Apply for Stay/Residence Permit for Infants (in Shanghai)
If you want to apply for stay or residence registration for infants (born in China), please check the following information.
I. Who can apply:
1.Both parents of the infant are foreigners;
2.One of the parents of the infant is of Chinese nationality and is citizen of Shanghai.
II. Documents required:
A.If both parents are foreigners, applicants can apply for visa or residence permit.
1. Submitting the Foreigner Visa and Residence Permit Application Form completely filled up and one recent 2-inches half-length, bareheaded and full-face photograph.
2. Submitting original and copy of both parents′ passports.
3. Submitting original and copy of infant′s Birth Certificate in China (appendix page included).
4. Original and copy of infant′s passport.
5. If one of the parents works in Shanghai, he/she should submit official application letter from the unit he/she works in.
6. Marriage certificate of parents (could be issued by government authorities such as civil affairs, public health or police department, notary public or embassy and consulate of the country of origin). If the document is issued by a foreign institution and includes an additional certificate issued by a signatory country to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) and is verified to be true, it is exempt from embassy or consulate authentication abroad. For non-signatory countries or documents from signatory countries not covered by the Convention, the embassy or consulate authentication procedure still applies. Non-Chinese documents require a Chinese translation issued by a qualified domestic translation institution;
Application for visa or residence permit should be submitted within 60 days after the infant was born.
B.If one of the parents is of Chinese nationality and is citizen of Shanghai, nationality examination and verification must be done first, then the infant could apply for the People′s Republic of China Exit and Entry Permit through exit-entry administration authority.
1.Submitting original and copy of infant′s Birth Certificate in China (appendix page included).
2.Original and copy of infant′s passport.
3.Father or mother′s foreign passport, original and copy of Chinese citizen ID card and Shanghai Household Registry.
4. Marriage certificate of parents (could be issued by government authorities such as civil affairs, public health or police department, notary public or embassy and consulate of the country of origin). If the document is issued by a foreign institution and includes an additional certificate issued by a signatory country to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) and is verified to be true, it is exempt from embassy or consulate authentication abroad. For non-signatory countries or documents from signatory countries not covered by the Convention, the embassy or consulate authentication procedure still applies. Non-Chinese documents require a Chinese translation issued by a qualified domestic translation institution.For those who have children before marriage or marry after having children, applicants shall provide the parent-child identification report issued by the judicial expertise units in China;
5. Submitting Application of Nationality Examination and Verification form completely filled up and three 2-inches (48*33 mm) half-length, bareheaded and full-faced photographs.
Both parents must be present for the application.
Note: If exit-entry administrative organization under public security organ, as it considers necessary, requires to interview the applicant or to demand the applicant to submit other supplementary materials, however, the applicant fails to undergo the interview or submit the materials at/during the appointed time/period, the application will be deemed as cancelled, unless force majeure.
III. Office hours and locations:
Exit-Enter Administration Corps of Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau(PSB): Monday to Saturday, 9:00-17:00 (except for statutory holidays; Saturdays for document acceptance only)
IV. Processing time:
Within 7 business days for applications with complete documents required.
V. Service hotline:12367
VI. Complaint hotline:68547109