An S2 visa is issued to those who intend to visit their family members who are foreigners working or studying in China, or to those who intend to go to China for other private issues. The intended duration of stay in China should not exceed 180 days.

I. Application materials

1. Valid passport or other international travel documents.

2. Completed Visa Application Form.

3. One recently taken two-inch half-length, full-faced and bareheaded photo of the applicant. For first-time applicants, photos should be taken on-site free of charge. Non-first-time applicants can either submit a printed photo or have one taken on-site free of charge.

4. For family members of foreigners residing in Tianjin for work, study, or other reasons, it is required to submit a letter from the person being visited, the residence permit of the person being visited, and proof of family relationship.

5. Other personnel shall submit relevant certificates of handling personal issues or for humanitarian reasons.

6. Other application materials may be required by the visa authority, depending on specific circumstances.

II. Notes

1. For foreigners who reside or stay in domiciles other than hotels, they or the persons who accommodate them shall, within 24 hours of the foreigners' arrival, go through the registration formalities with the public security organs in the places of residence.

2. During the period of time when the applicant's passport or other international travel documents are retained for visa processing, the applicant may stay in China legally on the strength of the receipt of acceptance. The validity period of the receipt of acceptance for visa and stay permit applications should not exceed seven working days from the date of acceptance, while for residence permit applications, it should not exceed 15 working days.

3. If the registered item or items in a foreigner's residence permit is or are changed, the holder of the permit shall, within 10 days from the date of change, apply to go through the formalities for alteration at the exit-entry administrations. The registered items of a foreign residence permit include name, sex, date of birth, reason for residence and duration of residence of the holder, date and place of issuance, passport number or other international travel documents number.

4. For foreign infants born in China, their parents or agents shall, within 60 days of their birth, on the strength of their birth certificates, go through the formalities for stay or residence registration for them at the exit-entry administrations where their parents stay or reside.

For foreigners who die in China, their relatives, guardians or agents shall, in accordance with relevant regulations, on the strength of the death certificates, report their death to the exit-entry administrations to cancel their stay or residence permits.

5. Family members include spouse, parents, parents of the spouse, children, siblings, grandparents, maternal grandparents, grandchildren, maternal grandchildren, and spouses of children. Family relationship certificate refers to documents issued by the competent authorities of the relevant countries, such as marriage, birth, adoption, other kinship relationship certificates, and related notarizations; or marriage, birth, kinship relationship and name change certificates issued by the embassies or consulates of the home country in China.

Marriage, birth, kinship relationship, name change certificates and similar documents issued by the competent authorities or notary offices of the relevant foreign countries must be authenticated by the Chinese embassies or consulates in those countries. For foreign official documents issued by the relevant departments of the contracting parties of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, the provisions of the convention shall apply.

III. Processing time

The process will be completed within five working days from the date of acceptance.

IV. Reception hours and locations

1. Exit-Entry Administration Bureau,Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau

Address: 2nd Floor, Hi-Tech Building, No 6 Meiyuan Road, Huayuan Industrial Park, Tianjin

Helpline: 12367

Working hours: 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays with no break at noon

2. Exit-Entry Administration Office, Tianjin Binhai New Area Public Security Bureau

Address: Block B, auxiliary building of Glorious Oriental Plaza, intersection of Yingbin Avenue and Jihua Road, Binhai New Area, Tianjin

Helpline: 12367

Working hours: 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays with no break at noon

3. Exit-Entry Administration Office, Tianjin Xiqing Public Security Bureau

Address: 1st Floor, Public Security Service Hall, Civic Center, Zhongbei High-tech Industrial Park, Jiuchuan Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin

Helpline: 12367

Working hours: 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays with no break at noon

V. Fees

Zero-entry visa of non-reciprocal countries: 160 yuan per person;

Single-entry visa of non-reciprocal countries: 206 yuan per person;

Double-entry visa of non-reciprocal countries: 313 yuan per person;

Multiple-entry visas valid for up to six months for non-reciprocal countries of non-reciprocal countries: 413 yuan per person;

Multiple-entry visas valid for one year or more for non-reciprocal countries: 619 yuan per person;

Adding or reducing accompanying persons (for non-reciprocal countries): 160 yuan per person;

Reciprocal countries and fee schedules are available for reference on the notice board at the hall of the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau, Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau.

VI. Inquiry hotline: 12367

Supervision:12367

The Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau reserves the right of final interpretation of this notice.

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