Any foreigner meeting any of the following conditions may apply for a five-year residence permit:
1. Be awarded as Honorary Citizen of Shanghai, or win the Honorary Award or the Memorial Award of the Magnolia Award;
2. Legal representative, general manager, deputy general manager or chief financial officer of a high-tech enterprise, encouraged foreign-invested enterprise, technologically advanced foreign-invested enterprise or foreign-invested export enterprise;
3. Legal representative, general manager, deputy general manager or chief financial officer of the regional headquarters in Shanghai (or headquarters body), research and development center or investment company of a multi-national company;
4. Foreign high-level technical talents with a term of office for five years;
5. Legal representative, general manager, deputy general manager or chief financial officer of an enterprise with a registered capital of over USD 3 million;
6. No illegal behaviors are detected after two consecutive times of application for the work residence permit in Shanghai;
7. Overseas Chinese working in Shanghai;
8. Hold a Shanghai Residence Permit – Card B under Class L, with a valid term of over 5 years (inclusive);
9. Hold a Work Permit for Foreigners under Class A, with a valid term of 5 years.
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List of Application Materials
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Hand over the valid original passport and visa for examination | Prepared by the Applicant | Original | 1 | Hardcopy | Mandatory | |||
Submit the completed Visa/Stay Permit/Residence Permit Application Form; the Applicant shall take pictures (for free) personally at the exit-entry administration of Shanghai, and those meeting the conditions for agency shall submit a color identification photo (taken within 6 months, with white background, in 2 inches, bareheaded, without modification or stain, and printed with photographic paper) | The form is available from the external reception window for exit-entry affairs in Shanghai, or an electronic form can be downloaded from the general portal of “Yiwangtongban” | Copy | 2 | In hardcopy and electronic form | Mandatory | |||
Submit the original and copy of the registration form for temporary residence of foreigners issued by the police station of where the residence is located (if issued by a hotel in Shanghai, a proof of residence for over one month shall be provided, or the room agreement provided by the manager of the hotel) (registration is required to be made with the latest passport); | Public security organ | Copy | 1 | In hardcopy and electronic form | Mandatory | |||
Submit the health certificate issued by the domestic exit-entry inspection and quarantine department within 6 months (exempted for those under the age of 18 or above 70) | Domestic exit-entry inspection and quarantine department | Copy | 1 | In hardcopy and electronic form | Mandatory | |||
Submit the original school application and admission letter (or student certificate) | School to attend | Copy | 1 | In hardcopy and electronic form | Mandatory | |||
Hand over for examination the original and copy of the business license or relevant registration certificates of the enterprise, and in absence of united social credit code, the organization code certificate must be submitted (if the enterprise has been put on record or the work unit is unchanged at the time of reapplying to the exit-entry administration of Shanghai, the same may be exempted) | Market supervision and administration, etc. | Original and copy | 1 | Hardcopy | View details Affixed with the official seal | Mandatory | ||
Submit the supporting materials for the work permit for foreigners (I) If the Applicant holds a Work Permit for Foreigners, he/she shall submit the original and copy of such Permit as well as a printed copy of the information contained in the QR code | Shanghai Municipal Labor Bureau | Copy | 2 | In hardcopy and electronic form | Mandatory | |||
Submit the supporting materials in consistent with the matters requested (I) International students marked as “off-campus internship” shall submit the certification issued by the international student management department of the college or university where they study and the certification issued by the internship unit | the international student management department of the college or university where they study, etc. | Copy | 2 | In hardcopy and electronic form | Mandatory | |||
Submit the supporting materials in consistent with the matters requested (II) International students marked as “entrepreneurship” shall submit the certification issued by the international student management department of the college or university where they study and the certification for part-time entrepreneurship issued by the competent department of the “free trade zone and innovation demonstration zone” or “double innovation” demonstration zones; hand over the originals and copies of the business license or relevant registration certificates for verification (if the unified social credit code is not include, the organization code certificate shall be provided) | The international student management department of the college or university where they study, competent department of the “free trade zone and innovation demonstration zone” or “double innovation” demonstration zones, etc. | Copy | 2 | In hardcopy and electronic form | Mandatory | |||
Submit any one of the following supporting materials consistent with the status of and matters requested by the Applicant (I) In case of department managers in high-tech enterprises, encouraged foreign-invested enterprises or foreign-invested export enterprises, submit the originals and copies of the Certificate of Technology Enterprise, the Confirmation on Diplomatic Projects Encouraged by the State, the Confirmation for Technologically Advanced Foreign-Invested Enterprises or the Certificate of Foreign-Invested Import Enterprises | Relevant enterprise management department, etc. | Original and copy | 1 | Hardcopy | Mandatory | |||
