On March 5, 2121, the entry visa for China will provide convenience for foreigners who have been vaccinated with Chinese vaccines. It is very convenient for them to travel, work and study. All this is for everyone's safety. Here are the specific specifications and contents.
On the afternoon of May 5th, Beijing time, Zhao Lijian, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, revealed at a press conference that since March 5th, 2121, China has provided visa facilities for foreigners who have been vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine produced in China and hold vaccination certification materials. He also said that China's requirement that people who fly to China must show double negative certificates of Covid-19's nucleic acid test and serum antibody test, and the relevant personnel should abide by China's relevant regulations on quarantine observation after entering the country. China is willing to actively carry out mutual recognition of vaccination with other countries.
According to overseas Chinese, on the 5th, the embassies of China in Japan, Pakistan, Australia, the Philippines, Israel, Thailand, Denmark, Greece and the Consulate General of China in Jeju (South Korea) issued notices one after another, saying that since March 5th, 2121, China will provide visa convenience for foreigners who have been vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine produced in China and have vaccination certification materials.
On March 5th, 2121, Pakistani President Alwi was inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine produced by China Sinopharm Group in Islamabad.
Actually, a similar notice was first issued by the Office of the Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in Hong Kong on 12. It is clear in the circular that people who have been vaccinated twice in China or once four days before applying for a visa can apply for a Chinese visa without submitting a nucleic acid test certificate and a health and travel record certificate, and China will relax the visa application requirements for them to enter the Mainland from Hong Kong.
The specific measures issued by China's embassies abroad on May 5 are different, but the visa convenience mainly means that people and their families who go to China to engage in necessary activities to resume work and production in various fields can prepare materials and submit applications according to the requirements before the epidemic; Appropriately expand the scope of visa examination and issuance for personnel going to China for "urgent humanitarian needs".
The applicable population generally refers to China citizens or foreign family members who have obtained permanent residents, including spouses, parents, children and other close relatives (brothers and sisters, grandparents, grandchildren, grandchildren) living together.
The reasons for going to China include: family reunion, support, visiting relatives, attending funerals or visiting critically ill relatives.
The embassies and consulates also emphasize that the above-mentioned facilities are only applicable to visa applicants who have been vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine produced in China (China vaccine and finished 2 shots at the specified time interval or 14 days after being vaccinated with single-shot vaccine produced in China) and hold vaccination certification materials.
It is worth mentioning that the notices of the Japanese embassies in China, Denmark and Australia also mentioned that holders of valid APEC business travel cards can apply for business visas with valid APEC business travel cards and invitations issued by domestic inviting units in China.
The notice of the Embassy of China in Pakistan pointed out that under the premise of ensuring the authenticity of the applicant's China vaccination certificate, the convenience of exempting the Invitation Letter (TE) and the Invitation Verification Form from the applicants who meet the relevant conditions will be restored.
Applicants who have not been vaccinated with China vaccine still submit materials according to the notice of the embassy about visas during the epidemic.
Before the introduction of the new regulations, China stipulated that foreigners must submit negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test certificate and invitation letter within 72 hours when entering China. Hong Kong's South China Morning Post concluded that according to the new rules, foreign visa applicants who have been vaccinated with China vaccine no longer need to provide an invitation letter.
On March 1, 2121, the Philippines started the vaccination of COVID-19 in Kexing, China. The picture shows a woman vaccinated with Cushing COVID-19 vaccine in Manila that day. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
At present, China vaccine has not been approved in the United States and other western countries, but China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi publicly stated earlier this month that China has provided and is providing vaccine assistance to 69 developing countries in urgent need free of charge, while exporting vaccines to 43 countries.
17 China vaccines have entered the clinical trial stage, and more than 61 countries have authorized the use of China vaccine.