Published: January 12th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

China’s immigration authorities plan to further expand the recently introduced visa facilitation. The aim is to reduce the bureaucratic burden, especially for visits to relatives. This was reported by the German ARD office in Shanghai on Thursday. Accordingly, foreigners visiting relatives in China will no longer have to provide documentary proof of kinship. It will now be sufficient if the person making the invitation confirms the kinship.