
{"id":1254,"date":"2025-04-03T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:59:08","slug":"new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section><strong>1.\u00a0Shanghai &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Stricter Criminal Record Certificate Requirements for Certain Nationalities Applying for Permanent Residency<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>When applying for permanent residency in Shanghai, Pakistani nationals must now provide a non-criminal certificate that spans from\u00a0<strong>&#8220;since birth&#8221; to &#8220;to date.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PR Office will reject certificates that indicate a specific date range and must reissue them accordingly.<\/p>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section><strong>2.\u00a0Shanghai &#8211; Updated Department Name for Exit-Entry Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>The official heading for the city&#8217;s Exit-Entry Administration has changed from &#8220;Municipal Bureau (\u51fa\u5165\u5883\u7ba1\u7406<strong>\u5e02\u5c40<\/strong>)&#8221; to &#8220;<strong>Exit-Entry Administration Corps<\/strong>\u00a0(\u51fa\u5165\u5883\u7ba1\u7406<strong>\u603b\u961f<\/strong>).&#8221; Applicants should ensure all PR-related documentation reflects this update when submitting materials.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1255\" src=\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-China-Visa-Policies-Updated-in-April-300x59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-China-Visa-Policies-Updated-in-April-300x59.jpg 300w, http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-China-Visa-Policies-Updated-in-April-1024x202.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-China-Visa-Policies-Updated-in-April-768x152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-China-Visa-Policies-Updated-in-April.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section><b>3. Shanghai &#8211; Entry Stamp Requirement for Work Permit Extension in Jing\u2019an District<\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>For work permit extensions submitted in Jing\u2019an District, Shanghai, the latest entry stamp photo must be uploaded\u2014even if the date of entry matches that of the previous application. This is a mandatory document for processing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section><b>4. Shanghai &#8211; Additional Corporate Documentation Needed for New Work Permits in Songjiang District<\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>Companies applying for new work permits in Songjiang District must now provide documentation related to business operations. This includes, but is not limited to, a &#8220;Certificate of No Tax Arrears&#8221; or &#8220;Tax Payment Certificate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1249\" src=\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A-Startup-Guide-Visa-Overview-for-Foreigners-Opening-a-Company-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A-Startup-Guide-Visa-Overview-for-Foreigners-Opening-a-Company-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A-Startup-Guide-Visa-Overview-for-Foreigners-Opening-a-Company-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A-Startup-Guide-Visa-Overview-for-Foreigners-Opening-a-Company-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A-Startup-Guide-Visa-Overview-for-Foreigners-Opening-a-Company.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section><b>5. Shaoxing &#8211; Simplified Company Filing Requirements for Work Permit Extensions<\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section><em>Previously<\/em>, companies employing foreign staff in Shaoxing were required to annually renew their registration with the Exit-Entry Administration and provide valid lease contracts of their office premises.<\/p>\n<p>The<em>\u00a0updated<\/em>\u00a0policy now\u00a0<strong>only<\/strong>\u00a0requires submission of a copy of the business license, along with valid identification for the legal representative and the company\u2019s assigned administrative officer.<\/p>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section>\n<section><b>6. Nantong &#8211; Health Check Validation Requirements for Work Permits<\/b><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<section><\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section>If the medical examination report used for a work permit in Nantong is issued by an international health center\u00a0<strong>outside the city<\/strong>, applicants must visit the Nantong International Travel Health Care Center to obtain an<strong>\u00a0official stamp of validation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0Shanghai &#8211;\u00a0Stricter Criminal Record Certificate Requirements for Certain Nationalities Applying for Permanent Residency When applying for permanent residency in Shanghai, Pakistani nationals must now provide a non-criminal certificate that spans from\u00a0&#8220;since birth&#8221; to &#8220;to date.&#8221; The PR Office will reject&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025 - AnyVisa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find changes in green card, work visa, residency permits, etc. Stay updated with new China visa policies updated in April 2025.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025 - AnyVisa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find changes in green card, work visa, residency permits, etc. Stay updated with new China visa policies updated in April 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AnyVisa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A-Startup-Guide-Visa-Overview-for-Foreigners-Opening-a-Company.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"anyhelper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"anyhelper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"anyhelper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6ae38f7aa9e0ad47a709a055ffc14010\"},\"headline\":\"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/\"},\"wordCount\":309,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"\u65b0\u95fb\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/\",\"name\":\"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025 - AnyVisa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find changes in green card, work visa, residency permits, etc. Stay updated with new China visa policies updated in April 2025.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/\",\"name\":\"AnyVisa\",\"description\":\"\u65b0\u95fb\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AnyVisa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":334,\"caption\":\"AnyVisa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6ae38f7aa9e0ad47a709a055ffc14010\",\"name\":\"anyhelper\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a56d8a67e5c9831c345dc303dae4d20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a56d8a67e5c9831c345dc303dae4d20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"anyhelper\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/author\/anyhelper\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025 - AnyVisa","description":"Find changes in green card, work visa, residency permits, etc. Stay updated with new China visa policies updated in April 2025.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025 - AnyVisa","og_description":"Find changes in green card, work visa, residency permits, etc. Stay updated with new China visa policies updated in April 2025.","og_url":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/","og_site_name":"AnyVisa","article_published_time":"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":960,"url":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/A-Startup-Guide-Visa-Overview-for-Foreigners-Opening-a-Company.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"anyhelper","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"anyhelper","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/"},"author":{"name":"anyhelper","@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6ae38f7aa9e0ad47a709a055ffc14010"},"headline":"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025","datePublished":"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/"},"wordCount":309,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["\u65b0\u95fb"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/","url":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/","name":"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025 - AnyVisa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-03T09:59:08+00:00","description":"Find changes in green card, work visa, residency permits, etc. Stay updated with new China visa policies updated in April 2025.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/new-china-visa-policies-updated-in-april-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New China Visa Policies Updated in April 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/","name":"AnyVisa","description":"\u65b0\u95fb","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#organization","name":"AnyVisa","url":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo.png","width":300,"height":334,"caption":"AnyVisa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/6ae38f7aa9e0ad47a709a055ffc14010","name":"anyhelper","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a56d8a67e5c9831c345dc303dae4d20?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a56d8a67e5c9831c345dc303dae4d20?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"anyhelper"},"url":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/author\/anyhelper\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions\/1256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/anychinavisa.com\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}