If you are a foreigner and plan to travel to China to visit relatives or for foster care, you need to apply for a Q visa. What core materials are needed to apply for a Chinese Q visa? The material requirements vary slightly depending on the reason for visiting relatives or foster care, and we list them as follows:
Reasons for visiting relatives
If you are coming to China to visit family, the following are the core materials required to apply for a Q visa:
Invitation letter: The invitation letter needs to be issued by a Chinese citizen living in China or a foreigner with Chinese permanent residence status. The invitation letter must include the visitor's personal information, reason for coming to China, intended arrival date, intended place of residence, intended period of stay, relationship with the inviter, and source of expenses, etc. This information must be fully stated on the invitation letter.
Proof of the inviter: The inviter needs to provide a copy of his or her ID card or passport and permanent residence certificate.
Proof of kinship: Applicants need to provide proof of kinship between themselves and the inviter, such as marriage certificates, birth certificates, kinship certificates issued by the public security police station or notarized kinship certificates, etc. Both originals and copies are required.
Reason for foster care
If you are applying for a child in foster care, you need to provide the following core materials when applying for a Q visa:
Foster care power of attorney: The foster care power of attorney must be notarized by the Chinese embassy or consulate abroad or notarized and authenticated by the host country.
Proof of the client: The client needs to provide the original passport, a copy, and proof of kinship with the foster child, such as marriage certificate, birth certificate, kinship certificate issued by the public security station or a notarized kinship certificate, etc.
Proof of trustee: The trustee needs to provide a letter agreeing to accept foster care and a copy of his or her ID card.
Parental certificate: If both or one of the parents of the foster child is a Chinese citizen, a copy of the certificate proving that the Chinese parents settled abroad when the child was born is also required.
What Q1 visa holders need to know
For those holding a Q1 visa, after entering China, the holder must apply for a residence permit within 30 days from the exit and entry administration agency of the public security bureau of the local people's government at or above the county level in the place of intended residence.
According to the relevant provisions of the "Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China", the Q visa refers to a family visit visa for foreigners living in China and their family members to visit China. If you have completed the steps of document preparation, visa application submission and validity period selection, please remember to keep your passport and all visa materials, and handle other import and residence matters as required.
如果您是外国人并计划前往中国探亲或寄养事由，您需要办理Q字签证。申请中国Q字签证需要哪些核心材料呢？材料需求因探亲或寄养事由而略有不同，我们将它们分别列出如下：
探亲事由
如果您来华是因为探访家人，下面是申请Q字签证所要求的核心材料：
邀请函：邀请函需要由居住在中国境内的中国公民或者有中国永久居留资格的外国人签发。邀请函要包含 访客个人信息、来华事由、拟抵达日期、拟居留地点、拟居留期限、与邀请人的关系以及费用来源等。这些信息均需完整列明在邀请函上。
邀请人证明：邀请人需要提供身份证复印件或者护照及永久居留证明复印件。
亲属关系证明：申请人需要提供其与邀请人之间的亲属关系证明，如结婚证、出生证、公安派出所出具的亲属关系证明或亲属关系公证书等。原件和复印件均需提供。
寄养事由
如果为被寄养的孩子办理，申请Q字签证需提供以下核心材料：
寄养委托书：寄养委托书必须由中国驻外使领馆出具公证或者经过所在国公证认证。
委托人证明：委托人需要提供护照原件、复印件以及其与被寄养儿童的亲属关系证明，如结婚证、出生证、公安派出所出具的亲属关系证明或亲属关系公证书等。
受托人证明：受托人需要提供同意接受寄养函件及身份证复印件。
父母证明：如寄养儿童的父母双方或一方为中国公民，则还需要提供儿童出生时中国籍父母在境外定居证明的复印件。
Q1签证持有人需知
对于持有Q1签证的人而言，持证人入境中国后，需在30天内向拟居留地县级以上地方人民政府公安机关出入境管理机构申请办理居留证件。
根据《中华人民共和国出境入境管理法》相关规定，Q字签证是指居留在中国境内的外籍人及其家属前往中国的一种探亲签证。如果您已经实现资料准备、签证申请递交和有效期选择等步骤，请记得保管好您的护照和所有签证材料，并按照要求办理其他进口和关于居留的事宜。
sources from CNVISA
