01What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?
This is a stay document for foreign vessel crew and accompanying family who need to leave the Chinese city where their vessel is berthed; it is not a new general Chinese-employer work permit.
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- VI(2)(2)
2、外国船员及其随行家属需要离开船舶停靠的港口所在城市的,应当提交海员证或者其他国际旅行证件和船舶代理公司的担保函件,以及已确定日期和座位的机(车、船)票或者其他与停留事由相关的证明材料,可以签发停留期不超过30日的停留证件;
02Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?
The shipping-agent company supplies the guarantee letter.
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- VI(2)(2)
2、外国船员及其随行家属需要离开船舶停靠的港口所在城市的,应当提交海员证或者其他国际旅行证件和船舶代理公司的担保函件,以及已确定日期和座位的机(车、船)票或者其他与停留事由相关的证明材料,可以签发停留期不超过30日的停留证件;
03What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?
The decisive trigger is travel beyond the port city; this provision supplies no general salary, degree or Chinese job-offer threshold.
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- VI(2)(2)
2、外国船员及其随行家属需要离开船舶停靠的港口所在城市的,应当提交海员证或者其他国际旅行证件和船舶代理公司的担保函件,以及已确定日期和座位的机(车、船)票或者其他与停留事由相关的证明材料,可以签发停留期不超过30日的停留证件;
- IX
外国人停留证件:160元。
04What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?
The document covers the justified temporary stay and expressly includes accompanying family. Activities must remain within the permitted purpose; it does not itself authorise an unrelated job or unrestricted professional changes.
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- VI(2)(2)
2、外国船员及其随行家属需要离开船舶停靠的港口所在城市的,应当提交海员证或者其他国际旅行证件和船舶代理公司的担保函件,以及已确定日期和座位的机(车、船)票或者其他与停留事由相关的证明材料,可以签发停留期不超过30日的停留证件;
- Article 37
第三十七条 外国人在中国境内停留居留,不得从事与停留居留事由不相符的活动,并应当在规定的停留居留期限届满前离境。
05How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?
The stay document is capped at 30 days. Objective inability to depart before the authorised stay expires may support a replacement application. This temporary document does not promise permanent residence.
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- VII(1)
(一)申请。外国人申请停留证件的签发、换发、补发,应当由本人到公安机关出入境管理机构办理相关手续。符合有关规定的,可以由邀请单位或者个人、申请人的亲属、有关专门服务机构代为申请。
- VII(2)
(二)受理。应做到材料一次收清、内容一次审清。经审查,外国人签证证件申请符合受理条件的,应当受理并出具受理回执,并在受理回执有效期内作出是否签发的决定。停留证件申请的受理回执有效期自受理之日起不超过7个工作日。申请签证证件手续和材料不完备的,公安机关出入境管理机构应当一次性告知申请人所需要履行的手续和补正的申请材料。
- VI(2)(6)
6、持有停留证件的外国人,由于客观原因无法在停留证件有效期内离境的,可以申请换发停留证件。申请材料和换发要求按照前述规定办理;
- VI(2)(2)
2、外国船员及其随行家属需要离开船舶停靠的港口所在城市的,应当提交海员证或者其他国际旅行证件和船舶代理公司的担保函件,以及已确定日期和座位的机(车、船)票或者其他与停留事由相关的证明材料,可以签发停留期不超过30日的停留证件;
- IX
外国人停留证件:160元。
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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