Dear all International Students,

The application for renewing visa has already begun.

International Student Office will accept visa application from 03/12/2018 (Monday). Students whose visa will expire during the time (January 6th, 2019 to March 30th, 2019) are expected to pay your school fees, Insurance and submit your visa application documents before 3:00 PM 04/01/2019 (Friday), or you will bear all responsibilities for any consequence. International students are required to monitor their visa expiration date and apply for visa renewal at least FIVE (5) business days before visa expiration date.

NOTES:

1. It takes fifteen working days for Immigration to issue your visa after Immigration Office accepts your visa application documents

2. You have to apply for a new JW202 Form (Visa Application for Study in China) if your old one expires in March 2019. Otherwise, your visa application will be rejected by Immigration.

It takes about 20 working days to apply for a new JW202 Form from Zhejiang Provincial Government.

Visa Application documents for extending visa

1. passport

2. Two Pieces of 2-inch-sized photos with white background

3. Visa or Resident Permit Application Form

4. NBU Official Application Letter

5. Photocopy of Passport, the current Visa and last Entry Stamp

6. Health Certificate (If you need to extend your visa for more than 12 months)

7. Registration Voucher of Residence for Visitors from Overseas

8. Photocopy of JW202 Form (the yellow paper with three stamps)

9. Admission Notice

Q1: How to get a Visa or Resident Permit Application Form?

A: You can go to your faculty or the student affair center (opposite the Second Canteen) to get this form.

Q2: How can I apply for Registration Voucher of Residence for Visitors from Overseas?

A:

▲Students who live in International Student Hotel and Students' dorm of Ningbo University may apply for the document from International Student Office.

Step 1: Please bring your passport as well as the receipt from International Student Hotel to the student affair center.

Step 2: Teachers of International College will upload your images and residence information to the website of the Immigration Department, Zhejiang Government.

Step 3: Teachers of the student affair center will print your Registration Voucher of Residence for Visitors from Overseas online.

▲Students who rent apartment elsewhere are expected to go to local Police Station where you live with follow Application documents to apply for Registration Voucher of Residence for Visitors from Overseas:

(1) Passport and photocopies of Passport, the latest Visa and Entry Stamp;

(2) Lease Contract for your current living house;

(3) Photocopy of Owner's ID card;

(4) Owner's Mobile-phone Number

Q3: My current visa is students’ Resident Permit, and should I submit Health Certificate again if I want to renew my students’ Resident Permit?

A: If you need to extend your visa more than 12 months, health certificate should be submitted. Otherwise, you don’t need to submit your health certificate again.

Q4: Can I extend my visa first and later pay the insurance?

A: We will extend your visa only after you pay the insurance fee. The insurance fee for one year is 800RMB.

Q5: When should I submit my visa application documents?

A: Please check NBU Academic Calendar. The Spring semester usually finishes in July and Autumn semester finishes in January. So you must submit your visa application documents before June 15th or December 15th every year.

Q6: I cannot find my JW202 Form. Where can I get a COPY one?

A: Please go to ask your faculty first. If your faculty doesn’t have the copy, you may go to Room 302, on the 3rd Floor, International College to ask the teacher whether they have the copy.

Q7: Can I extend my visa if my JW202 Form (Visa Application for Study in China) expires?

A: Please check your “duration” on your JW202. You can not renew your visa if JW202 expires.

Q8: When should I apply for a new JW202 Form if my old one expires?

A: JW202 Form usually expires in July or January, so you are expected to apply for a new JW202 before May 31st and November 30th every year.

Q9: The Immigration officer rejected my visa application because he/she said my JW202 Form is not the right one. Is he/she right?

A: Yes, he/she is right. Perhaps the JW202 Form you submitted has an only official stamp, but the Immigration Office requests students to submit a JW202 with three official Seals. So you have to get your JW202 Form with three official Seals.

NOTE:

(1), The JW202 Form (in white) which has an only official stamp is the right document for Chinese Embassy while the one with three stamps (in yellow) is for Immigration Office.

Q11: Would you please tell me the address of the Immigration Office?

A: In Chinese:

单位名称：宁波市公安局出入境管理局境外人员受理窗口

详细地址：宁波市行政服务中心（宁波市江东区宁穿路1901号 新市府）

Q12: How long does it take to get my passport from Immigration Office?

A: It takes fifteen working days for Immigration Office to issue visa after the officer accept your visa application documents.

Note: Saturday, Sunday, National holidays and Chinese traditional holidays are not working days.

Q13: Can you please provide me the bank account of Ningbo University because I want to pay my school fees?

(1) ICBC Bank Account

户 名：宁波大学

开户行：中国工商银行宁波市江北支行

账 号：3901130009000002464

(2) CCB Bank Account

Account with Bank: China Construction Bank, Ningbo Branch

SWIFT BIC：PCBCCNBJNPX

Beneficiary Account No.:3******************8

Beneficiary Name: Ningbo University Education Fees Account

Add: No.818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang, P.R.China.315211

Tel: +86-574-87609027

Fax: +86-574-87600900