China's New Passport Law Will Be Enacted January 2007
Starting January 1, 2007, China will put its Passport Law into action.
According to the new passport law, there will be two kinds of passports: one with a five-year validity, and the other a ten-year validity.
The former will be issued to citizens under 16 years old and the latter for older citizens. Both kinds of passport can not be extended once they expire, and the bearer must apply for a new passport.
Under the new law, the time for applying for a visa will be greatly shortened–it will only take about 5 days to get a passport in Beijing.
In addition, the passport law redefines visa refusal saying that those who do not have a Chinese nationality, can not prove their identity and those who provide false documents during the application process shall not obtain a passport.
The application fee for the passport will be priced and published by the Pricing Department of the State Council by the end of this year, and all the income from passport applications shall be given to the national treasury.
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March 4th, 2007 at 12:22 am
what does it cost for a chineese national to get a passport, and how do we get one, thank you
March 4th, 2007 at 9:41 am
Not sure on pricing, but getting a passport is very very easy–as it seems you are not a Chinese person, just have your Chinese friend call up the place where their hukou or dang'an are kept and it takes a few days to process and a few weeks to receive the finished passport. The only sticky point is the Chinese person must return back to where their hukou is registered.
Many years ago, Chinese found it quite difficult to get passports, but that has all disappeared in the last 10 years and no it's rather simple and straightforward.