Starting May 15 residents can apply for a new electronically enhanced passport which contains a chip that hold the passport’s owner information. The new passports will still look the traditional paper document only there is an inserted micro chip that contains the passport holder’s name, birth date, photo and fingerprints. The new generation passports can [...]
China is planning to give out more green cards and ease on its restriction for a visa free entry for foreigners to encourage them top come and work in the country. According to a senior security official they will be increasing the eligibility quota for green cards and extend the scope fro a duty free [...]
The city recently saw a drop in the number of Shenzheners without hukou a first in the city’s history. And by the end of 2011 Shenzhen’s non-hukou population was 7.78 million a .93 percent decrease since 2010. The city overall population increased slightly, but there were 10.5 million people living in the city by the [...]
According to city border administration, more than 2.2 million people crossed the border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the three day Tomb sweeping holiday that ended yesterday. Administration head Wang Jian said, that major checkpoints in the city experienced heavy inbound and outbound travel on each day of the holiday which showed a 12 [...]
Between March 31 to April 4, border authorities have estimated that there will be more than 7 million people crossing the Shenzhen and Hong Kong border during Qing Ming Jie, or Tomb Sweeping day and the Easter holidays. Among the travelers are residents from Hong Kong and Macau going back to the mainland to visit [...]
Hong Kong is planning it increase the number of e-channels from the existing 21 channels to 85 channels just before June, the e-channels are for mainland travelers tat have already completed a registration procedure and is open to travelers that holds a multi entry visa to Hong Kong and have been to Hong Kong at [...]
The immigration department of Hong Kong has asked mainlanders to slow down on filing their applications for e-channel registration, after experiencing a rush of applicants on the first day of registration. The immigration department was expecting to handle 2,000 applications a day by opening registration counters at six checkpoints. Applicants at the Lok Ma Chau [...]
Shenzhen travelers holding multiple entry permits going to Hong Kong can now use the self- service lanes or e-channels while passing the Hong Kong immigration starting next year. Hong Kong is now building more of the e-channels and self-service lanes in the Luohu and Futian checkpoints, which will save time for mainland travelers. Hong Kong’s [...]
Permanent residents in Shenzhen are expected to reach more than one million by 2015. This number is a result of a plan released by the city government to make it easier for foreigners to apply for permanent residency. By doing this Shenzhen will be optimizing their population structure. In 2010, Shenzhen’s population had already reached [...]
Entry and exit authorities have already shortened the time for approving visa endorsements for travel permits going to Hong Kong to three days. These move is one measure implemented by the police to benefit residents. Interested applicants can submit applications by logging onto the official websites. A resident that mails their applications and apply online [...]
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