中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆
关于销毁逾期未取领事证件的通知
2022/03/19
2022年5月1日，我馆将对超过取证日期一年仍未被领取的已办妥领事证件（包括护照、旅行证、公证、认证、签证等）进行清理。
如申请人有取证日期为2021年5月1日前，但迄今仍未领取的领事证件，请务必于2022年4月30日前，通过电子邮件与我馆联系。如申请人未能在该日期前与我馆联系，有关证件和申请材料将被销毁。由此可能引起的一切后果将由申请人本人承担。
请注意，我馆将定期销毁已在我馆办妥，但超过一年仍未领取的领事证件，不再另行公告，敬请周知。
逾期未取件联系邮箱：
中国护照、旅行证：passportoffice.dc@gmail.com
公证、认证：authenticationoffice.dc@gmail.com
重要提示：
1、请按固定格式撰写邮件标题，格式为“逾期取件/证件类型/取证单号/申请人姓名”（如：逾期取件/中国护照/35128888/李四）。
2、请将取证单清晰照片作为邮件附件一并发送。
3、工作人员收到邮件确认后，您将收到具体取件步骤的答复邮件。
4、工作中发现Yahoo电子邮箱有时无法正常获取邮件，建议使用其他电子邮箱与我们联系。
中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆
提醒在美中国公民做好安全保护
2022/03/01
当前，国际局势日趋复杂，美社会治安状况堪忧，辱华仇华言行喧嚣，多名亚裔被恶意攻击，在美中国公民安全受到严重影响。
中国驻美国使馆高度关注中国公民在美安全，已多次通过不同渠道就安全问题做美国政府和社会各界工作。中国驻美国使馆郑重提醒在美中国公民，特别是留学生、中资机构员工、华侨等群体务必关注疫情形势，做好个人防护，避免前往人群聚集场所；务必加强安全防范，若遭遇针对性歧视和暴力请保持冷静，妥善应对，尽量避免发生口角和肢体冲突，注意收集证据，确保自身安全。如遭遇安全威胁，请立即拨打美国报警、求助电话：911（可要求中文服务）。如在校园、工作单位等场所遭遇此类情况，还应及时向校方、所在机构管理层反映，要求其出面敦促有关部门依法依规公正处理。必要时，可循法律途径维护合法权益。如涉及领事协助，可联系外交部全球领事保护与服务应急热线或相应使领馆领事保护与协助电话。
外交部全球领事保护与服务应急热线（24小时）：+86-10-12308或+86-10-59913991
中国驻美国使领馆领事保护与协助电话：
驻美国使馆：+1-202-4952216
驻纽约总领馆：+1-212-6953125
驻旧金山总领馆：+1-415-9296998
驻洛杉矶总领馆：+1-213-8078052
驻芝加哥总领馆：+1-312-7800170
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States of America
Notice on China-bound foreign passengers’application of health code
2021/09/08
1. In order to prevent infection from long-distance travel after testing, starting from December 23, 2020, passengers traveling to China must get their samples for the nucleic acid rt-PCR and S protein IgM serum antibody tests collected at the departure city and vicinity of their direct flight to China. Passengers must allow for the time to take pharyngeal or nasopharyngeal swabs, venous blood and other sampling in the departure city and vicinity of their flight and wait in place for the test results before the flight. Upon receiving the reports, passengers need to apply for health code from the Chinese Embassy or Consulate General (based on consular jurisdiction), travel before it expires and be prepared for checking by the airlines before boarding.
2. Foreign passengers can apply for health code at https://hrhk.cs.mfa.gov.cn/H5/ .
3. You can find out below the diplomatic mission responsible for issuing health codes and their corresponding direct flights between China and the U.S. (as of September 3).
(1) American Airlines:
AA 127 (Dallas→Shanghai) – Chinese Embassy
(2) Delta Air Lines:
DL 283 (Detroit→Shanghai) – Chinese Consulate General in Chicago
DL 289 (Seattle→Shanghai) – Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco
(3) United Airlines:
UA 857 (San Francisco→Shanghai) – Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco
(4) Air China:
CA 988 (Los Angeles→Beijing/Tianjin) – Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles
CA 770 (Los Angeles→Shenzhen) – Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles
(5) China Southern Airlines:
CZ 328 (Los Angeles→Guangzhou) – Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles
(6) Xiamen Airlines:
MF 830 (Los Angeles→Xiamen) – Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles.
