🇨🇳 Documents and daily life · China
Residence permit: filing and collection
2 200 ¥ ($327)
o window — 30 days after entry; the fee of 400 ¥ for up to one year and 800 ¥ for one to three years is paid directly
Prices are in Chinese yuan and are all-inclusive — nothing is added on top. The dollar figure in brackets is for reference, based on a rate of $1 = ¥6.72. Chinese government fees are paid separately and directly: residence permit 400 ¥ for up to one year and 800 ¥ for one to three years, medical examination 480–500 ¥, permanent residence application 1,500 ¥. Russian consular legalisation costs approximately 8,540 ₽ per document.
SVOY initial consultation — 600 ¥ ($89), credited toward the cost support. All services and packages in China
How it works in China
Residence registration is handled by the police and must be updated with every move. Foreign documents are legalized with an apostille and translated into Chinese an accredited bureau with a stamp. Almost everything day-to-day — connectivity, payments, delivery, doctor’s appointment — tied to a phone number and verified identity.
What we need from you to get started
- Passport and current address registration
- Original documents with apostille
- A local phone number — almost nothing works without one
Where things most often go wrong
- —Translation done by an unrecognized agency and without a stamp
- —The name in the passport and in Chinese records is transliterated differently
- —Got a SIM card registered in someone else’s name — and now can’t link payments or services to it
Fees, processing times, and institutional requirements change several times per year, which is why they are not listed here: we verify and quote them as of the date of submission.
Service «Residence permit: filing and collection» · China
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Usually taken together with this
- Residence permit renewal2 500 ¥ ($372)⚠️ Residence registration with the police600 ¥ ($89)Consular legalization of a Russian document1 200 ¥ ($179)Notarized translation into Chinese, per page800 ¥ ($119)Document replacement and recovery1 800 ¥ ($268)APEC card: visa-free entry to 16 countries for 5 years65 000 ₽