Types of Residence Permit

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Updated: 2025-07-09

Residence registration
According to the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, foreigners, after arriving in Hainan, shall go through residence registration formalities within 24 hours of stay (including staying in new residence or change of residential address). When foreigners stay in hotels, they shall present their valid passports or other international travel documents to hotel staff, and the hotels shall be responsible for handling the registration. For foreigners who reside or stay in domiciles other than hotels, the foreigners themselves or the persons who accommodate them may scan the QR code (see the figure below) to register online, or may carry their valid passports or other international travel documents to go through the formalities at the police station in the place of residence.
(According to Article 39 of the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, when foreigners stay in hotels in China, the hotels shall register their stay in accordance with the regulations on the public security administration of the hotel industry, and submit foreigners’ residence registration information to the public security organs in the places where the hotels are located. For foreigners who reside or stay in domiciles other than hotels, they or the persons who accommodate them shall, within 24 hours after the foreigners’ arrival, go through the registration formalities with the public security organs in the places of residence.)

Work-type residence permit
Application materials:
1.The original and a photocopy of the applicant’s valid passport;
2.The original invitation letter issued by the employing entity;
3.The Notification Letter of Work Permit for Foreigners in the People’s Republic of China or electronic work permit information issued by the foreign expert department;
4.The original and a photocopy of the health check certificate (to be submitted for residence permits with a validity period of over one year);
5.A photocopy of the employing entity’s business license or the duplicate of the registration certificate of a private non-corporate entity (must be stamped with the official seal and submitted for the first-time application);
6.The original and a photocopy of the employment contract or proof of appointment.
Application address:
Foreign nationals may submit their application at any of the nearest residence permit service windows listed below.

Serial Number	Service Window	Address	Inquiry Phone Number
1	Public Security Exit-Entry Window of Hainan Provincial People’s Government Affairs Service Center	1st Floor, No. 3, Wuzhishan Nanlu, Meilan District, Haikou City, Hainan Province	0898-12367
2	Public Security Exit-Entry Window of Haikou Municipal People’s Government Affairs Service Center	No. 1, Century Park Lu, Longhua District, Haikou City, Hainan Province
3	Haikou Jiangdong Certificate Processing Hall	1st Floor, Area A, Jiangdong Development Building, No. 202, Jiangdong Dadao, Meilan District, Haikou City, Hainan Province
4	Foreigners’ Certificate Processing Hall 3 of Exit-Entry Administration Division, Sanya Public Security Bureau	Hall 1, Chengyue New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park, Hairun Lu, Jiyang District, Sanya City, Hainan Province
5	Sanya Municipal People’s Government Affairs Service Center	2nd Floor, No. 259, Xinfeng Jie, Jiyang District, Sanya City, Hainan Province
6	Exit-Entry Window of the Public Security Administrative Approval Section, Danzhou Municipal People’s Government Affairs Service Center	Building D18, Yixin Garden Commercial Shops, Yingbin Dadao, Danzhou City, Hainan Province
7	Public Security Exit-Entry Window of Yangpu Economic Development Zone Government Affairs Service Center	No. 8, Yantian Lu, Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan Province
8	Foreigners’ Visa Window, 1st Floor, Public Security Sub-center of Qionghai Municipal People’s Government Affairs Service	No. 36, Fuhai Lu, Jiaji Town, Qionghai City, Hainan Province
9	Public Security Exit-Entry Window of Wenchang Municipal People's Government Affairs Service Center	No. 123, Wendong Lu, Wencheng Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province
10	Exit-Entry Window of the Public Security Sub-center of Chengmai County People's Government Affairs Service	Next to Tianqing Palm Water City, Jinma Dadao, Jinjiang Town, Chengmai County, Hainan Province
11	Exit-Entry Window of Hainan Ecological Software Park, Chengmai	1st Floor, Incubation Building, Hainan Ecological Software Park, Chengmai County, Hainan Province
12	Exit-Entry Window of the Public Security Sub-center of Wanning Municipal People’s Government Affairs Service Center	No. 153, Guangming Nanlu, Wancheng Town, Wanning City, Hainan Province
13	Exit-Entry Window of the Public Security Sub-center of Lingshui County People’s Government Affairs Service Center	2nd Floor, Public Security Exit-Entry Administration Brigade, No. 2, Xinfeng Lu, Yelin Town, Lingshui County, Hainan Province