(7) China Eastern Airlines:
MU 588 (New York→Shanghai) – Chinese Consulate General in New York.
4. Samples must be collected and tested at a laboratory institution on the list provided by the Chinese Embassy or Consulates General. See below for the latest list of laboratories accepted by the Chinese Embassy (for the Dallas flight). Please give consent to the sampling agency and testing laboratory to announce the test results and other personal information to the Embassy. The Embassy will contact the issuing agency to verify the authenticity of all the submitted reports and certificates. If any of them cannot be verified, or contain false information, or are deemed altered or forged, the health code will not be issued
(1) Ayass Bioscience
5. The documents should be uploaded for application:
(1) Nucleic acid rt-PCR and S protein IgM serum antibody tests results;
(2) Flight itinerary;
(3) Passport, Chinese visa or resident permit.
(4) If the S protein IgM serum antibody test result is positive, and you are vaccinated, you can upload supplementary documents according to the vaccine type:
– If you are vaccinated with an inactivated vaccine (Sinovac, SinoPharm), please also upload the Letter of Commitment on COVID-19 Vaccination (see below) and vaccination certificate.
– If you are vaccinated with a non-inactivated vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, CanSinoBio), please also upload the Letter of Commitment on COVID-19 Vaccination (see below), vaccination certificate, and the result of N protein IgM serum antibody test.
(5) If you have infection history / are a close contact / show suspected symptoms, please upload supplementary documents according to the requirements below.
6.If passengers are vaccinated, they need to be fully vaccinated before getting health code, i.e. 14 days after the last required shot. For example, if you take the last required shot on September 10, applications on or before September 24 will be declined.
7.Passengers with infection history:
(1) If you were diagnosed with COVID-19 or tested positive for nucleic acid or antibody (not due to vaccination), you are considered as having an infection history.
(2) You can apply for a health code if you meet the following requirements:
– Take two nucleic acid tests with a sampling interval of over 24 hours, and both tests return negative results.
– Take a lung CT or X-ray and have the imaging diagnosis report before the second nucleic acid test.
– Take a self-quarantine for at least 14 days and record your daily body temperature and health conditions after the second nucleic acid test. If you develop any symptoms such as fever, cough, diarrhea during the self-quarantine, take another nucleic acid test. If the result is negative, start a 14-day quarantine again. If the result is positive, you will need to wait until you recover and redo the whole process of Section 5.
– Take the nucleic acid rt-PCR and S protein IgM serum antibody tests (separate tests from the abovementioned ones) before boarding.
8. Close contacts/showing suspected symptoms
(1) Passengers who have had unprotected contact with confirmed, suspected or asymptomatic cases are considered as close contacts.
(2) Close contacts or passengers showing suspected symptoms are expected to self-quarantine for at least 14 days. Please monitor your health conditions and take nucleic acid tests on the 1st, 4th, and 7th day of self-quarantine. Take the nucleic acid rt-PCR and S protein IgM serum antibody tests (separate tests from the abovementioned ones) before boarding.
9. About transit
(1) The Embassy does not issue health code for passengers who fly from the U.S. to China by transiting in a third country.
(2) For passengers who transit in the U.S. and then and fly directly to China:
– No health code will be issued by the Embassy to passengers whose departure country has a direct flight to China.
– For those whose departure country has no direct flight to China, please follow the requirements of Chinese Embassy/Consulates of that country and apply for the health code before coming to the U.S. When transiting in the U.S., please follow the requirements of the Chinese Embassy/Consulates General in the U.S. and apply for the health code for the direct flight for China.
10. When should I be tested? For example, if the boarding date of your outbound flight is November 19th, the sampling date for RT-PCR and IgM antibody tests should be between November 17 and 19.
11. Do babies and toddlers need to be tested? Babies and toddlers under the age of 3 do not need to be tested or apply for a health code.
12. Am I sure to get the health code if I apply as required? Not necessarily. To ensure the health and safety of international travel and reduce the risk of cross-border transmission of COVID-19, the Embassy/Consulates General will decide based on a comprehensive review. Please plan your trip accordingly.
13. This notice, including the requirement that passengers must apply for health code 14 days after vaccination, will be implemented starting from September 14, 2021. In the event of any inconsistency between previously released information and this notice, this notice shall prevail.
Download the Letter of Commitment on COVID-19 here.
