What documents do you need to travel abroad?

What documents do you need to travel abroad?

1. Passport processing

In China, passports are divided into official passports, personal passports and diplomatic passports. Holders of official passports and diplomatic passports have great freedom of travel, and many countries have visa-free or visa-on-arrival treatment. Only personal passports are said here.

apply for a visa

A visa is a document issued by a country's entry-exit administration department (such as immigration bureau or its embassy or consulate abroad) to express approval to foreign citizens. According to the identity of the holder, the type of passport and the reason for the visit, visas are generally divided into four types: diplomatic visas, courtesy visas, official visas and ordinary visas. We are talking about an ordinary visa here.

First, the passport application process

1, first passport application process:

To apply for a passport for the first time, you must go to the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau where your hukou is located, and soldiers must go to the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau where their troops or work units are located. Regarding whether going to school or working in other places can be handled at the nearest place where the school or work unit is located, the handling method can be consulted with the Exit-Entry Administration Department of the local public security bureau.

2. Preparation of passport application materials:

1) Two 2-inch recent bareheaded color photos, national public officials do not wear standard clothes, children do not wear red scarves, and the background color is subject to the regulations of the local exit-entry administration department;

2) Residents who have reached the age of 16 should bring their household registration book (permanent resident registration form should be submitted for collective accounts) and resident identity card (or temporary id card);

3)/kloc-residents under 0/6 years old should bring their own household registration book (the registration form of permanent residents is submitted for collective accounts), the original ID card of the guardian and the original materials that can prove the guardianship relationship (such as household registration book and birth certificate, etc.), accompanied by their guardians;

3. Submit application materials:

Submit the completed application form together with photos and required materials to the acceptance window. After the review, the staff will receive the receipt of the application for going abroad for personal reasons, check the contents of the receipt and sign it.

4. Payment:

After submitting the application, the applicant shall immediately pay the fee at the toll booth with the Receipt of Application for Going Abroad for Private Purposes (the applicant shall pay the fee on the day of acceptance. If the payment is overdue, the date of receiving the certificate will be notified separately. If the payment is not made within one month after the application, the application will be deemed to have been abandoned automatically, and the application materials will not be returned to me.

5. Passport collection

Personal collection: the applicant must collect the documents on time according to the date of evidence collection indicated on the receipt of the application for going abroad for private reasons or the date of evidence collection notified by the exit-entry administration department. On the day of obtaining evidence, the applicant himself will show the receipt of the application for going abroad for personal reasons and the receipt of payment, and bring the resident ID card or household registration book to the entry-exit reception hall where the application is accepted to collect the documents. After receiving the certificate, please carefully check the contents of the certificate. If there are any mistakes, please correct them in time.

On behalf of others: the person on behalf of the leader will bring the Receipt of Application for Going Abroad for Private Business, my ID card and a copy of the passport applicant's ID card to the Exit-Entry Administration Office to collect the passport.

Courier to your door: If you need to choose courier to your door, you must go through the formalities and pay the courier fee at the postal courier counter of the entry-exit administration office on the day of passport application with the Application for Receipt of Going Abroad for Private Business. The express delivery scope is subject to the regulations of the local entry-exit administration office.

Before applying for a visa, please sign your name on the holder's signature column on the last page of your passport with a black pen.

Second, the type of visa.

1, visa category:

Visas in countries around the world are generally divided into entry visas and transit visas, and some countries also have exit visas. Visas in China are divided into entry visas and transit visas.

(1) Entry visa

An entry visa is a visa that allows the holder to enter the country from a port open to the outside world or a port designated within a specified time. China entry visas will take effect from the date of issuance, and some countries will stipulate the effective date of entry visas separately.

(2) Transit visa

Transit visa is a visa that allows the holder to go to a third country through the territory of the country from a port open to the outside world or a designated port within a specified time. To obtain a transit visa, you must obtain a valid entry visa or permit from the destination country in advance (except visa-free countries). According to international practice, people who hold a joint ticket and don't leave the airport within 24 hours are generally exempt from visas, but some countries still require foreigners passing through their own countries to apply for transit visas.

2. Visa form:

Visa has different forms and titles in its development. Such as endorsement visa, stamp visa, sticker visa, machine-readable visa, individual visa, group visa and so on.

(1) Endorsement visa

Refers to a simple written endorsement on a valid passport, indicating the specific requirements for allowing the holder to enter or leave the country. Most of the early visas took this form.

(2) Stamped visa

The fixed format of the visa is engraved on the seal. When making a visa, stamp the visa page of the applicant's passport or other travel documents and fill in the necessary contents. The whole process is manual. With the development of technology, visa machines are replaced, or the contents of visas are printed on passports in a fixed format by computers.

(3) Sticker visa

Sticker visa is to make the contents of the visa on special visa paper according to a fixed format, and paste the printed visa on the applicant's passport with adhesive. Sticker visas are usually printed by computer. The sticker visa in the United States is also a photo of the applicant on the scanned visa paper. Canada's sticker visa does not have a photo of the applicant, but it has an anti-counterfeiting mark, and this part is plastic sealed by plastic sealing technology.

(4) Individual visa

A separate visa refers to a one-page visa that is separate from a passport or other international travel documents. This is a special form of visa and must be used together with the passport or other international travel documents held by the applicant. Different countries have different regulations on the recipients of individual visas.

(5) machine-readable visa

Machine-readable visa refers to a visa applicable to machine-readable. On the basis of machine-readable passport technology, the machine-readable travel document consulting department of ICAO has developed a technology to read and identify visas by machine. This technology greatly simplifies international travel procedures and shortens customs clearance time.

(6) Electronic visa

Some countries also use computer network and magnetic card technology to develop "electronic visa" or "invisible visa". Countries such as Australia and Singapore have begun to try this kind of visa.

(7) Individual visas and group visas

Personal visa refers to the visa placed on each applicant's passport or other international travel documents. Group visa refers to the visa on the group list. Persons holding the same group visa must enter and leave the country with the group.

Legal basis:

Measures of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Issuing Ordinary Passports and Entry-Exit Passes

Article 4 When applying for an ordinary passport, a citizen shall submit it to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level where his domicile is located, and submit the following authentic and valid materials:

(1) A recent bareheaded photo, and a complete Application Form for China Citizens to Go Abroad on Private Business (hereinafter referred to as the Application Form).

(two) the identity card and residence booklet and a copy; When collecting, redeeming or replacing resident identity cards, you can submit temporary resident identity cards, household registration books and their copies.

(3)/kloc-citizens under the age of 0/6, accompanied by their guardians, shall submit the opinions issued by their guardians on their consent to leave the country, resident identity cards or household registration books, passports and photocopies.