Welcome to the application process for the residence permit for private affairs. Please provide the following documents, and thank you for your cooperation.

The private affairs residence permit is issued to the spouse, parents, children under 18 years of age, parents of the spouse of foreigners residing in China for work and study, and individuals residing in China for other private affairs needs.

I. Required Documents

1. Valid passport or other international travel documents.

2. Completed "Foreigner Visa and Residence Permit Application Form."

3. One recent, half-length, 2-inch photo showing you bareheaded. For first-time applicants, photographs taken on-site are available free of charge. For non-first-time applicants, a paper photo is required, or an on-site free photo is possible.

4. Health certificate issued by China Customs (those under 18 and over 70, 0r seeking residence permit extensions are exempt).

5. Passport and valid residence permit of the person being visited, along with a letter from the person being visited explaining the family relationship.

6. Proof of family relationship (if the person being visited remains the same,  the application may not be submitted again when blood relatives in Tianjin.)

7. Foreigners over 60 years old who purchase property in China should also submit proof of property ownership in their name or a notarized property sale contract and proof of financial sources.

8. Foreigners in Tianjin receiving medical assistance or services should also submit a certificate of hospitalization for more than 6 months or a certificate of receiving medical services issued by a medical institution at or above the county level or Secondary Class A.

9. Other individuals should submit relevant proof of private affairs.

10. Visa offices may request additional documents based on specific circumstances.

II. Friendly Reminders

1. Host institutions that apply for the visa for foreign nationals for the first time should register their information with local administrations of entry & exit affairs before visiting reception halls of entry & exit administration service centers affiliated with the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Public Security and the Bureau of Public Security Bureau in Tianjin Binhai New Area to submit a visa application along with relevant materials.

2. Foreign nationals or their hosts should register personal information with local public security departments within 24 hours of their check-in if they reside or stay in places other than hotels.

3. Foreign nationals can lawfully stay in China with acceptance receipts when their passports or other international travel documents are submitted to visa authorities for approval. The validity period of acceptance receipts for visa application and residence permits does not exceed seven working days from the acceptance date. For residence permit applications, the validity period of acceptance receipts does not exceed 15 working days from acceptance date.

4. If there is a change in the registered information about foreign nationals' residence permit, the holders should apply for the change at the entry and exit administration service center of public security bureaus within ten days from the date of the change. The registered items for foreign residence permits include: the holder's name, gender, date of birth, purpose and length of residence, issuance date and place, passport or other international travel document number, etc.

5. For foreign infants born in China, their parents or guardians should apply for a stay or residence registration at the entry and exit service center of public security bureaus within 60 days of their birth and present the birth certificate.

When a foreign national dies in China, their family, guardian, or agent should report it to the entry and exit service center of public security bureaus, presenting his or her death certificate, to terminate  the stay or residence permit.

6. Among the documents that need to be submitted, marriage and birth certificates, proof of relationship and name change issued by foreign competent authorities or notary offices must be accompanied by additional certificates issued by those authorities of contracting foreign states. Relevant foreign documents should be translated into Chinese.

III. Processing Time

Processed within 5 working days from the date of acceptance.

IV. Reception Time and Location

The Entry and Exit Administration Service Center of the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau: No. 5-7 counters, 2nd Floor, Haitai Building, No. 6 Meiyuan Road, Huayuan Industrial Park, Tianjin. Tel: 12367

Working hours: 9:00-17:00 on weekdays, no break at noon.

The Entry and Exit Administration Service Center of Tianjin Binhai New Area Public Security Bureau : No. 2 counter , Building B, Guangyao Oriental Plaza, Intersection of Yingbin Avenue and Jihua Road, Binhai New Area, Tianjin. Tel: 12367

Working hours: 9:00-17:00 on weekdays, no break at noon.

V. Fee Standards

Less than 1 year: ¥ 400/person;

From 1 year (inclusive)  to 3 years: ¥ 800/person;

From 3 years (inclusive)  to 5 years (inclusive): ¥ 1000/person;

Additional accompanying persons: Additional charges in accordance with the above standards;

Reduced accompanying persons: ¥ 200/person;

Item changes: ¥ 200/person.

VI. Inquiry Telephone: 12367

Supervision Telephone: 24459652 (Binhai Entry and Exit Administration Service Center: 66977410)

This notice is finally interpreted by the Entry and Exit Administration Service Bureau of Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau.