Do not issue an invitation letter for a stranger, and do not let someone handle entry and exit procedures in your name

If you issue an invitation letter or application materials for someone else and the contents are not true, the person fined is the person who issued them. An individual is fined 5000 yuan to 10000 yuan, and any illegal gains are confiscated as well. An organization is fined 10000 yuan to 50000 yuan, and the person who handled it is fined another 5000 yuan to 10000 yuan. A favor, and what you get in return is paying this money yourself.

Cost

No money. The hard part is turning down a personal favor face to face.

Benefit

The person who issues an invitation letter is responsible for whether the contents are true. The original text says: "Where an individual issues a false invitation letter or other application materials for another person applying for exit or entry, or for stay or residence, the immigration authority shall impose a fine of not less than 5000 yuan and not more than 10000 yuan; where there are illegal gains, the illegal gains shall be confiscated." Where an organization issues false materials, the fine is not less than 10000 yuan and not more than 50000 yuan. At the same time, the person in charge who is directly responsible and the other persons directly responsible (the leader in charge and the person who handled it) are each fined not less than 5000 yuan and not more than 10000 yuan.

Notes

This is the same kind of risk as section 8, "do not carry things for strangers": the materials are issued in your name, so the consequences land on you. If a public employee or a member of the military wants an agency to arrange a foreign nationality or an overseas residence qualification in violation of the rules, the agency must not do it, and must also report it to the supervisory organ.

Sources · 1

1. 国务院 (2026). 关于出境入境管理的规定（国令第 841 号）. gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/202607/content_70771…（第三、十一条）