What are the procedures for traveling to Hong Kong and Macao?

Pay attention to the following items when participating in Hong Kong and Macao tours:

(1) The tour group is a group tour organization, and the group members must abide by the travel period in Hong Kong approved by the Hong Kong Immigration Department and return to the Mainland collectively, and may not stay beyond the time limit. During the tour with the group, you must abide by the unified arrangement and not leave the team without authorization.

(2) During free activities, you can arrange to visit relatives and friends by yourself. Those who stay outside must go through the registration formalities and be responsible for ensuring that they return to the team on time.

Chinese mainland citizens visit relatives in Hong Kong and Macao.

Hong Kong and Macao are two special regions, with a narrow land and a dense population. However, there are many mainland people who apply to settle in Hong Kong and Macao and visit relatives. If they are all approved, the population of Hong Kong and Macao will increase sharply, which will lead to population expansion and affect economic prosperity and social stability. Therefore, in order to maintain the economic prosperity and social stability of Hong Kong and Macao, the China government implements the principle of quota approval for mainland citizens to go to Hong Kong and Macao, that is, the quota is 20,000-30,000 people per year.

According to the Interim Measures for the Administration of China Citizens Traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao for Private Affairs approved by the State Council, the conditions for short-term travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao are:

1. If there are close relatives who have settled in Hong Kong and Macao who need to visit, they can apply for visiting relatives in Hong Kong and Macao.

The applicant shall provide the following certification materials to the accepting authority:

(1) Letters from close relatives in Hong Kong and Macao. Generally speaking, the letter should indicate that the applicant is invited or agrees to visit relatives in Hong Kong and Macao;

(2) Proof that close relatives have settled in Hong Kong and Macao (such as Hong Kong and Macao identity cards). ); Proof of kinship between the applicant and relatives in Hong Kong and Macao (such as notarial certificate, marriage certificate, etc.). ); Recent letters from relatives in Hong Kong and Macao.

2. lineal relatives of returned overseas Chinese, brothers and sisters and lineal relatives of overseas Chinese cannot go back to the mainland to visit relatives. If they have to meet in Hong Kong, they can apply to visit relatives in Hong Kong. Applicants are required to submit proof that foreign relatives have come to Hong Kong. That is, letters and telegrams are provided to meet foreign relatives, and "entry permits" are issued to foreign relatives to enter Hong Kong. When necessary, the identity certificate of the country where the foreign relatives are located and the proof of kinship with the applicant shall also be submitted.

3. If you have to go to Hong Kong and Macao to handle the industry, you can apply for a short-term trip to Hong Kong and Macao to handle the industry. The applicant shall submit the certification materials such as industry status, industry ownership or legal inheritance right to the accepting authority.

4. If there are other special circumstances that require short-term travel to Hong Kong and Macao, you can also apply for short-term travel to Hong Kong and Macao. The applicant shall submit the corresponding certification materials to the accepting organ. The interval between short-term trips to Hong Kong and Macao is usually several years, and multiple trips are not allowed in one year. At present, the scales mastered in various parts of China are not completely consistent.

If a Chinese mainland citizen living in a foreign country is employed by a Hong Kong non-governmental organization for a long time, his/her spouse and children must submit relevant certification materials when visiting relatives in Hong Kong from the Mainland. The exit-entry administration department of the public security organ may accept and approve visiting relatives in Hong Kong according to law.

For the immediate family members of cadres sent to Hong Kong and Macao in China to apply for visiting relatives in Hong Kong and Macao for a short period of time in the Mainland, the the State Council Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office stipulates that since the dispatched cadres can return to the Mainland every year, applications from mainland relatives to visit relatives in Hong Kong will not be accepted for the time being.

Applicants who are allowed to visit relatives in Hong Kong for a short period of time shall affix a "one-time travel endorsement to and from Hong Kong and Macao" on the endorsement page of the issued travel permit to and from Hong Kong and Macao. This is a permit issued by the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ to allow the holder to travel to and from Hong Kong once. Holders who travel to and from Hong Kong should leave or enter the country within the effective time printed on the endorsement. When entering Hong Kong at Lo Wu, the Hong Kong Immigration Department will give a time limit on the endorsement page of the permit. The endorsement made by the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ according to the applicant's application is valid for 1 to 3 months. Generally speaking, the duration of stay given by the Hong Kong Immigration Department on the entry permit stamp of Luohu is 1 to three months, or a few days less than the validity period of the endorsement.

