Can a passport be valid for at least half a year before leaving the country?

First of all, passports are not valid for more than half a year before you can leave the country, even if you are valid on the last day, the border control will let you leave the country.

However, if your passport is valid for less than 6 months, there is a high chance that the other country will refuse you access and deport you. Similarly, some airlines will deny you boarding. The so-called 6 months is an international practice, and the standards may vary in different countries, so please confirm the specific situation before entering and exiting.

Finally, to add, leaving the country and going abroad are different!Exit is limited to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, settlement, family visits, tourism, business, study, employment, etc.

Going abroad means applying to go to another country, which means that you leave the country of your nationality and go to another country. Therefore, please distinguish clearly to avoid inconvenience.

The details are as follows: Passports with a validity period of less than half a year cannot leave the country. Generally, the passport held by the inbound guest must be valid for more than half a year.

1. The passport validity period is less than 6 months: the old passport is less than 6 months before the expiration of the passport.

2. The validity period of the new passport is more than 9 years, and the visas of all countries basically require the passport to be valid for more than 6 months before signing.

This means that you must keep it for at least 6 months from the date you return home at the end of your trip to the expiration date indicated on your passport.

The embassy asked for a three-month visa, and the closest one I signed once was only one month left. This is mainly when you leave the country, and the customs will prohibit you from leaving the country if you see your passport for less than half a year, and this happens. It doesn't have much to do with visas.

Legal analysis: China's border inspection authorities have no special requirements for the validity period of passports, as long as the passenger's passport is within the validity period, it can be used normally. However, some countries do not grant visas if the passport is valid for less than 6 months, and the passport holder must apply for a new passport at the exit and entry administration bureau of the county-level public security bureau where the household registration is located.

Legal basis: Administrative Measures for the Issuance of Ordinary Passports and Entry-Exit Permits of China Article 10 Under any of the following circumstances, the holder of an ordinary passport may apply to the exit-entry administration of the local people's ** public security organ at or above the county level where his household registration is located for the renewal of an ordinary passport: (1) the visa page is about to be used up;(2) The validity period is less than 6 months, or the validity period is more than 6 months but there are materials to prove that the validity period does not meet the requirements of the country to which it is traveled;(3) Other circumstances recognized by the exit-entry administration of the Ministry of Public Security.

Whether a foreign passport valid for less than half a year is not allowed to enter China, because to enter China, you need to submit your passport or other international travel documents, visas or other entry permits to the exit/entry border inspection authorities for verification, and you are not allowed to enter the country without a valid exit/entry document, and you need to submit a passport valid for more than 6 months to apply for a visa.

Basic application materials to be submitted to apply for a Chinese visa:

1) Passport: The original passport valid for more than 6 months with a blank visa page and 1 copy of the passport** data page.

2) Visa application form and**: 1 copy of the Visa Application Form of the People's Republic of China and 1 recent, frontal, color (light background), bareheaded, passport** pasted on the application form.

3) Proof of legal stay or residence (applicable to those who apply for a visa outside the country of nationality): If you do not apply for a visa in your country of nationality, you need to provide a valid certificate of legal stay, residence, work or study in your country or the original and photocopy of a valid visa.

4) Original Chinese passport or original Chinese visa (applicable to those who once had Chinese nationality and later became a foreign national): If you are applying for a Chinese visa for the first time, you must provide the original Chinese passport and a copy of the passport** information page; If you have been granted a Chinese visa and apply for a visa with a new foreign passport, you must provide the data page of your original foreign passport** and a copy of the Chinese visa you have obtained (if the name on the new passport is inconsistent with the original passport, you must also provide the official certificate of name change).

With reference to Article 15 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Exit and Entry, foreigners entering the country shall apply to the visa authorities stationed abroad for visas, unless otherwise provided for in this Law.

With reference to Article 24 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Exit and Entry, a foreigner entering the country shall submit his passport or other international travel documents, visas or other entry permits to the exit/entry border inspection authorities for examination, complete the prescribed formalities, and be allowed to enter the country only after inspection.

No. According to the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Exit and Entry of Citizens:

Passports need to be valid for at least 6 passports to enter any country. Chinese citizens exiting or entering China shall apply for passports or other travel documents in accordance with the law.

Chinese citizens traveling to other countries or regions also need to obtain a visa or other entry permit certificate from the country to which they are traveling. However, unless China has signed a mutual visa exemption agreement with other countries, or the Ministry of Security of the Public Inspection Corps has otherwise stipulated.

Chinese citizens travelling between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region, and Chinese citizens travelling between the Mainland and the Taiwan Region, shall apply for a permit in accordance with the law and abide by the relevant provisions of this Law. The specific management measures shall be stipulated by ***.

Chinese citizens exiting or entering the country shall submit their passports or other travel documents and other exit/entry documents to the exit/entry border inspection authorities for examination, complete the prescribed formalities, and be allowed to exit or enter the country only after inspection.