How to apply for a Z (work) visa

en.hainan.gov.cn

Updated: 2025-07-01

If you're planning to work in Hainan province and you're not a citizen or permanent resident of China, you'll need a visa that allows you to work legally.

How to apply

You can apply for the visa online at the Chinese Visa Application Service Center. The service center's website provides up-to-date online information, online consultation, online form completion and online visa application status query services.

You can also make an appointment through the "National Immigration Administration" app or WeChat mini program.

Screenshot of the National Immigration Administration app.

Screenshot of the National Immigration Administration WeChat mini program.

Documents required

Please visit Chinese Embassy/Consulate General's website for more details based on your state of residence.

Port visa

Expats with urgent humanitarian, business, or rush repair needs, holding approved materials, can apply for port visas at China's authorized port visa authorities.

Where to extend your visa

If you are in Hainan and want to extend your Z visa, you can choose to apply for visa documents at the window of the following public security exit and entry management agency nearby.

(1) Public security entry and exit window of the government service center of Hainan provincial government: 1st floor, No 3 Wuzhishan Nanlu, Meilan district, Haikou, Hainan province.

(2) Public security entry and exit window of the government service center of Haikou municipal government: No 1 Shijigongyuan Lu, Longhua district, Haikou, Hainan province.

(3) Jiangdong Certification Hall, Haikou: 1st floor, Zone A, Jiangdong Development Building, No 202 Jiangdong Dadao, Meilan district, Haikou, Hainan province.

(4) Foreigner registration hall of the entry-exit management detachment of Sanya Public Security Bureau: Hall 1, Chengyue New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park, Hairun Lu, Jiyang district, Sanya, Hainan province.

(5) Sanya government service center: 2nd Floor, No 259 Xinfeng Jie, Jiyang district, Sanya, Hainan province.

(6) Entry and exit window of the Public Security Administrative Approval Zone of the government service center of Danzhou: Building D18, Yixin Garden Shop, Yingbin Dadao, Danzhou, Hainan province.

(7) Public security entry and exit window of the government service center of Yangpu Economic Development Zone: No 8 Yantian Lu, Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan province.

(8) Foreigner visa window on the first floor of the government service public security sub center of the county-level city of Qionghai: No 36 Fuhai Lu, Jiaji town, Qionghai, Hainan province.

(9) Public security entry and exit window of the government service center of the county-level city of Wenchang: 123 Wendong Lu, Wencheng town, Wenchang, Hainan province.

(10) Entry and exit window of the government service public security sub center of Chengmai government: Located next to Tianqing Palm Water City, Jinma Dadao, Jinjiang town, Chengmai county, Hainan province.

(11) Entry and exit window of Hainan Hainan Free Trade Port Resort Software Community: 1st floor, Incubation Building of Hainan Ecological Software Park, Chengmai county, Hainan province.

(12) Public security entry and exit window of the government service center of the county-level city of Wanning: No 85 Guangming Nanlu, Wancheng town, Wanning, Hainan province.

(13) Public security entry and exit window of the government service center of Lingshui Li autonomous county: 2nd floor, Entry and Exit Management Brigade of Lingshui Public Security Bureau, No 2 Xinfeng Lu, Yelin town, Lingshui Li autonomous county, Hainan province.

Fees

1. Single-entry and first-time visas (non-reciprocal countries): 160 yuan per person;

2. Double-entry visas (non-reciprocal countries): 235 yuan per person;

3. Multiple-entry visas valid for no more than six months (non-reciprocal countries): 425 yuan per person;

4. Multiple-entry visas valid for no more than one year (non-reciprocal countries): 635 yuan per person;

5. Addition or removal of accompanying persons (non-reciprocal countries): 22.5 dollars;

6. Fees for reciprocal countries are charged in accordance with the standards set by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Service hotline

For inquiries about visa application, call 0898-12367, the service hotline of the Hainan exit-entry administration.

Note: In case of any discrepancies, the Chinese version of visa policy issued by the immigration authority shall prevail.

Sources: en.nia.gov.cn, Hainan Provincial Department of Business Environment Development, Department of public security of Hainan Province