Business category

Others

Implementing entity

Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government

Nature of implementing entity

Authority

Code of implementing entity

11310000002420826C

Co-handling body

No

Commissioned by

Service subjects

Natural persons

Approval subjects

Overseas Chinese who apply for permanent residence in Shanghai

Service scope

Across the municipality

Exercising level

Municipal level

Source of power

Legal exercise at this level

Handling mode

Handling at the window, online handling

Is reservation available?

No

Is online payment available?

No

Is courier service available?

Yes

Is self-service terminal service available?

No

Is single sign-on via mobile terminal available?

Is single sign-on via PC terminal available?

Yes

Intermediary service

No

Depth of online handling

Online result feedback

Quantity limit

No quantity limit

Operating system

Municipal level

Required number of arrivals at the site

1

On-site explanation required

Handling period specified by law

25 (working days)

Committed time limit for closing

15 (working days)

Business status

In use

Business version

12

Whether it is available at the online administrative service center

No

Applicable scope

1. Overseas Chinese who used to be permanent residents of Shanghai before canceling their household registration and moving abroad; 2. Overseas Chinese who were born abroad and whose spouse or parent is a permanent resident of Shanghai.

Approval criteria

1. The applicant needs to live in China for at least 2 consecutive months from his or her latest entry date to the date before the application, or for at least 4 months in total within the year before the application; 2. The applicant needs to have stable life support and a legal place of residence in Shanghai, including (1) the applicant has a house in Shanghai; (2) the applicant's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling has a house in Shanghai or is a permanent resident of Shanghai, and the owner of the applicant's planned place of residence needs to give consent to the household registration inclusion of the applicant (the applicant can have multiple choices of residence, the application shall apply to his or her actual place of residence); 3. The application meets the household registration requirements of Shanghai upon the review by the household registration department under the police station whose jurisdiction covers the applicant's planned place of residence.

Content of review and approval

1. The applicant needs to live in China for at least 2 consecutive months from his or her latest entry date to the date before the application, or for at least 4 months in total within the year before the application; 2. The applicant needs to have stable life support and a legal place of residence in Shanghai; 3. The application meets the household registration requirements of Shanghai upon the review by the household registration management department under the police station whose jurisdiction covers the applicant's planned place of residence.

Division of authority

Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government is responsible for the approval and management of the return of overseas Chinese to Shanghai for permanent residence, and Shanghai Overseas Chinese Affairs Center is responsible for the acceptance of such applications and the issuance of permanent residence cards.
The household registration management department of Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau assists in managing the household registration, and the police station whose jurisdiction covers the applicant's planned place of residence is responsible for reviewing whether the applicant meets the household registration requirements and handling the household registration formalities for those who have passed the review.

Service item No.

11310000002420826C231010135600001

Application Form for the Return of Overseas Chinese to Shanghai for Permanent Residence (including the Statement on Voluntary Renunciation of Foreign Permanent Residence)

Other application materials need to be filled in and submitted through the window by the applicant himself or herself once being verified

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Download the form

Valid Chinese passport and the Chinese passport that the applicant held when he or she returned to China (or other entry certificates)

Verified and issued by the governmental organ

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Certificate of legal foreign permanent residence and the proofs of the actual period of time when the applicant lived abroad

Prepared by the applicant

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Certificate of a former permanent resident of Shanghai

Verified and issued by the governmental organ

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Certificate of the relationship with the owner of the applicant’s planned place of residence or the kinship with the permanent resident of Shanghai

1. Certificate of kinship issued by the public security authority; 2. Domestic marriage certificate, birth certificate, and kinship certificate issued by the domestic notary organ

Copy

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Property ownership certificate of the applicant's planned place of residence

Property ownership certificate of the planned place of residence or the public housing rental certificate or the rural homestead use certificate

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Letter of consent for including the applicant in household registration

Letter of consent from the owner of the planned place of residence or the public housing landlord or the owner of the right to use the rural homestead

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Valid identification certificate of the property owner

Valid identification certificate of the owner of the planned place of residence or the public housing landlord or the owner of the right to use the rural homestead

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Application Form for the Return of Overseas Chinese to Shanghai for Permanent Residence (including the Statement on Voluntary Renunciation of Foreign Permanent Residence)

Other application materials need to be filled in and submitted through the window by the applicant himself or herself once being verified

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Download the form

Valid Chinese passport and the Chinese passport that the applicant held when he or she returned to China (or other entry certificates)

Verified and issued by the governmental organ

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Certificate of legal foreign permanent residence and the proofs of the actual period of time when the applicant lived abroad

Prepared by the applicant

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Foreign birth certificate of the applicant and the certificate of the applicant's dependence on his or her spouse or parent who is a permanent resident of Shanghai

Prepared by the applicant

Original and copy

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Certificate of the relationship with the owner of the applicant’s planned place of residence or the kinship with the permanent resident of Shanghai

1. Certificate of kinship issued by the public security authority; 2. Domestic marriage certificate, birth certificate, and kinship certificate issued by the domestic notary organ

Copy

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Property ownership certificate of the applicant's planned place of residence

Property ownership certificate of the planned place of residence or the public housing rental certificate or the rural homestead use certificate

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Letter of consent for including the applicant in household registration

Letter of consent from the owner of the planned place of residence or the public housing landlord or the owner of the right to use the rural homestead

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory

Valid identification certificate of the property owner

Valid identification certificate of the owner of the planned place of residence or the public housing landlord or the owner of the right to use the rural homestead

Original

1

Hardcopy

Mandatory