In order to protect your legal right to apply for a passport, please refer to the relevant legal basis before applying: date of promulgation: 1 September 25th, 997; date of implementation: 1 September 25th, 997; unit of promulgation: Ministry of Health1.Passport visa application and management1. The application and management of passports and visas is a government function, which is managed by the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in accordance with the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Passports and Visas. 2. According to the spirit of institutional reform and the transformation of government functions, the Department of International Cooperation entrusts the International Exchange Center of the Ministry to handle the specific affairs of passports and visas (including the endorsement of travel permits to and from Hong Kong, the same below), including the examination and management of passports and visas, and collects fees according to the standards approved by the Price Bureau. The Department of International Cooperation is responsible for the approval and issuance of passport and visa approval materials; 3. The Department of International Cooperation and the entrusted organizer are responsible for implementing the relevant laws and policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on passport and visa work, convening passport and visa management meetings, holding training courses and formulating specific management measures. 4. The General Office of the International Cooperation Department is the administrative functional department of passport and visa work, responsible for consulting relevant policies, supervising and inspecting the interpretation and implementation of the passport and visa management measures of the Ministry of Health, and being responsible for contacting and coordinating with the passport and visa contractors, internal departments and directly affiliated units; 5. Entrusted by the Department of International Cooperation, the Passport and Visa Reception Desk of the International Exchange Center is the specific implementation department of passport and visa work, which is responsible for accepting passport and visa applications from personnel of ministries, agencies and directly affiliated units going abroad on business, reviewing documents and materials required for passport and visa applications, and reviewing various passport and visa application forms, and sending them to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign embassies and consulates in China; 6. The Foreign Affairs Office of each directly affiliated unit shall manage the passport and visa application of the unit, and designate a special person to be responsible for it. All units should carefully examine and verify the documents and materials submitted according to the relevant provisions of passport and visa application procedures and strictly control them; 7. Pass, endorsement and? Proved by Hong Kong? The bidding and management shall be carried out with reference to the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (97) 1484, 150 1 and Document No.39 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security. 2. passport 1. The Ministry of Health is responsible for applying to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the passports of the Ministry of Health and its directly affiliated units in Beijing for going abroad on business. Overseas personnel and short-term secondees from non-Ministry of Health and its directly affiliated units in trans-regional and inter-departmental overseas delegations organized by the Ministry of Health shall be responsible for handling passports for going abroad on business. In addition to personnel relations belonging to the management personnel of the units directly under Beijing, the foreign affairs departments of this province (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) are responsible for applying for passports by overseas personnel of the units directly under Beijing; 2. According to the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Passports and Visas", referring to international practices and common practices, and according to the specific tasks, actual external status and nature of activities of overseas travelers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will issue corresponding passports upon the application of the Ministry of Health; 3. All students studying abroad (except those who go to Hong Kong and Macao for further study) shall apply for personal passports with the approval documents of the Ministry of Health for going abroad, the approval documents for political examination and the JW 108 form at the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ where they are registered; 4. If you go abroad for personal reasons, including studying abroad at your own expense, visiting relatives, settling down, inheriting inheritance, visiting relatives and friends, employment, tourism, etc., you should apply to the public security organ where your account is located for a private passport with relevant documents; 5. Interpreters, translators, verbatim reporters, typists and secretaries who go to the United Nations and its specialized agencies for long-term work shall apply for personal passports on the basis of overseas approval documents and political examination. Personnel sent by the Ministry to the above-mentioned institutions as international staff shall apply for official passports according to regulations, and their families are similar; 6. Passports valid for two years are generally issued to those who go abroad temporarily on business, and passports valid for three years are issued to foreign aid medical teams and laborers; Passports valid for five years are issued to those who have worked in Macao's permanent foreign institutions and agencies for more than three years and those who really need work. The staff of permanent institutions in Hong Kong shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council; 7. Organs of the Ministry of Health and directly affiliated units adopt the method of classified management of passports, and all directly affiliated units (including their subordinates and affiliated units) shall be responsible for the collection and custody of passports, and strengthen the registration and inspection of passports; 8. If he leaves his subordinate unit due to job