1.1.1 Period of Validity

A visa is valid from the date of issue to the date of expiration as specified. Its holder is permitted to enter a territory within this period.

1.1.2 Duration of Stay

It refers to the length of time the visa holder is permitted to stay in a territory. Duration of Stay differs from the Period of Validity in that the latter specifies a valid period for a visa holder to enter or re-enter or pass a territory.

For instance, if a person holds a Chinese visa with a 3-month Period of Validity and a 15-day Duration of Stay, he/she is permitted to enter China in any given day within the three months but only to stay 15 days in the country after his/her entry.

For example, Chinese X₁ Visa holders are generally granted a 30-dayDuration of Stay.

1.1.3 Number of Entries

Visas are issued with three types of valid entries – Single Entry, Double Entry, and Multiple Entries.

Single Entry expires when the visa holder has entered the territory.

Double Entry expires when the visa holder has entered the territory twice.

Multiple Entries are valid for its holder to enter and re-enter the territory within the visa’s Period of Validity.

Chinese X₁ visa is usually Single Entry. Its holder has to apply for a residence permit after his/her entry.

Note: An international student is permitted to study in China only when he/she holds a valid passport and a valid student visa (X visa).

1.2 Student Visa

1.2.1 Procedures for Student Visa Application

Step 1: An international applicant for student visa is required to submit all the following documents to ISD Office.

(1) Receipt of Tuition (for self-funding international students)

(2) a valid passport (valid for at least 6 months before its expiration)

(3) photocopy of the applicant’s passport

(4) photocopy of the applicant’s visa

(5) photocopy of the applicant’s latest entry

Step 2: The ISD Office will approve and issue necessary visa documents within 3 - 5 days, if the application is approved.

Step 3: The applicant can claim the visa documents with his/her visa at the ISD Office and go to the Exit-Entry Administration Department of Lishui Public Security Bureau to apply for a new student visa.

All the following documents are required for your application at the Exit-Entry Administration Department of Lishui Public Security Bureau.

(1) Valid passport (valid for at least 6 months before its expiration)

(2) Clarification of Student Status (issued by ISD Office of LSU)

(3) Photocopy of Letter of Admission

(4) Visa Application for Study in China (JW201/JW202)

(5) Photocopy of the applicant’s passport

(6) Photocopy of the applicant’s visa

(7) Photocopy of the applicant’s latest entry

(8) The applicant’s recent color passport photo

(9) Registration Form of Temporary Residence.

Notes on the application for temporary residence:

a. An application for temporary residence should be made upon each entry.

b. An application for temporary residence should be made whenever residence is changed.

c. An application for temporary residence should be made whenever there is a change in the student’s profile. (Profile information includes the applicant’s English name, nationality, passport number, expiration date of the passport, the applicant’s residence address, the applicant’s phone number.)

d. The application form for temporary residence can be obtained from the reception desk when an international student checks into a hotel.

e. The application form for temporary residence should be handed in with the student’s valid passport and lease agreement (or proof of his/her stay at a hotel).

f. The application for temporary residence should be made within 24 hours after check-in or move-in, or within 72 hours if the residence is in a rural area. Failure to make timely application will result in an Administrative Punishment (reprimand or fine), which will affect later visa application and re-entry.

g. On-campus residents can make the application for temporary residence at the reception hall of his/her apartment building.

h. An international student who lives off campus is required to make the application for temporary residence at the local police station (with passport and lease agreement or proof of his/her stay at a hotel).

i. International students intending to live off-campus around the university are required to go through necessary formalities for temporary residence at Baiyun Police Station.

Address of Baiyun Police Station: No.1 Renmin Street, Liandu District, Lishui (opposite the east gate of the school)

Tel: 0578-2787440

(10) photocopy of Certificate of Health Examination for International Travelers.

International students should have their health examined at Lishui Branch of Zhejiang International Travel Health Care Center. The latter will issue the certificate on the same day of the examination.

Notes on medical examination:

a. An international student should have his/her health examined in his/her home country as specified on the Physical Examination Record for Foreigner before he/she enters China.

b. Upon his/her arrival on campus, the student should have his/her health documents authenticated, with his/her passport, Physical Examination Record for Foreigner, blood test results, and four passport photos, at the agency specified by Lishui Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

c. Anyone without Physical Examination Record for Foreigner or with some unqualified items on the record is required to have a medical examination. The examination will be valid for 1 year.

d. Refusal to take the above-mentioned medical examination or failure to pass it will automatically invalidate LSU’s admission. The student in question is required to leave China immediately at his/her own expense. 

e. The student in question is responsible for the cost of the medical examination and the transportation to the examination agency.

