{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"PA","name":"Panama","slug":"panama"},"destination":{"code":"CN","name":"China"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"china-foreign-ordinary-passport-advance-visa-default","title":"Other foreign ordinary passports: advance visa required baseline","summary":"The Exit and Entry Administration Law requires foreigners to apply to visa authorities abroad unless a legal exception applies. The current unilateral and mutual official schedules establish the covered ordinary-passport exceptions above; this policy records the nationwide short-visitor baseline for all remaining foreign catalog passports except special PRC/HK/Macao/Taiwan cases retained as unresolved.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Apply to the Chinese visa-issuing authority abroad for the ordinary visa appropriate to the actual visitor purpose; authorities can require application information, an interview and, where required, a written invitation.","This is the nationwide ordinary-passport baseline only. It excludes residence-permit holders, 24-hour and State Council transit arrangements, regional/Hainan programmes, authorized tour groups, port visas, crew, diplomatic/official/service/public-affairs/special documents, and emergency or other narrow statutory routes.","A visa can be refused for statutory security, public-order, health, fraud, financial-guarantee, documentation and other listed grounds; entry remains subject to border inspection and individual admissibility."],"sourceIds":["china-nia-exit-entry-administration-law","china-nia-current-unilateral-visa-exemption-list","china-mfa-current-mutual-visa-exemption-agreements"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"china-nia-exit-entry-administration-law","title":"Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China","url":"https://en.nia.gov.cn/n147418/n147458/c155978/content.html","publisher":"National Immigration Administration of the People's Republic of China","jurisdiction":"Mainland China","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"china-nia-current-unilateral-visa-exemption-list","title":"List of Countries Covered by Unilateral Visa Exemption Policies","url":"https://en.nia.gov.cn/n147418/n147463/c183390/content.html","publisher":"National Immigration Administration of the People's Republic of China","jurisdiction":"Mainland China","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"china-mfa-current-mutual-visa-exemption-agreements","title":"List of Agreements on Mutual Visa Exemption Between the People's Republic of China and Foreign Countries","url":"https://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/202510/t20251023_11739051.shtml","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China","jurisdiction":"Mainland China","kind":"official-dataset","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}