An officer from the Tianjin Airport Border Inspection Station assists an Indonesian passenger in filling out a disembarkation card at Terminal 1 of Tianjin Binhai International Airport in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 27, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
China will add a K visa to its bizarre visa classes, obtainable to eligible young science and expertise professionals, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson mentioned on Monday.
This new kind of visa goals to facilitate exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and worldwide young professionals in scientific and technological fields, spokesperson Guo Jiakun advised a daily information briefing when answering a associated query.
According to related stories, the new guidelines will take impact on Oct. 1. In comparability to the present 12 bizarre visa sorts, K visas will present added comfort for holders, together with extra permitted entries, longer validity intervals, and prolonged durations of keep. After coming into China, K visa holders can have interaction in exchanges in fields akin to schooling, tradition, and science and expertise, in addition to related entrepreneurial and enterprise actions.
Bar particular age, academic background and work expertise necessities, functions for K visas don’t require a home employer or entity to situation an invite, and the appliance course of can even be extra streamlined.