What is a visa?

A visa is a permit issued by a government agency of a country to a foreigner who applies for permission to enter, leave or pass through the country in accordance with the laws of the country.

Visas are usually attached to the applicant's passport or other international travel document.

There are many ways to obtain a visa, which can usually be categorized as electronic, sticker, paper, visa-on-arrival and visa-free.

Electronic visa: electronic visa, also known as "e-visa", refers to the traditional paper visa "electronic", in the form of an electronic visa will be stored in the passport holder's visa on all the information in the system of the visa issuing authority. In the visa issuing authority's system.

Electronic visa processing success, the visa will be printed to use. Most of the electronic visa issuance time is relatively fast, generally three working days, the fastest for one working day, but there are also slower visa issuance speed, need two to three weeks of time, the required materials according to the different countries and different, but in general are relatively simple.

Stickers: Stickers is the content of the visa in accordance with a fixed format to do in the visa special paper, with self-adhesive will be printed to complete the visa sticker in the applicant's passport.

Sticker visa is usually made by computer printing, the country's sticker visa will also scan the applicant's photo on the visa paper. A sticker visa is a visa that is affixed to the passport, and the applicant only needs to bring a valid passport to enter or leave the country. While the common another paper visa and e-visa is issued separately on a special paper separate from the passport, must be used at the same time with the applicant's passport or other international travel documents in order to be valid.

Alternative paper visa: An alternative paper visa is a form of visa, which has the same function as the visa generally endorsed in the passport, the difference is that outside the passport is endorsed on a separate piece of special paper, but it must be used at the same time as the passport.

Part of the country will use this way, the form of submission of materials for the electronic version of the scanned documents, issued by the Embassy for the paper version of the visa page, the speed of the fast visa for a week, slow two or three weeks, the material requirements are relatively simple. Another paper visa must be used at the same time as the passport in order to effectively achieve the purpose of entry and exit.

Visa on arrival: Visa on arrival refers to the applicant does not directly from the country to obtain a visa to other countries, but with the passport and the country's relevant authorities issued by the entry permit and so on arrived at the country's ports of entry, and then issued a visa, usually a unilateral exit visa.

There are not many countries that are open to this method, and visa-on-arrival can only be obtained by traveling to a country that is already open to the public, and you need to prepare simple documents and apply for a visa on the spot by getting on a plane and applying for it directly at the port of entry.

Visa Waiver: From one country or region to another country or region do not need to apply for a visa. However, there are not many countries that implement the visa exemption policy for China, and some countries still have certain conditions. As long as you meet the requirements, you can enter the country directly with a valid passport without the need to apply, which is very convenient.

Visa-free entry is not equal to indefinite stay or residence in the agreement country, holding the relevant passport visa-free entry, generally only allowed to stay no more than 30 days. If the licensee needs to stay for more than 30 days, he or she is required to apply for a residence permit there as soon as possible.