1, passport Passport is a legal document issued by a country to prove the nationality and identity of its citizens when they enter and leave the country and travel or stay abroad. The word Passport means port pass in English. In other words, a passport is a passport for citizens to pass through international ports in various countries. Therefore, some countries in the world usually issue passes instead of passports.
2. visa. A visa is a document issued by a country's entry-exit administration (such as the Immigration Bureau or its embassies and consulates abroad) to prove that foreign citizens are allowed to enter the country. It can be done online or through a travel agency. Visa has different forms and titles in its development. Such as endorsement visa, stamp visa, sticker visa, machine-readable visa, individual visa, group visa and so on.
People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Exit-Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security divide the whole country into two regions: one is to apply for passports on demand, and the other is to apply for passports on condition. Ordinary people apply for passports from the local entry-exit administration department according to their domicile. By the end of 2006, 2,365,438+0 cities had become regions where passports were applied on demand. At present, only Lhasa, the provincial capital, belongs to the area where passports are applied for conditionally.
Applying for a passport on demand means that citizens can apply for a passport from the entry-exit administration department only by showing their ID cards and household registration books. Take Shanghai residents as an example. First, they can go to the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration to get a passport application form, or download and print the form directly on the website of the Shanghai Municipal Government. After filling out this form, they can submit an application to the Shanghai Entry-Exit Administration with their recent 2-inch color photos, household registration book and the original and photocopy of their ID cards, and they can get it after 10 working days. Apply for a passport for the first time in 200 yuan, and apply for a new passport in 400 yuan/Ben; Note and extension of 20 yuan/item. After the promulgation and implementation of the Passport Law, the passport extension has been cancelled, and a new application must be made when the passport expires.