You can apply for Certificate for Resident Permit Application from International Students' Office.Then go to Nanjing Exit-and-Entry Administration Division of Public Security Bureau to apply for a residence permit.

Address : 173 Bai Xia Road. Near Changfujie Station of Metro Line 3.

If you are in Jiulonghu campus, you can go to Exit-Entry Reception Hall of Jiangning Sub-bureau of Nanjing Police Station for residence permit application.

Address : No.2 Yangjiawei Road, Jiangning District.

Please take along all the following documents:

(1) Passport

(2) Copy of the personal information page of your passport, and copy of the latest visa page with the stamp of admission at the frontier.

(3) One ID photo, with white background ( two inches in size, taken recently, show full face and front view, taken in normal attire, do not wear a hat that obscures the hair or hairline)

(4) The report of physical exam from Jiangsu International Travel Healthcare Center

(5) JW201/202(you got via email when being admitted)

(6) Certificate for Resident Permit Application from International Students' Office (get it after you pass the physical exam, clear all the fees and buy the insurance)

(7) Registration Form of Temporary Residence (get it from dorm manager. If you live outside, get it from local police station or doing it online by searching “微临住”in WeChat)

(8) Fee：Less than 1 year：400RMB；1-3years：800RMB；3-5years：1000RMB

Note: You must finish the above procedures within 30 days upon your arrival in China.

After completing visa (residence permit) extension and obtaining a new visa from Exit-and-Entry Administration Division, students must take a photo of the visa page and send it to the visa teacher's email address daiyanyan@seu.edu.cn for registration and verification.

Remember to check the valid period of your Residence Permit and you should come to International Students' Office and Exit-and-Entry Administration Division to extend in time before date of expiry. If the expiry time is in holidays, you should come before holidays. Remember to check the valid period of your passport. Make sure to finish renewing your passport if it expires before your residence permit expires.

Generally it costs 20 working days for you to get your visa from Exit-and-Entry Administration Division. Please extend your visa in advance if it is urgent.

All student visas (residence permits) can be extended for a maximum of one year each time. Self-funded students should pay the tuition fees (strongly recommended to pay online) for the new academic year before the end of July every year and purchase the insurance , then you can get 1-year visa. If you fail to do as required, you will fail in semester registration, which also cause failure in visa extension.