The Regulation on Exit and Entry Administration of the State Council has been released and will take effect on September 15, 2026. The Regulation aims to standardize exit and entry administration, protect the lawful rights and interests of exit and entry personnel, and safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.

 

Applicants for exit and entry, stay, or residence permits should provide truthful and lawful reasons for their applications.

 

When verifying the identity and purpose of application of exit and entry personnel, immigration authorities and visa authorities may make inquiries and require applicants to present or provide relevant documents, materials, electronic data, and other information. Applicants should cooperate with the verification.

 

Organizations or individuals issuing invitation letters or other application materials for applicants should be responsible for the authenticity of the invitation details and supporting information, and should cooperate with immigration authorities and visa authorities in verifying relevant information.

 

If applicants provide false materials or make false statements, immigration authorities and visa authorities have the right to decide not to issue exit and entry documents or deny their exit or entry.

 

If foreigners provide false materials or make false statements when applying for Chinese visas outside China or applying for entry at ports of entry, immigration authorities and visa authorities may decide to deny their entry for a period of one to five years.

 

If foreigners receive criminal punishment for disrupting border management, or receive administrative penalties for fraudulently obtaining exit and entry documents or illegally exiting or entering China, immigration authorities may, based on the circumstances of the violation and the need to prevent further illegal activities or crimes, decide to deny their entry for a period of one to five years from the date the penalty is completed. Where the laws provide otherwise, such provisions should prevail.

 

Where individuals are legally subject to an exit ban, the decision-making authority should, in accordance with relevant regulations, promptly notify immigration authorities to enforce the decision, and provide the individuals concerned with a written notice of the facts, reasons, legal basis, and remedies for the ban. Where such notification may affect national security, criminal investigation, or other circumstances, the authority may not notify the individuals.

 

When enforcing an exit ban decision, immigration authorities should inform the individuals concerned in accordance with the notice details provided by the decision-making authority.

 

Individuals who obtain visas, stay or residence permits, passports, or other exit and entry documents through fraudulent means, such as providing false materials or making false statements, should be subject to penalties imposed by immigration authorities in accordance with the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Passport Law of the People’s Republic of China.

 

Edited by Zhang Yuanlin

Source: Home in Chengdu