What procedures are required for traveling abroad? Overseas travel requires passport, visa and air ticket booking

What procedures are required for traveling abroad? If it is your first time traveling abroad, you generally need to go through several steps, such as applying for a passport, applying for a visa, booking air tickets, etc. If you are traveling abroad with a baby, remember to apply for a passport for the baby.

What procedures are required to travel abroad?

1. Apply for a passport:

Bring your photo, ID card, and household registration booklet to the entry-exit department of the public security bureau in your place of residence to apply for a passport. It will take 10 to 15 days to get it.

Specific steps:

(1) Submit a completed Passport Application Form with a recent bareheaded, front-facing color photo of the applicant (48 x 33 mm, with a white background), and two photos of the same size.

(2) Submit a copy of the city’s household registration booklet (or original household registration certificate) and identity card, and submit the original copy for verification.

Procedures and deadlines

Note: Applicants must apply in person. Applicants under 16 or over 70 may entrust an agent to apply (the agent must submit his/her ID card). For children's passports, parents need to bring their household registration booklet and birth certificate. Ordinary passports cost RMB 200 per copy.

2. Visa application:

Once you have a passport, you can apply for a visa at the embassy of the country you plan to travel to.

Specific steps:

Visa requirements and fees vary from country to country. For some countries, you can entrust a travel agency to handle the visa.

For example, the documents required for a German visa are:

(1) 2 carefully completed application forms with a recent ID photo attached

(2) Passport (valid for at least 90 days after the visa expires) and a copy of the ID page

(3) Proof of reservation and confirmation of return flight ticket

(4) Hotel reservations, transportation and itinerary arrangements for traveling in the country

(5) Proof of the source of funds for the trip (the applicant may present a bank deposit certificate, property certificate or real estate, securities, etc.)

(6) Original and one copy of the medical insurance certificate for the period of stay

(7) Original household registration booklet (including copies of all pages and additional pages)

(8) The original certificate of the applicant’s position and leave approval issued by the work unit. The certificate must list the name, position, telephone number, address, fax number of the signatory of the unit, and must be signed and stamped with the seal of the unit.

Materials required for a South Korean tourist visa:

(1) A valid passport;

(2) Two photographs;

(3) 2 business cards;

(4) Personal information form and resume;

(5) A copy of the applicant’s company’s business license;

(6) Original bank deposit certificate of the applicant;

(7) Original and copy of the property certificate;

(8) A copy of the air ticket reservation;

(9) Personal travel itinerary;

(10) Five sheets of company letterhead paper with official seal.