Lishui Branch of Zhejiang International Travel HealthCare Center is the agency for medical examination specified by Lishui Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

Address:No. 6 Shouerfu North Road, Liandu District, Lishui

Tel: +86 (578)-2227147

1.2.2 Notes on Student Visas

(1) If an international student’s visa will expire in 1 month, he/she is required to apply for a new one.

(2) If the applicant’s passport and visa expire about the same time, the holder should apply to the embassy for a new passport 6 months before they expire. In this case, the application for the new visa can only be made with the new passport.

(3) The period of validity should not be longer than the student’s study in the university. For an international student without any scholarship, its length is determined by his/her tuition: If his/her tuition and fees can cover one academic year, his/her period of visa validity will be one academic year. If his/her tuition and fees can cover one semester, his/her period of visa validity will be one semester.

(4) A transferred international student is required to submit a report about his/her academic study in his/her previous university when he/she applies for a program and visa extension at LSU.

(5) When there is any modification of the student profile information (including the student’s English name, nationality, passport number, expiration date of the passport, the student’s residence address, the student’s phone number), the student should apply immediately for the Registration Form of Temporary Residence at the local police station.

(6) If an international student with a valid visa has applied for a new passport, he/she should revise his/her profile information at the ISD Office of LSU within 10 days after the issue of the new passport.

(7) If an international student has applied for an L visa (tourist visa), or a visa waiver, or an M visa (business visa) during his/her study, he/she is required to apply for JW202 at the ISD Office of LSU upon re-entry. (There is a charge of 400 yuan.)

(8) An international student with an expired visa has to paya fine (with required documents) at Lishui Liandu District Public Security Bureau before he/she can follow the visa procedure to make the application for anew visa at the Exit-Entry Administration Department of Lishui Public Security Bureau.

(9) International students are required to claim their passports at the Exit-Entry Administration Department of Lishui Public Security Bureau on the day specified in the Notice of Claim. Claims made after the specified date will not be processed.

(10) Without permission from authorities in the Chinese government, students with X visas are not allowed to take jobs.

(11) The Exit-Entry Administration Department of Lishui Public Security Bureau makes a final decision on the period of validity of a student visa.

1.2.3 Time to Apply for Student Visa

Spring Semester: any weekday between the first day of the semester and June 30^th.

   Fall Semester: any weekday between the first day of the semester and January 10^th.

   Service is not available on weekends or holidays.

1.2.4 Application for student visa will be declined if any of the following occurs.

(1) Failure to pay full tuition and fees

(2) Failure to submit Registration Form of Temporary Residence or to apply for temporary residence to the ISD Office

(3) Failure to submit all the required documents

(4) Poor academic performance (such as too much absence from class)

(5) Violation of Chinese law or school regulations

(6) Students without valid LSU’s student status

1.2.5 Cancellation of Student Visa

When an international student drops out, or files for temporary absence, or is transferred, or is dismissed, his/her student visa becomes invalid and an Lvisa (tourist visa) with a 10-15 days’ validity and 0 entry will be issued instead.

1.3 Lost Visa

Follow the following procedure when your passport is lost:

(1) Report your loss to the Exit-Entry Administration Department of the local Public Security Bureau and obtain a Declaration of Lost Articles.

(2) Apply for the Certificate of Lost Passport at the Exit-Entry Administration Department of Lishui Public Security Bureau. The following documents are required: Declaration of Lost Articles; a photocopy of your passport’s data page, the photo page, and the latest visa page; Registration Form of Temporary Residence; Two (2) passport photos.

(3) Apply to your embassy for a new passport with the above-mentioned Certificate of Lost Passport.

(4) Within 10 days of the issue of the new passport, fill out the Registration Form of Temporary Residence and file the Visa and Residence Permit Application Form at the ISD Office of LSU.

1.4 Location of the Exit-Entry Administration Department of Lishui Public Security Bureau

The applicant is required to go to the Exit-Entry Administration Department of Lishui Public Security Bureau and submit his/her documents for the new visa application. The cost of the application is on the applicant.

Address: Exit and Entry Permit Center, 3rd Floor, Lishui Administrative Service Center, No. 607 Renmin Street, Lishui

Office hour: Mon.-Fri. 08:30 am-12:00 pm, 2:00 pm-5:00 pm (national holidays excepted)

Tel: 0578-2786331