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According to China Central Television from the consular department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the passport policy for overseas Chinese citizens will be significantly adjusted in order to better meet the needs of overseas Chinese citizens to apply for passports. After the adjustment, the scope of application for overseas Chinese citizens' passports will be further expanded, the requirements for application materials will be further relaxed, and the registration of minors will be more convenient. The relevant policy adjustment, will be formally implemented on January 1, 2019.
More and more Chinese stay overseas for a long time
In the past, the majority of Chinese citizens abroad were mainly overseas Chinese, that is, those who lived abroad for a long time or even settled, and the passport work of Chinese embassies and consulates abroad was also mainly for overseas Chinese. However, in the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, exchanges between Chinese and foreign personnel have become increasingly frequent, and Chinese passports have become more and more "gold-bearing." in addition to overseas Chinese, more and more Chinese have gone abroad to do business, study abroad, visit relatives, and visit, and so on. Although they do not settle abroad, they also need to stay abroad for a longer time. Based on this, China will make this major adjustment to the passport policy of overseas Chinese citizens.
Expanding the scope of acceptance of passport applications
Before the adjustment, Chinese citizens who already have passports must, in principle, stay abroad for a long time if they change their passports overseas.
After adjustment, overseas Chinese citizens will no longer be required to settle overseas. This means that, in addition to cases where laws and regulations cannot be clearly issued, such as Chinese citizens who travel abroad for a short period of time, overseas Chinese citizens may obtain new passports if their passports expire and visa pages are about to run out.
Relaxation of application material requirements
The system of declaration of nationality status of passport applicants has been introduced, and the requirements of application materials have been relaxed to ensure that applicants do not issue certificates from third-party organizations.
Before adjustment, when applying for a passport from a foreign embassy or consulate, you must provide a valid local residence certificate or visa, and sometimes you need to go to a local third-party agency to issue documents to prove your nationality.
After adjustment, the system of declaration of nationality status has been introduced, that is, the passport applicant has made a declaration on his nationality status, and he has been responsible for the contents of the declaration, and has assumed legal responsibility for the contents of the declaration. It will be easier to prepare materials, with the option of providing local medical cards, social security cards and bank statements, in addition to valid local residence certificates or visas. Water, electricity and gas bills are either to prove that the applicant is not in a position to apply for a passport overseas. Applicants for these materials use whatever they have at hand, and no longer need to go to a third institution to issue a certificate.
Making two adjustments to the minor's Certificate
After adjustment, only one legal guardian is required to approve the registration of minors.
In accordance with relevant Chinese laws and regulations, minors must have legal guardians present to consent when applying for passports. Before adjustment, both parents are required to be present at the same time. However, with the development of the times, the mobility of personnel increased, the pace of work accelerated, both parents are more and more difficult to attend at the same time. For example, it is difficult for a mother to take her child to school overseas and a father at home, in which case it is difficult for both parents to be present at the same time.
After adjustment, minors apply for passports and travel permits from all embassies and consulates abroad. Only one legal guardian (parent / mother / other legal guardian) is required to be present and issue a consenting opinion. Passport is a necessary travel document for every overseas Chinese citizen. With this adjustment, it will be more convenient for minors to apply for passports overseas.
In addition, the new deal also unified minors to apply for travel permit materials.
Before the adjustment, due to various countries, diplomatic missions and consulates abroad when accepting the application for a minor travel permit, the request for information is not always the same. This may confuse some applicants. There are also so-called "tactics" for applying for travel permits at different embassies and consulates on the Internet. Some of these attacks are well-intentioned, but there are also a few who take advantage of this for profit. Even through false publicity in order to defraud "intermediary fees", the interests of the applicant.
After the adjustment, embassies and consulates stationed abroad will implement "Global Communications"-a globally uniform material standard for minors applying for travel permits, except that the first bid should, in principle, be handled at the Chinese embassy and consulate in the country of birth. Other offices may apply to any Chinese embassy or consulate stationed in Hong Kong or Macao. In the absence of special circumstances, each office may issue a certificate within 4 working days after acceptance.
Upgrade of passport reservation system for overseas Chinese citizens
In addition, the online booking system for passports of overseas Chinese citizens (address: https://ppt.mfa.gov.cn), which was launched in 2016, has recently completed an upgrade by adding a "passport processing progress inquiry". "collect consular service evaluation" and other new functions.
The "passport processing progress inquiry" function means that the applicant can obtain real-time progress in the reservation system, and the system can also automatically send the processing progress to the e-mail address registered by the applicant.
By optimizing the process, forensic time was significantly reduced-from the previous 15 working days to the fastest week or so.
In addition, the system also adds the function of "collecting consular service evaluation", and the applicant can carry out star-rated evaluation of the window service, business management and certification environment of the embassy and consulate on-line after the applicant has issued the certificate, and make comments and suggestions.
(the following picture is from Chinese overseas Chinese website)
