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To go to Hong Kong or Macao to visit relatives
(11/28/2007)

Entry-Exit Administration Bureau of Shanghai; entry-exit administration offices of public security branches on district and county level.

No.1500 Minsheng Road

Monday¡ªFriday: 9:00¡ª16:00

Saturdays: 9:00¡ª11:30, 13:30¡ª16:30

63577925 Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau

With complete application materials, the application for the first time shall be processed and wound up with 10 working days; application for the second time shall be processed and wound up within 7 working days.

1. For Shanghai residents and overseas Chinese who have relatives residing in Hong Kong or Macao;

2. For Shanghai residents and overseas Chinese who have relatives being invited to work for private business or to study in Hong Kong or Macao.

The said¡°Relatives¡±refer to spouses, parents, child(ren), grandparents, grandchild(ren), blood brother(s) or sister(s), uncle(s), aunt(s), or nephew(s) of the applicant or of his or her spouse, and spouse of the above persons.

1. To complete and submit the Form of Examination and Approval on Chinese Citizens Applying for going to and fro Hong Kong or Macao pasted with a full-faced colored picture which is taken recently (48X33mm, with white color as the background), attached with two other pictures of the same dimension

2. Applicants shall present for examination the originals of valid Resident Identification Cards, residential registration booklets or other certifications on their registered residence, and submit their photocopies (those filing in the application for the second time are exempted from the photocopies).

Overseas Chinese shall present for examination their valid Chinese passports and certifications on their residing abroad, and submit photocopies of the documents (those filing in the application for second time are exempted from the photocopies). 3. Certifications on the relative relationship between the applicant and the relative(s) to be visited (those filing in the application for the second time are exempted from the certifications).

4. Where the person(s) to be visited reside in Hong Kong or Macao, photocopies of their resident ID cards of Hong Kong or Macao, and photocopies of such international travel certificates as Entry-exit Permit for Hong Kong & Macao Residents Traveling to and from Inland Areas (or Home Visiting Certificate of Hong Kong & Macao residents) or of their foreign passports shall be submitted. Where persons to be visited are invited to work or study in Hong Kong or Macao, their Chinese passports or photocopy of their Exit-entry Permit for Traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao and photocopies of corresponding entry permits or endorsement shall be submitted.

5. Other materials assumed to be submitted by the entry-exit administration organs. For application for the first time, the applicant shall file in the application in person. For application for the second time, the applicant can entrust his relative for the application.

For the ones wishing to apply to visit relatives residing in Hong Kong or Macao, entry-exit administration offices of public security branches or public security bureaus on district or county level of the place where the applicant¡¯s residential registration is located accepts the application; Entry-Exit Administration Bureau of Shanghai does examination and approval work on the application materials before making an entry-exit permit.

For other categories of application for going to visit relatives in Hong Kong or Macao, and for overseas Chinese applying to go to visit relatives in Hong Kong or Macao, Entry-Exit Administration Bureau of Shanghai accepts the application, does examination and approval work on the application materials before making an entry-exit permit.

Provisional Methods for Administration on Chinese Citizens Going to and fro Hong Kong or Macao Region on Private Business.

100RMB for an Exit-entry Permit for Traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao; 20RMB for a single-journey endorsement; 100RMB for a multiple journey endorsement.

State Development Planning Commission and Ministry of Finance, J.J.G.(2002) No.1097.

For other categories of application for going to visit relatives in Hong Kong or Macao, and for overseas Chinese applying to go to visit relatives in Hong Kong or Macao, Entry-Exit Administration Bureau of Shanghai accepts the application, does examination and approval work on the application materials before making an entry-exit permit.

100RMB for an Exit-entry Permit for Traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao; 20RMB for a single-journey endorsement; 40RMB for a two-journey endorsement; 100RMB for a multiple journey endorsement valid within 1 year; 300RMB for a multiple-journey endorsement valid for 3 years.

State Development Planning Commission and Ministry of Finance, J.J.G.(2002) No.1097.

The State Price Bureau, Ministry of Finance (1993) J.F.Z. No.164.