Submit any one of the following supporting materials consistent with the status of and matters requested by the Applicant (II) In case of staff working in the headquarters of multi-national companies in Shanghai, submit the original and copy of the Certificate for Regional Headquarters of Multi-National Companies | Certificate for Regional Headquarters of Multi-National Companies | Original and copy | 1 | Hardcopy | Mandatory | |||
Submit any one of the following supporting materials consistent with the status of and matters requested by the Applicant (III) In case of enterprise personnel in the “operation center”, submit the original certification and copy issued by the management committee of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone | Management committee of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone | Original and copy | 1 | Hardcopy | Mandatory | |||
Submit any one of the following supporting materials consistent with the status of and matters requested by the Applicant (IV) In case of department managers of enterprises with a registered capital of over USD 3 million, submit the original and copy of the business license or relevant registration certificates of an enterprise with a registered capital of over USD 3 million, as well as the capital verification report | The international student management department of the college or university where they study, competent department of the “free trade zone and innovation demonstration zone” or “double innovation” demonstration zones, etc. | Copy | 2 | In hardcopy and electronic form | Mandatory | |||
Submit any one of the following supporting materials consistent with the status of and matters requested by the Applicant (V) If the Applicant holds a Work Permit for Foreigners or Shanghai Residence Permit, he/she shall submit the original and copy of the Class A Work Permit for Foreigners or Shanghai Residence Permit – Card B under Class L, and the permits afore-said shall have a term of validity for 3 years | Competent labor department | Original and copy | 1 | Hardcopy | Mandatory | |||
Submit any one of the following supporting materials consistent with the status of and matters requested by the Applicant (VII) In case of application by overseas Chinese, the proof of Chinese identity shall also be submitted (copies of such materials once possessed as PRC passport, certification of household registration and ID card, which can prove that the Applicant had Chinese nationality, or certification that the Applicant’s parents have/had Chinese nationality), or the original Certificate of Overseas Chinese issued by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Shanghai | Competent government department, notarial department, etc. | Original and copy | 1 | Hardcopy | Mandatory | |||
Submit any one of the following supporting materials consistent with the status of and matters requested by the Applicant (VIII) In case of foreign high-level technical talents with a term of office for five years, submit the Confirmation of Foreign High-level Technical Talents issued by the Science and Technology Commission, Shanghai Municipality | Science and Technology Commission, Shanghai Municipality | Original and copy | 1 | Hardcopy | Mandatory |
Name of the Application Document
Visa/Stay Permit/Residence Permit Application Form
Place of Business Handling
1. Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of Shanghai Public Security Bureau (No. 1500 Minsheng Road, Pudong New Area); 2. exit-entry administration detachment of FTZ Branch, and the exit-entry administration offices of all branches. Click to view
Business Hours
1. Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of Shanghai Public Security Bureau (No. 1500 Minsheng Road, Pudong New Area): time: Monday-Saturday: 9:00-17:00 (excluding statutory holidays, and only certificates related businesses are accepted in Saturday); 2. exit-entry administration detachment of FTZ Branch, and the exit-entry administration offices of all branches: see details of the address and business hours in the Address and Time for Handling Foreigners’ Certificates in All Districts. Click to view
As per Article 30 of the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, where visas held by foreigners specify that foreigners need to apply for residence permits after entry, such foreigners shall, within 30 days from the date of their entry, apply to the exit/entry administrations of public security organs under local people’s governments at or above the county level in the proposed places of residence for foreigners’ residence permits.
Name of the review and approval result
Residence Certificate for Foreigners' Reunification (For Fosterage)
Service mode
1. Self collection at the window; 2. Logistic delivery
Period of service
N/A
Sample of the review and approval result
Charged or not
Yes
Name of the charged items
Residence Permit for Foreigners
Charging link
Certificate issuing link
Charging standard
See details (the visa fee standard for peer countries, and that for non-peer countries) in document JJG No. [2003]392 of the State Development Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance.
Charging bases
See details (the visa fee standard for peer countries, and that for non-peer countries) in document JJG No. [2003]392 of the State Development Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance.
Exemption is allowed or not
Not allowed
Exemption description
N/A
Bases for exemption
Sequence
Remarks
N/A