transfer, his passport shall be recovered by the original unit and sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for destruction; 9. The holder must take good care of his passport and hand it over to the competent department of the unit in time after completing the task of going abroad. Once you lose your passport, you should immediately report the loss, write a written inspection and deal with the holder if necessary. If the passport is lost due to improper management of the unit's passport, it is necessary to stop applying for the unit's passport within a time limit and investigate the responsibility of the competent leader of the passport storage unit; 10. Generally, people going abroad can only hold one valid passport. If it is really necessary to hold a second passport due to special circumstances, the unit where the overseas personnel work shall write a written explanation. If a second passport is allowed, the holder should ensure that he does not hold two passports at the same time; 1 1. Expired and invalid passports should be registered and returned to the Department of International Cooperation in time, and reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for cancellation. If I request to keep the original passport as a souvenir, the unit shall report it to the state and send it to the issuing authority. Cut out the upper right corner of my passport and stamp it with a cancellation stamp. I'll keep it. 12. The management of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Pass shall be implemented with reference to the above articles. 3. visa 1. The Ministry of Health is responsible for handling visas for people going abroad and endorsements to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region approved by the Ministry of Health, including visas or endorsements for other departments or local personnel in cross-regional and inter-departmental overseas delegations organized by the Ministry of Health; 2. Other departments or local personnel shall provide the Ministry of Health with the original confirmation letter of going abroad (territory) and the approval document of political examination issued by the unit with the right to examine and approve the mission of going abroad (except for the personnel of the unit directly under Beijing) when participating in the visa application of the Ministry of Health; 3. If the overseas mission approved by other departments requires the assistance of the Ministry of Health to apply for a visa, the unit responsible for the overseas mission approval or the local passport issuing authority shall issue a power of attorney, and indicate the approval number, the purpose of going abroad and the duration of stay; 4. Entry and transit visas for all destination countries and transit countries must be completed before going abroad, except those countries that need visas outside China. In principle, it is not allowed to apply for a third country visa abroad. If individual delegations really need to apply for visas to go abroad to a third country, they need to explain in writing the name of the delegation going abroad, the name of the personnel, the country they intend to go to, the reasons for the scheduled itinerary and the reasons for visas to go abroad, report to the Department of International Cooperation, countersign with the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notify the embassy of that country in China, and then notify our embassies and consulates in relevant countries to assist in handling; 5. Personnel from visa-free countries, visa-free countries or Macao who have been approved by the Ministry of Health shall be issued by the Department of International Cooperation on the basis of the approval documents for going abroad and the political examination certificate? Certificate of going abroad? . In case of special circumstances, overseas delegations approved by other departments or localities should ask the Ministry of Health to issue a certificate? Certificate of going abroad? In principle, a power of attorney shall be issued by the relevant department or the local passport issuing authority; 6. According to Decree No.39 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1997)? About activation? Proved by Hong Kong? Have you noticed? A, where passing through Hong Kong (including not connecting at the airport), deputy director, deputy director of the institutions directly under the State Council at or above the deputy provincial level, with the approval of the State Council or the central foreign affairs leading group, stop in Hong Kong to go abroad, and other personnel with the approval documents for going abroad (must have? Passing through Hong Kong? Country (region)? ), fill in the Application Form for Passport Abroad and the List of Applicants Passing through Hong Kong and report to the Ministry of Health, which will be handled by the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Proved by Hong Kong? ; 7. When applying for a visa, the required stay time should be consistent with the stay time in foreign countries stipulated in the invitation letter, and the stay time should not be extended at will, and the visa extension for travel or activities unrelated to the task should not be applied after completing the task; 8. In principle, full-time personnel should be responsible for sending and retrieving passports and visas to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies and consulates of various countries. Applicants from all units and overseas personnel are not allowed to send or retrieve them by themselves. Under special circumstances, it should be authorized or contacted by full-time personnel, and then sent or retrieved by itself. 9. It is strictly forbidden for subordinate units and overseas personnel to apply for visas from embassies and consulates of various countries. Subordinate units shall not apply for visas for personnel of other units, nor shall they entrust any other Chinese and foreign institutions and foreigners to apply for visas. Four, passport visa contractors and applicants should conscientiously implement the "Ministry of health passport visa application procedures and matters needing attention", in case of special circumstances, should be handled by the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry as appropriate. Five, the management measures shall be implemented as of the date of promulgation.