【Bilingual】关于为来闽外籍商务人士提供专项签证便利的通告

　　为进一步便利外籍商务人士来闽开展商务活动，拟对符合条件的外籍商务人士提供专项签证便利措施，具体如下。

　　　一、服务对象

　　本通告所指的外籍商务人士主要指需经常来闽从事商务活动、对福建对外经贸合作发挥积极作用的人员及其配偶和子女。邀请单位包括国有、民营、外资企业等各类市场主体。

　　　二、便利政策

　　符合条件的外籍商务人士可凭由福建省外办签发的专项签证邀请函，向中国驻外使领馆申请5年多次、停留期为180日的M字或相应类别签证。

　　　三、办理流程

　　1．企业梳理符合条件的外籍商务人员申请专项签证便利需求，向所在地外办、省商务厅或省外办申报。原则上，各设区市外办、平潭综合实验区外侨办受理本辖区内企业主体的申请，省商务厅受理登记机关为福建省市场监督管理局的企业申请，省外办受理驻闽央企、省属国企的申请。

　　2．企业所在地外办或省商务厅对邀请主体资质等进行审核后报省外办，由省外办签发专项签证邀请函。

　　3．外籍人士持此邀请函到中国驻外使领馆申办签证。

　　　四、注意事项

　　1．邀请单位（企业）只能为本单位（企业）邀请的外籍商务人员申请此项邀请函，不得擅自扩大范围，不得为非商务目的来华人员办理申请。

　　2．获得此项签证便利的外籍商务人员，来华后如有违法违规情形的，省外办将取消相关企业的申请资质。

　　　五、各单位联系方式

　　Notice on Special Visa Facilitation for Foreign Business Visitors to Fujian

　　To provide greater convenience for foreign business visitors traveling to Fujian for business activities, a special visa facilitation program will be introduced for eligible applicants. The details are as follows:

　　I. Who can benefit

　　The foreign business visitors in this Notice primarily refer to foreign nationals who need to frequently travel to Fujian for business activities and have made positive contributions to Fujian’s international business cooperation, as well as their spouses and children. Inviting organizations include state-owned, private and foreign-invested enterprises. 

　　II. What is it about

　　Eligible foreign business visitors may apply to the Chinese embassy or a consulate in their location for a five-year multiple-entry M visa or an equivalent visa type with a 180-day stay, upon receiving a Special Visa Invitation Letter issued by Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office.

　　III. How to apply

　　1.The inviting enterprises shall identify the needs of eligible foreign business personnel for the special visa facilitation, and submit the applications to their local foreign affairs offices, Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce, or Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office. In principle, the foreign affairs offices of prefectural cities and the Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone shall handle the applications from enterprises within their respective jurisdictions. Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce shall handle the applications from enterprises registered with Fujian Provincial Administration for Market Regulation. Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office shall handle the applications from centrally-managed enterprises in Fujian and provincial state-owned enterprises.

　　2. Local foreign affairs offices at the inviting enterprises’ location or Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce are responsible for reviewing their qualifications before forwarding the applications to Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, which will subsequently issue a Special Visa Invitation Letter.

　　3. The foreign business visitors may apply for a visa at the Chinese embassy or a consulate in their location with the Special Visa Invitation Letter.

　　IV. Things to note

　　1.An inviting organization shall only apply for this Invitation Letter for the foreign business personnel that it invites, and shall not arbitrarily expand the scope or file the applications for those coming to China for non-business purposes.

　　2. If a foreign business visitor benefiting from this visa facilitation engages in activities in violation of laws and regulations after arrival, Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office shall revoke the application qualifications of relevant enterprises.

　　V. Contact Information

　　一审：林雨萌

　　二审：马雪莹

　　三审：郑承辉