领取新护照者，须提供本次入境时所持护照；

3．在中国境内出生的，单独持有护照的外籍婴儿，须提供外籍婴儿的出生证明及父母双方的护照复印件。

三、注意事项

1．外国人申请签证，必须按照中国政府主管部门的有关规定缴纳费用。

2．持用F签证的外国人不得在华任职或就业。对在中国非法居（停）留或具有其它违法行为的外国人或责任人，公安机关将依法予以处罚。

3．上述可以申请签证的有效期及签证的入境次数，应以公安机关出入境管理部门最终批准的结果为准。

4．公安机关出入境管理部门有权依法拒发外国人签证、证件，对已发出的签证、证件有权吊销或宣布作废。

5、受理、审批、签发签证、证件需5个工作日。

南京市公安局出入境管理处

Notice to Foreigners Applying for F-visa

Foreigners who are invited to Nanjing to visit, investigate, give lectures, do business, conduct scientific, technological or cultural exchanges, take short-term courses in an institution, receive practical training, etc. should enter China with F-visa. F-visa holders can stay in China within the valid staying period specified on their visas. Those who wish to extend their stay should apply for another visa.

Ⅰ.  Applying for visa

    Foreigners can apply for zero-entry, single-entry, or double-entry F-visas that are valid for up to six months. They can also apply for six-month-valid multi-entry or one-year-valid multi-entry F-visa.  Applicants can apply for as many times as they want, however, for each entry, the longest continuous total stay must be no more than one year from the first day they enter China.

Applicants must answer related questions if asked, and provide the following documents:

1.    Applicant’s original and valid passport and F-visa, as well as copies  of the applicant’s passport and F-visa;

2.     Temporary Residence Registration Certificate;

3.     Properly-completed Foreigner’s Visa and Residence Permit Application Form with a photograph affixed to the form. The photograph should be:

l      two inches in size

l      taken recently, showing current appearance

l      show full face and front view with a plain white or off-white background

l      taken in normal street attire (do not wear a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline);

4.     Official letters from local reception units (if the applicant will be received by ventures with foreign investment, individually-run enterprises, collectively-owned enterprises, stock companies, etc. the original duplicates and the copies of the relevant business license should be provided).

Ⅱ.Re-applying for F-Visa

In addition to the above-mentioned required documents, foreigners holding new passports and re-applying for F-visas should also provide the following documents:

1.    If you hold a new passport because your previous passport was lost, stolen, or damaged, you must provide  certificates of passport loss report issued by the departments in charge of administration of exit and entry under the public security bureau or provide documents  issued by relevant foreign embassies or consulates in China;

2.    If you hold a new passport because your previous passport was expired or your visa pages had run out, you should provide the previous passport that you used when you entered China;

3.   For foreign infants born in China and holding separate passports, their parents must provide the original birth certificates of the infants as well as copies of the parents’ passports.

Ⅲ.PROVISIONS

1.    Applicants must pay visa application fee in accordance with the relevant regulations of competent organs of Chinese government.

2.    Foreigners holding L-visa are forbidden to work in China. The public security organs will impose punishment in accordance with law on those foreigners or responsible persons who unlawfully reside or stay in China or break law in China.

3.    Applicants’ valid staying period and the total entry times should be based on the result of approval by the departments in charge of administration of exit and entry under public security organs.

4.    The departments in charge of administration of exit and entry under public security organs have the right to refuse to issue visas and documents to foreigners in accordance with law, and to revoke the issued visas and documents or declare null and void.

5.    The normal processing time, including accepting application, examination, approval and issue of visa, is five business days.

           Nanjing Exit-and-Entry Administration Division

of Public Security Burea