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Special Economic Zone Tourist Visa - Shenzhen, Zhuhai or Xiamen

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

The port-visa authorities in Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Xiamen may issue a special-economic-zone tourist visa. The cited national guide does not establish a universal nationality entitlement to issuance.

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Limits of the record
  • Current nationality restrictions and each port issuing schedule need local confirmation.
  • VIII(3)
    3. Port visa authorities in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Xiamen may issue special economic zone tourist visas with a duration of stay for three or five days. Foreigners holding a special economic zone tourist visa shall not stay beyond the city's administrative area where the entry port is located.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The permission is for tourism within the issuing port city administrative area, not travel throughout mainland China.

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  • VIII(3)
    3. Port visa authorities in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Xiamen may issue special economic zone tourist visas with a duration of stay for three or five days. Foreigners holding a special economic zone tourist visa shall not stay beyond the city's administrative area where the entry port is located.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The guide describes stays of three or five days. It does not allocate those two durations to each city in this paragraph; the issued visa controls the individual permission.

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Limits of the record
  • Confirm city-specific three/five-day duration and counting at the issuing authority.
  • VIII(3)
    3. Port visa authorities in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Xiamen may issue special economic zone tourist visas with a duration of stay for three or five days. Foreigners holding a special economic zone tourist visa shall not stay beyond the city's administrative area where the entry port is located.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The port-visa process requires a valid passport or travel document, application form, compliant photograph and purpose evidence. The zone paragraph does not state a single universal fee, maintenance sum or onward-ticket rule.

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Limits of the record
  • Zone-specific documents, fee and entry eligibility require the port current instructions.
  • IV general documents
    To apply for a port visa, the applicant shall submit a valid passport or other international travel documents, fill in the Port Visa Application Form, submit personal photos that meet specified requirements. The applicant is also required to present an invitation letter as well as supporting materials provided by relevant competent departments or the inviting entity (or individual) that state the matters for urgent entry or present the invitation letter provided by a travel agency.
  • VIII(3)
    3. Port visa authorities in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Xiamen may issue special economic zone tourist visas with a duration of stay for three or five days. Foreigners holding a special economic zone tourist visa shall not stay beyond the city's administrative area where the entry port is located.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Applications are made at the competent port-visa authority, and holders must obey the visa conditions and must not leave the issuing city's administrative area on this special-zone tourist permission. The official source does not state when a stay can be extended or changed.

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  • VIII(3)
    3. Port visa authorities in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Xiamen may issue special economic zone tourist visas with a duration of stay for three or five days. Foreigners holding a special economic zone tourist visa shall not stay beyond the city's administrative area where the entry port is located.
  • VIII(2)
    2. A foreigner who holds a port visa shall enter China through the port where the issuing authority is located, while a tour group can enter China through any of the open ports. Under special circumstances, foreigners shall stay in specified areas and leave the country through specified ports in accordance with the requirements of port visa authorities.

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

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