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FAQ of USTB international students visa

Date:2020-01-02 Author:International Student Center


1. How to apply for entry visa to China after obtaining the admission notice of USTB and the application form for international students in China (i.e. JW202/201)?

When you got the USTB admission notice (hereinafter referred to as the admission notice) and foreign study abroad personnel visa application form (hereinafter referred to as JW202/201 form), you should take them to Chinese embassies in your countries to apply for a student visa, the embassy or consulate will give your entry visa from China based on your admission notice book and JW202/201 form. If there is any question about the entry visa, please contact the local embassy. The needed materials when applying for visa (the detail materials are subject to the local embassy)

1) Passport

2) Admission notice(Issued by USTB international student center)

3) JW202/201 Form(Issued by USTB international student center)

Tips: If there is any question when you apply for the visa, you can consult the local embassy; If there is any question about the Admission notice or JW202/201 Form, please contact USTB international student center.


2. When you arrive at USTB, how to apply for the visa and residence permit?

1) When you arrive at USTB, please first register and pay the tuition at international student center.

2) When you have been registered student of USTB (you have registered and paid the tuition), you can go to the international student center to receive the application form for visa and residence permit.

3) Take the related materials and go to the Beijing Public Security Bureau to apply for the visa.

The materials needed are as follows:

1) Original passport

2) Admission notice

3) Temporary Residence Registration Form (Students living in campus should apply for it at international students apartment, Students living off campus should apply for it at the local police station accompanied by their landlord)

4) One passport-sized photograph (2 inch, white background)

5) Physical Examination Record For Foreigner (Issued by the Haidian outpatient department of Beijing international travel health care center(No. 10, Dezheng Road, Xibeiwang Town, Haidian District, Beijing). If you have got the Physical Examination Record For Foreigner, please take the original record when you make the Physical Examination.)


3. If the visa is about to expire during your college years, how to handle it?

If the visa is about to expire during your college years, please pay off the fees of the term 30 days prior to the expiry of the visa, then go to international student center for visa extension. Please take the following materials:

1) Original passport

2) Full tuition payment voucher

3) Temporary Residence Registration Form (Students living in campus should apply for it at international students apartment, Students living off campus should apply for it at the local police station accompanied by their landlord)

4) One photograph (2 inch, white background)


4. Two ways for visa application

1. Applying by yourself. Take the related materials to USTB international student center to apply for the application form of foreigner, then go to the Beijing Public Security Bureau to apply for the visa; the fee is 400 Yuan)

2. Applying by agency. Take the related materials to USTB international student center and entrust the Beijing CGU international business service co., LTD (CGU co.) to apply for the visa; the fee is 550 Yuan)

Tips: If you need the visa urgently, please apply for the visa by yourself, which needs shorter time.


5. If you want to suspend or drop out from the university, how to handle it?

If you want to suspend or drop out from the university during your college years, you should change the residence permit into visitor’s visa. First go to the international student center to apply for suspend or drop out from university. If admitted, go to the international student center to apply for the modification of visa. Please take the following materials:

1) Original passport;

2) Temporary Residence Registration Form (Students living in campus should apply for it at international students apartment, Students living off campus should apply for it at the local police station accompanied by their landlord)

3) One photograph (2 inch, white background)

Tips: The modification of visa needs more than 10 working days, please do not book tickets in advance to avoid unnecessary loss.


6. If you family members want to apply for residence permit for private affairs during your college years, how to handle it?

USTB only help their family members apply for the residence permit for private affairs within the time limit of residence permit of the international students. USTB cannot help the family members by visa-free entry. Please take the following materials:

1) Temporary Residence Registration Form of the family members

2) Original passport of the students and their family members


3) Original certificate and copy to prove the family relationship (If issued by the overseas institution, it should be certificated by the foreign embassies in China and consulate. If necessary, the translations issued by the domestic translation agency should be also submitted)

4) Physical Examination Record For Foreigner (Issued by the Haidian outpatient department of Beijing international travel health care center(No. 10, Dezheng Road, Xibeiwang Town, Haidian District, Beijing). If you have got the Physical Examination Record For Foreigner, please take the original record when you make the Physical Examination).

5) One passport-sized photograph of the family members (2 inch, white background)

6) Full tuition payment voucher of the whole year


7. If you've overstayed the visa during your college years, how to handle it?

1. If you've overstayed the visa during your college years, you should go to the Beijing Public Security Bureau to get your due and receive the disposition notice.

2. Take the disposition notice to the international student center to receive the application form of foreigner.


8. If the passport is due to expire during your college years, how to handle it?

1. If the passport is due to expire during your college years, you should go to the Embassy in China to apply for a new passport 3 months before. Because some countries need more time, please reserve enough time in advance, you can ask your country’s embassies in China about the working time.

2. After obtaining the new passport, you should go to the international student center to receive the application form of foreigner within 10 days.


9. If the passport was lost in China, how to handle it?

1. If the passport was lost in China, you should take the valid certificates to report to the police station near the place you lose your passport, and receive the certificate for your lost passport.

2. Take the certificate for your lost passport to Beijing Public Security Bureau to apply for passport lost certificate.

3. Take passport lost certificate to your country’s embassies in China to apply for new passport.

4. After obtaining the new passport, you should register at the international student center within 10 days, then go to go to the Beijing Public Security Bureau to apply for the visa and residence permit.


10. After you get the new visa, what should do next?

After you get the new visa, you should update the accommodation registration in time, and take the new passport and accommodation registration to international student center to archive file.


Contact information of Beijing Public Security Bureau Exit-Entry Administration to apply

Address: No. 2, Andingmen East Street, Dongcheng district, Beijing

Working time: 8:30-16:30 from Monday-Saturday

Subway: Metro line 2, get off at the Lama temple station, get out of the station at Gate B and walk east.

Bus: Take No. 44, 13, 116, 807, 117, Te 2 bus and get off at Beixiaojiehuokou station.

Taxi: about 20 minutes, 30 Yuan.


Contact information of Beijing international travel health care center Haidian clinic

Address: No. 10, Dezheng Road, Xibeiwang Town, Haidian District, Beijing

Tel: 010-82403675

Physical Examination time: 8:30-11:15 from Monday-Friday.

Verification report time: 8:30-11:15 from Monday-Friday.

Pick up report time: 13:00-16:00 from Monday-Friday.


Tips: 1. Please keep nothing by mouth and decrease water quantity;

2. Please take passport, one 2 inch photograph and 400 Yuan.

Tips: For public transportation of Haidian outpatient department of Beijing international travel health care center is inconvenient, so you are advised to take a taxi, which needs about 50 Yuan.


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