• Authoritative Release: 144-hour Visa-free Policy for Transiting Foreigners Available at 27 Ports

    The National Immigration Administration (NIA) held a press conference in Beijing on October 23 on the 144-hour visa-free policy for foreigners transiting through Zhejiang Province, Chongqing Municipality, Sichuan Province, and Shaanxi Province. The press conference was presided by Chen Bin, spokesman and director general of the Department of Foreigners Management of NIA. Yin Chengji, vice administ... 2021-03-26

  • NIA Vice Administrator Zhao Changhua Attends the 24th International Border Police Conference

    From October 28 to November 1, Zhao Changhua, vice administrator of the National Immigration Administration (NIA), led a delegation to Warsaw, Poland, to attend the 24th International Border Police Conference (IBPC) at which he delivered a keynote speech. The two-day conference was attended by more than 300 representatives from nearly 100 countries. The conference was highlighted with keynote spee... 2021-03-26

  • Vice Minister Xu Ganlu Meets With Thulani Mavuso, Acting Director General of Home Affairs of South Africa

    Xu Ganlu, vice minister of Public Security and administrator of the National Immigration Administration (NIA), met with Thulani Mavuso, South Africa's acting director general of Home Affairs on November 12. Thulani Mavuso made the visit to Beijing at the invitation of NIA, and had in-depth and friendly exchanges with the host on the China-South Africa cooperation in law enforcement and immigration... 2021-03-26

  • Vice Administrator Yin Chengji Meets with the U.S. ICE of the Department of Homeland Security Attaché to China Austin Moore

    Yin Chengji, vice administrator of the National Immigration Administration (NIA), met with the newly appointed attaché Austin Moore and his three-member delegation from the Beijing Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security on the morning of November 14, 2019. Yin Chengji expressed his warm welcome to Austin Moore's assumption of his new positio... 2021-03-26

  • Vice Administrator Zhao Changhua Leads Delegation to Vietnam for Political Work Exchange

    A delegation led by vice administrator of the National Immigration Administration (NIA) Zhao Changhua visited Vietnam from November 11 to 15 to participate in the political work exchanges between the immigration and border defense departments of China and Vietnam. This is the first political exchange between NIA and the Vietnam Border Guard Command since the former's establishment. During the visi... 2021-03-26