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It has been more than a year since the epidemic. Look at your passport. Is expired ?
Last week, the friend of small raft (xiaomufa.org) suddenly found that his passport had expired, so he followed the process normally and made a successful online appointment. As a result, he was told that during the epidemic, the passport was closed unless there were some special circumstances. In addition, a classmate from Xiaomulai also encountered the problem of applying for a passport. He received an email message from a famous Singapore school that needed a scanned passport. However, since he did not have a passport before, he hurried to inquire after receiving the email, but was directly informed that during the current epidemic, the passport was suspended without emergency matters. Fortunately, after communication, students can continue to apply because of the reasons why they study abroad. However, in addition to the regular passport application materials, they also need to provide certificates of applying for study abroad. The entire passport processing process has been for a long time than usual.
In response to epidemic prevention and control policies, people take the initiative to reduce travel. I had planned to go abroad before, but I had to put it aside. Many people's various passes are probably now put in the dust at home. Therefore, why not check if your passport and other documents have expired.
From the beginning of 2020 to the present, the requirements for handling some documents are also different from before, and passports in various regions cannot be processed normally. Friends who need to apply for a new passport or renewal can only bring relevant supporting documents to apply for emergency situations such as studying abroad, going abroad for business, etc. Most of the applications for passports and travel permits of Chinese citizens with urgent needs are converted to online acceptance by email.
If you need to renew the expired and reissue the Chinese passport and reissue the lost passport, you must pay attention to policy changes at any time. In addition to conducting necessary online verification of the current relevant policies, it is best to contact the local competent department directly by phone, which is the safest.
In addition, this raft has also verified some things that need to be paid attention to in recent passports and visas:
1. New Passport
Before the epidemic, some friends had plans to travel abroad, but before they had time to handle the epidemic, the epidemic came off guard. Can it be processed now? There is no exception to applying for a new passport. If it is a non-emergency situation such as tourism, it is currently unavailable (take the entry and exit information of Jinjiang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province as an example). According to the State Immigration Administration, you can apply for study abroad, business, etc. The specific processing methods are as follows:
1. Students who are applying for study abroad
have an admission letter for studying abroad: you need to bring your own admission letter and related materials on the basis of having obtained the admission letter for study abroad: You can apply for admission letter + translation + translation qualification certificate from foreign schools.
No admission letter for studying abroad: Because some schools need to fill in their passport numbers before applying, they cannot provide relevant proof to prove it. If you apply through a study abroad intermediary, you need the business license + contract and other materials required for entry and exit (inquiry on entry and exit for details).
2, working abroad
Company outsourcing: certificate of employment +exit certificate+company business license
Labor contract: intermediary company business license + intermediary company dispatch contract + overseas company business license
Go abroad by yourself: offer of foreign companies + company business license
3, foreign conferences, study, exhibitions, etc.
Company outsourcing: in-service certificate + outsourcing certificate Ming+Company business license
4, Foreign exchange student
Foreign school admission letter + domestic school certificate (need to be stamped with official seal) + student ID
5, Passport is cancelled or customs destroyed
Passport is cancelled or customs destroyed
Report to the police station where the household registration is destroyed and explain the relevant situation. You need to provide a certificate of work for overseas work. If the police station passes the review materials, the blacklist can be revoked and the passport can be applied for again; if the review is not passed, it will be restricted from leaving the country for 2-5 years.
2. Replace passport
Passport validity period is generally 10 years. Therefore, when the passport validity period is less than 1 year, especially less than half a year, or when it is damaged, use up the inner page of the passport, or lost the passport, you need to apply for a passport replacement.
If you accidentally lose your passport, but you have a travel plan in the near future and need to apply for a passport again immediately, what is the current policy?
Passport renewal or lost. Reissue for such cases. During the period of closure of the entry and exit epidemic, they generally refuse to renew the issuance on the grounds that they cannot leave the country. They can only be accepted for both study abroad and business. If you need to reissue for emergency reissue, please prepare relevant materials first and make an appointment as usual before accepting it.
BTW: Losing the ID brings a lot of unnecessary trouble and the most headache. Therefore, this raft recommends filling in the information in the "Emergency Information" column on the last page of the passport. If it is lost and is caught, it may also contact the owner himself.
Passport Emergency Information Page
III. Visa Issues
In addition, you need to pay attention to the visa issues caused by changing passports and reissueing passports. How can you ensure that your previous visa is not affected?
If you are replacing a new passport (old passport is in hand)
Some countries (such as Canada) visa validity period will be less than or equal to the remaining validity period of your passport. In this case, your passport expires or expires, and your visa will also be in an expired state. In this case, you need to apply for a visa again .
Another situation is for example, visas such as the United States. Commonly, it is a 5-year study visa or a 10-year tourist visa. Although the visa validity period is so long, it may exceed the validity period of the passport you hold. In this case, visa transfer is generally applied for after renewal of the passport, or there is no need for visa transfer. Each time you use it, just show the new and old passports and the visa on the old passport at the same time (in these two situations, you need to call the embassy of the valid visa country after the passport is renewed or other methods, and go to to determine whether your visa needs to be transferred. is very necessary. After all, visa transfer in some countries is not only troublesome, but the cost is quite high).
Special reminder: When applying for a new passport, the staff will usually cut off one corner of the passport or one corner of the original one. Assuming that there is a valid visa on your old passport, remember to emphasize to the staff of the Entry and Exit Administration, please do not cut off these valid visas, and only cut the passport cover page.
Another situation is the visa invalidity problem caused by renewal and reissue:
old passport is valid (maybe it is close to the expiration period), and if you want to change it, it is a renewal;
old passport has expired and needs to be re-applied;
old passport (regardless of whether it expires or not) is accidentally lost and needs to be reissue. The difference between these three is that only when the passport is in hand can you change and re-apply, and only if the passport is not in hand can you reissue it.
Reissue and reapply for visas on old passports are still valid, but if reissues , the visas on old passports will automatically expire .
So if you need to change and re-apply for your passport, please be careful!
Note: All the above situations require relevant materials to be provided before applying. Some provinces and cities have already launched online acceptance and need to submit it online first (it is best to call to confirm whether there is an online acceptance process), and then go offline to handle it. The normal processing time for is within 7 working days.
For friends who need to apply for a new passport or change their passport, if the conditions are met, it is recommended that you make an appointment as soon as possible. Those who should update their passports should be updated in time, because in the current epidemic situation, the processing time may be a little slower than before.
At present, many universities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries have made offline plans for the start of school in the fall, and strive to enable international students to return to campus in the fall. It is best for international students to apply for and check your passport in advance to prepare for the upcoming admission visa process to avoid delays.
PS. In addition to checking whether the passport is expired, friends who need to travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao, it is best to apply for the pass in advance if you do not have a Hong Kong and Macao pass. Don’t forget to pay attention to the expiration date if you have a pass.
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