Basic information

Acceptance criteria

Qualifying individual: foreign journalist with a Chinese J-1 or J-2 journalist visa

Acceptance requirements: If the journalist visa indicates there is a requirement to apply for a residence permit after entry, the journalist shall apply within 30 days from the date of entry to obtain a foreigner’s residence permit from the appropriate exit and entry administrations of public security departments under local people's governments at or above the county level in the proposed places of residence for foreigner’s residence permits.

Processing procedure

Application

If the application does not require an administrative license according to law, the handling personnel shallimmediately inform the applicant that the application will not be accepted and shall issue a notice of rejection.

If the applicationdoes not fall under the authority of the administrative department, a notice of rejection shall immediately be issued with information guiding the applicant to the appropriate administrative department.

If the applicant conceals relevant information or provides false materials, a notice of rejection shall be issued.

If the handling personnel cannot examine whether the application materials are complete or are in line with statutory forms, a notice of receipt shall immediately be issued. If within five days the staff determines that the materials are incomplete or are not in line with the statutory forms, the staff shall issue a one-time notification letter describing all that is necessary to be supplemented or corrected.

If the staff canimmediately identify what should be supplemented or corrected, a one-time notification letter shall be issued.

Acceptance

If the application materialscomply with the acceptance requirements or can meet the requirements after being immediately supplemented and corrected, a notice of acceptance of materials shall be issued.

If the applicant’s supplements and corrections of the materials comply with the acceptance requirements per the one-time notification letter, a notice of acceptance of materials shall be issued.

If the applicant does not receive the one-time notification letter withinfive working days after receiving the notice of receipt, the application materials will be regarded as accepted from the date of receipt.

Examination

The staff will make preliminary comments and then the application will move to the decision procedure.

Decision

If the applicationcomplies with the law of using State archives that are not yet open to the public, an administrative license will be approved. If not, an administrative license will not be approved.

Service

After a review by the administrative staff,if the application is approved, the staff will issue a Decision of the Granting of Administrative License to the applicant.

After a review by the administrative staff, if the application is not approved, the staff will issue a Decisionof No Granting of Administrative License to the applicant.

Application materials

NOTE: All submitted materials shall be paper size A4.

Service window

Comprehensive Service Windowin Luohu District

Add: 2/F, Building 4, Integrated Hall, 2015 Yanhe Road North, Luohu District, Shenzhen (the former second processing hall of the Luohu District Public Security Bureau exit and entry department)

Tel: (86 755) 84465490

Officehours: 9 a.m-12 p.m, 2-6 p.m, Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Metro: 1.7 kilometers awayfrom Exit A, Xinxiu Station, Line 2; 920 meters away from Exit C, Huangbeilin Station, Line 2