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What are the procedures for traveling abroad
1. Passport application: take photos, ID card and household register to the exit and entry institution of the public security bureau where the household registration is located to apply for passports. 10-15 days.
Specific steps:
(1) Submit the passport application form filled in completely and pasted with the applicant's recent color photos (48x33mm, white background), and submit 2 photos of the same specification.
(2) Submit the copy of the city's household register (or original household registration certificate) and ID card, and submit the original for examination.
Procedures and time limit
Note: the applicant must handle it in person. Applicants under the age of 16 or over 70 may entrust an agent (the agent must submit an ID card). Children's passports need to be handled by their parents with household register and birth certificate. 200 yuan / ordinary passport.
2. Visa application: if you have a passport, you can go to the embassy to apply for a visa.
Specific steps:
Different countries have different visa requirements and different fees. Some countries can entrust travel agencies to handle it.
For example, materials required for German Visa:
(1) 2 carefully filled in application forms with recent photos
(2) Passport (valid for no less than 90 days after expiry of visa) and a copy of identity page
(3) Reservation and confirmation certificate of return ticket
(4) Hotel reservations, transportation and scheduling for travel in the country
(5) Proof of source of funds for this trip (I can show bank deposit certificate, property certificate or real estate, securities, etc.)
(6) Original and one copy of medical insurance certificate during stay
(7) Original account book (including copies of all pages and additional pages)
(8) The original of the job title and leave permit certificate of the applicant issued by the work unit. The certificate shall list the name, position, telephone number, address, fax number, signature and seal of the company.
Precautions for traveling abroad
There are many precautions for traveling abroad, especially for parents and children traveling abroad with their babies and children, we must pay attention to the problems that may occur during the journey. Here's a summary of the precautions for traveling abroad.
1. Travel abroad should be registered at least 20 days in advance.
If you are going abroad for the first time, you should register at least 20 days in advance if you do not have a passport. Because it takes at least 15 days to go through passport visa formalities; if you have a passport, you should also sign up as early as possible to ensure a seat.
2. For overseas tour groups, it is necessary to know what consumption items are included and what are not included in the group funds.
(1) General tour group quotation includes: round-trip international air tickets, overseas food, accommodation, travel, visas, star hotel accommodation, guide and team leader services, travel agency liability insurance, special gifts (subject to the contract agreement);
(2) It does not include: Passport cost or urgent cost, airport construction tax, tips for overseas tour guide drivers, extra paid items voluntarily selected for participation, extra costs caused by irresistible human factors such as TV, telephone, laundry, personal shopping, natural disasters, traffic delays, etc.
3. Calculation of children's air ticket price (individual)
If you travel abroad with your baby, you need to know the price of children's air tickets.
Outbound: children over 2 years old and under 12 years old pay 75% of the sales price of adult tickets, accounting for seats. Infants under 2 years of age are charged at 10% of the adult face value and do not occupy a single seat.
4. Luggage for entry and exit and boarding
If you bring your own camera or camera with zoom lens or notebook computer abroad, you need to declare clearly to the customs when you leave the country, so as to avoid the trouble of taxation when you enter the country. When flying, the weight of free checked baggage shall not exceed 20 kg, and the total length, width and height shall not exceed 269 cm; the total length, width and height of carry on baggage shall not exceed 115 cm, otherwise it shall be checked.
5. Currency exchange
China's customs stipulates that each person can carry 2000 US dollars or 6000 yuan out of the country. Generally, RMB can be exchanged in Southeast Asia. There are more places for us dollar exchange. Banks, airports, hotels and exchange shops can be freely exchanged. Some tour guides (such as Thailand) can also provide exchange services, but please consider the exchange rate at your own discretion.
6. Identify free and Charged items
Identify charges and free items: generally, drinks, beers and small food in the refrigerator of the hotel room need to be paid by individuals. The price can refer to the price list in the room; however, some hotels will provide one or two bottles of mineral water for the guests free of charge every day, which is generally marked with obvious words (free in English). Some hotels are equipped with pay TV programs. You must consult your guide before you check in.
Tip: for overseas travel, most of them should follow the international practice of the tourism service industry - receiving tips. In foreign countries, tips are the main source of income for hotel attendants, tour guides and drivers. At the end of the tour, some tour groups will receive tips from their tour guides and drivers on their tour buses and give them to them in public. The standard of tips is about 20 yuan per person per day.
7. Wearing clothes
If you go to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries in Southeast Asia, it's almost summer all the year round. In principle, you only need to wear summer clothes to cope with it. However, the air conditioning in the air-conditioned room or tourist car is very cold. It's better to have a long sleeve jacket for standby, and it can prevent mosquito bites. Southeast Asia is in the rainy season in October, so rain gear should also be necessary.
If you take your baby with you, you should prepare warm clothes such as blanket coat for your baby.