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Private-Affairs Residence - Long-Term Medical Treatment

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What medical treatment/purpose does the route cover and which applicant role does it address: patient, donor or another medical purpose?

The route covers the patient: a foreigner receiving medical assistance or medical services in China, who submits a hospitalisation certificate or medical-service certificate for more than six months issued by a county-level-or-above or grade-2A-or-above medical institution; a residence permit of up to one year may be issued. Beijing also lists foreigners who need to receive medical assistance and services in Beijing as an applicant category.

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What acceptance, appointment, referral, treatment plan or healthcare-provider documentation is important?

The national Chinese guide requires a hospitalization or medical-services certificate for at least six months from a local county-level-or-higher or grade 2A-or-higher medical institution. The quoted Beijing English guide specifies a Medical Diagnosis Certificate or Hospital Admission Notice from a local district-level-or-higher or second-class A-or-higher institution for more than six months.

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  • The national Chinese and Beijing English passages use different wording at the six-month boundary. The accepting office interpretation remains unresolved. Neither a national English rendering nor a Beijing Chinese rendering is verified by the evidence attached to this record.
  • VI(2)(5) medical and property subparagraph
    持其他种类签证入境者，探亲人员应当提交被探望人出具的函件、居留证件和亲属（配偶、父母、配偶的父母、未满18周岁子女）关系证明，可以签发与被探望人在华居留期一致的居留证件。已满60周岁在中国境内购置房产的外籍华人，应当提交本人名下的房产证明或者经公证的房屋买卖合同、经济来源证明，可以签发居留期不超过3年的居留证件。在中国境内接受医疗救助、服务的外国人，应当提交当地县级以上或者二级甲等以上医疗机构出具的6个月以上的住院证明或者接受医疗服务证明，可以签发居留期不超过1年的居留证件。
  • Materials 7
    7. Foreigners who need to receive medical assistance and services in Beijing shall submit Medical Diagnosis Certificate or Hospital Admission Notice issued by a local medical institution at or above the district level or at or above the second-class A medical institution for more than six months, and the caregiver shall also submit the accompanying certificate issued by the medical institution or supportive documents on family relationship.

How must treatment costs, living costs and insurance be demonstrated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how treatment costs, living costs and insurance must be demonstrated.

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Limits of the record
  • No route-specific evidence of treatment-cost payment, living-cost proof or insurance terms was established; do not borrow the deposit rule for property owners.
  • V(2)(e)
    Foreigners receiving medical assistance and services in China shall submit a hospitalization certificate or medical service certificate issued by a local medical institution at or above the county level or a hospital of grade 2A or above for a period of more than 6 months, and a residence permit with a period of not more than 1 year may be issued.
  • Materials 7
    7. Foreigners who need to receive medical assistance and services in Beijing shall submit Medical Diagnosis Certificate or Hospital Admission Notice issued by a local medical institution at or above the district level or at or above the second-class A medical institution for more than six months, and the caregiver shall also submit the accompanying certificate issued by the medical institution or supportive documents on family relationship.

Can a carer/companion accompany the patient? Who qualifies and what separate/linked permission applies?

For Beijing applications, the accompanying caregiver must additionally provide the medical institution accompanying certificate or evidence of family relationship. The Beijing guidance does not prescribe a universal relationship restriction, number of carers or independently guaranteed national carer permission.

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Limits of the record
  • The caregiver rule is Beijing-specific; independent permission type, maximum number and duration require local confirmation.
  • Materials 7
    7. Foreigners who need to receive medical assistance and services in Beijing shall submit Medical Diagnosis Certificate or Hospital Admission Notice issued by a local medical institution at or above the district level or at or above the second-class A medical institution for more than six months, and the caregiver shall also submit the accompanying certificate issued by the medical institution or supportive documents on family relationship.

How long can the patient stay, what happens if treatment continues longer, and what official extension or follow-up mechanism exists?

The national medical private-affairs residence provision allows no more than one year. Continuing treatment can support a renewal application with updated purpose evidence, submitted 30 days before expiry; approval requires sufficient grounds.

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  • V(2)(e)
    Foreigners receiving medical assistance and services in China shall submit a hospitalization certificate or medical service certificate issued by a local medical institution at or above the county level or a hospital of grade 2A or above for a period of more than 6 months, and a residence permit with a period of not more than 1 year may be issued.
  • Article 32
    第三十二条 在中国境内居留的外国人申请延长居留期限的，应当在居留证件有效期限届满三十日前向居留地县级以上地方人民政府公安机关出入境管理机构提出申请，按照要求提交申请事由的相关材料。经审查，延期理由合理、充分的，准予延长居留期限；不予延长居留期限的，应当按期离境。
  • Processing period
    The processing of each application shall be completed within seven working days upon the submission of all the application materials.
  • IX(2)(1)
    1、一年以内有效期居留许可：400元；
  • IX(2)(2)
    2、一年（含）至三年以内有效期居留许可：800元；
  • IX(2)(3)
    3、三年（含）至五年（含）有效期居留许可：1000元。

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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