Holders of two-way permits to Hong Kong may not apply for extension after living in the entry permit stamped by the Luohu Immigration Department, and must leave the country after the expiration. Mainland citizens visiting relatives in Hong Kong shall not engage in any activities beyond their qualifications for visiting relatives, engage in any occupation or attend any school during their stay in Hong Kong. It is illegal for some people who visit relatives in Hong Kong to work secretly.

Chinese mainland citizens go to work in Hongkong.

(1) Go to Hong Kong to be employed by a private company in Hong Kong.

1. The employer holds the attached Application Form for Migrant Workers and the Preliminary Application Form, and then submits them to the Hong Kong Immigration Department together with other supporting documents for approval. These supporting documents include:

(1) business registration certificate;

(2) Company registration certificate;

(3) The latest financial report;

(4) A detailed list of local workers and their wages;

(five) documents related to the provision of housing;

(6) documents proving that workers have been recruited locally.

2. The employer will be directly informed of the result of the preliminary application.

Once the initial application is approved, the employer shall arrange for the workers to submit a formal visa application.

Generally speaking, visa applications should be submitted to the Hong Kong Immigration Department. The employer must also arrange for workers to sign 1 labor contracts.

5. After receiving the visa application, the Director of Immigration will ask the employer to fill in the L guarantee. Employers may need to provide more information or go to the immigration office for an interview.

6. Employers and employees will be informed of the application results.

7. Apply for extension of stay in Hong Kong.

Workers may apply to the Immigration Department for extension of stay after entering the country. If the situation remains the same, you can be allowed to extend your stay for 6 months or until the deadline stipulated in the contract is completed. Every worker has to pay the lost time, and the lost time must be paid by the employer.

(2) Going to Hong Kong at the invitation of foreign-funded enterprises and institutions.

1. If a foreign institution in China employs a national staff member to go to Hong Kong, the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ may go through the formalities for citizens to leave the country for personal reasons. If approved, ordinary passports will be issued for personal reasons.

When going through the exit formalities, you must submit the certificates corresponding to the reasons for leaving the country, which refer to the overseas invitation certificate, employment agency certificate and employee work permit. It should also submit the opinion certificate of the original unit on the exit of employees. If there is no work unit, it must be submitted to the local police station, sub-district office or township (town) people's government to prove the opinions of employees leaving the country.

2. Foreign-funded enterprises in China send Chinese employees to Hong Kong and Macao to engage in business activities due to their business needs. First, it must be reported to the economic and trade department of the local people's government or the institution designated by the people's government for examination, and then it can apply to the exit-entry administration department of the local public security organ for going to Hong Kong and Macao by itself or by entrusting relevant units. At the time of bidding, the certificates corresponding to the reasons for leaving the country refer to the examination certificates of relevant institutions of the people's government, certificates of foreign-funded enterprises, certificates of overseas invitations, certificates of opinions of local police stations or neighborhood offices or township (town) people's governments on employees leaving the country, etc.

3. The term of office of a unit in China ranges from 1 to 2 years. They are permanent holders of official passports, valid for up to five years. After the expiration, it can be extended according to the situation, up to 2 times. If you go back to China and change your passport with the relevant unit, you can also work in Hongkong again.

People who go to Hong Kong for short-term work for business reasons, such as taking part in certain activities, training in institutions, studying in universities, etc. Their temporary business passports are valid for 1 month to 2 years, during which only 1 entry and exit is allowed. A business passport holder who stays in Hong Kong for half a year will be issued a temporary id card issued by the Hong Kong government. Both permanent residence and temporary residence need to leave after the extension period expires.

Generally speaking, mainlanders who hold China business passports and are sent to work in Hong Kong cannot apply for Hong Kong permanent identity cards from the Immigration Department even if they have lived in Hong Kong for seven years. The longest stay is 15 years.