Residence Permitacts as the permit to ensure your legal stay in China within thevalid period and also acts as a multi-entry Visa enabling you to visit to places both within and outside the Chinese mainland. The International Office will help you with the documents of the residence permit and make an appointment with you to accompany you to the division of Exit and Entry, Public Security Bureau Qingdao. The application should be finished within 30 days after your arrival in China, if you come to China with Z-Visa, or 15 days before the Expiry of your residence permit if you want to extend your residence permit.It usually needs 10 working days to get your passport back.

Please pay attention to your Date of Expiry of your Visa or Resident Permit. The penaltyis 500 Yuan per day for any period of illegal stay in China for the first time and more server punishment for the second offence.