X-Global will help you apply for the JW202 Form after the payment of your deposit is confirmed. It normally takes 3-4 weeks to have it delivered to your home; however, this year a longer time might be needed as Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education is processing a large number of applications during the summer.
An Admission Notice will also be sent to you, and once you receive both of these, you should start the X1/2 visa application process on the websites of the Chinese visa application centre or the Chinese Embassy/Consulate, including finishing the application form, making an appointment, checking what documents to submit, and so on.
The website of the Chinese visa application centre is: https://www.visaforchina.cn/globle/.
You must use the link: https://survey.xjtlu.edu.cn/vj/thaGx.aspx to book accommodation if you want to live in the apartments arranged by the university. All students are guaranteed accommodation, however, there is low availability of Scholar’s Garden Apartments, MBA Apartments, and Parfait Hotel and Apartments. X-Global will follow the “first come, first served” rule to allocate the accommodation.
For more information about these options, please visit our website:
/en/admissions/global/accommodation.
You are required to pay the following fees when checking in, so please prepare accordingly.
The Student ID card is your identification document that you must use on campus for entry to the library, to borrow books, attend examinations, use the sports centre, make photocopies, and so on.
You must use the link below and follow the instructions to provide X-Global with your photo.
https://survey.xjtlu.edu.cn/vj/r1EkH.aspx
Please note you will not be able to collect your student ID card at the beginning of the semester if you failed to submit your photo or you missed the deadline. You might have to wait for at least one month.
If you are master’s degree or PhD student, please follow the Graduate School’s requirements to provide them with a photo to make your ID.
X-Global will send a member of staff and student volunteers to greet and collect students from Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai Pudong and Shuofang (Wuxi) Airports between 28th and 31st August. The buses will depart at 12:30 and 19:00.
| Date | Departure time | Airport |
| August 28 | 12:30
19:00 |
Hongqiao Airport – Shanghai Pudong Airport – Shanghai
Shuofang Airport – Wuxi |
| August 29 | 12:30
19:00 |
Hongqiao Airport – Shanghai Pudong Airport – Shanghai
Shuofang Airport – Wuxi |
| August 30 | 12:30
19:00 |
Hongqiao Airport – Shanghai Pudong Airport – Shanghai
Shuofang Airport – Wuxi |
| August 31 | 12:30
19:00 |
Hongqiao Airport – Shanghai Pudong Airport – Shanghai
Shuofang Airport – Wuxi |
Meeting points in the airports:
Students who arrive in Terminal 1, Pudong Airport, need to get to Terminal 2 with the assistance of student volunteers.
If you miss the bus, you can spend one night at the airport hotel or arrange transport to Suzhou yourself. The addresses of the accommodations are as follows:
Location: No.8 Xuetang Street, Dushu Lake higher education town, SIP Suzhou.
Telephone: +86 (0)512 65930558 / +86 18020285607
Location: Wencui Plaza, No. 8 Xuetang Street, Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District, Suzhou Industrial Park 苏州工业园区独墅湖科教创新区雪堂街8号（文萃广场锦江之星东）
Telephone: +86 (0)512 62867288
Location: No. 621 Linquan Street, Wenxing Plaza, Dushu Lake higher education town, SIP Suzhou. 江苏省苏州市苏州工业园区工业园区独墅湖高等教育区林泉街621号(文星广场)
Telephone: +86 (0)512 62656588
TYPE 3: STUDIO APARTMENT
Location: No. 608 Linquan Street, Dushu Lake Science, and Education Innovation District, Suzhou Industrial Park 苏州工业园区独墅湖科教创新区林泉街608号
Telephone: +86 (0)512 69562866
Location: No.111 Qingcao Xiang, Taicang Dadao, Taicang Suzhou, Jiangsu
Telephone: +86 (0)512 53995190
Use this link, https://survey.xjtlu.edu.cn/vj/YeVLn.aspx, to book airport pick-up service and provide us with all the details we need, flight number, arrival date, time and terminal, number of suitcases, and so on.
We cannot guarantee there are seats for students who fail to book an airport pick-up.
You must arrange your own transportation to Suzhou and the accommodation, if you do not arrive between 28th and 31st August 2023.
You must go to Yong’an Qiao Police Station or the Expatriate Service Centre to register your residential accommodation address on the second day following your arrival. After the registration, you will receive an Accommodation Registration Form. X-Global will send volunteers to take you to the police station or the Expatriate Service Centre.
You need to make a copy of the Accommodation Registration Form and only submit the copy to the reception. Students whose study duration is over 6 months must submit another copy to the Exit and Entry Bureau when applying for a Residence Permit.
If you miss the tour that the volunteers give, you can use following addresses to find the police station or the Expatriate Service Centre.
Address in English: Room 101, Building 4, Phase 2, Hanlin Neighbourhood Centre, 598 Linquan Street, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP)
Address in Chinese: 苏州工业园区林泉街598号翰林邻里中心二期4幢101室
Address in English: 1st Floor, Block B, Huihu Building, Dushu Lake science and Education Innovation District
Address in English: 苏州工业园区独墅湖高教区月亮湾路10号慧湖大厦B栋1楼
Address in English: 69 Zhongshi West Road, Ludu Community, Taicang City
Address in Chinese: 太仓市陆渡街道中市西路69号
If you arrive in the airport pick up window, health checks are organized by X-Global, including pick-ups from student accommodation, free transport between the accommodation and healthcare centre, and onsite support. Students who want to use this service should follow the following steps:
Notes: you must complete all the tests before departure otherwise you must go back to the healthcare centre to complete the missed test(s). The university will not arrange transport if all the collective health checks are finished or there are no extra seats in the bus, even if we are still running the collective health check service.
Your X1 visa is only valid for 30 days after you arrive in China, so you have to apply for a Residence Permit (RP) before your X1 visa expires.
X-Global will run an information session to help you complete the application forms and will help you to submit you application documents at the EEB. The process is as follows:
RP application information session, CB-117W (The Central Building on SIP North Campus), 2:00pm-4:00pm, 1st September 2023.
X-Global will instruct you how to complete the Residence Permit Statement Letter and Residence Permit Application Form.
You will need to prepare the following documents:
Health report issued by the Healthcare Center after the health check or report verification
Volunteers will be placed outside X-Global’s office (CB-116E) to help students who don’t have student ID cards to use printers on campus. This service is available from August 29th to September 1st.
X-Global staff will help you check you RP application documents to make sure there are no mistakes before submitting them to the Exit and Entry Bureau (EEB). After this is finished, a ticket will be provided to tell you when and where you should submit your documents.
X-Global will organize transport to the EEB for you to submit your application documents. Onsite support will be provided in case of any problems.
The induction week will begin on September 4th. Attendance at the welcome week induction is mandatory. The detailed programme will be sent to you in due course.
Master’s degree and PhD students only need to attend part of the induction programme organized by X-Global, but should attend the whole programme delivered by Graduate School. We will indicate X-Global elements you must attend in the induction programme schedule.
The university will buy basic medical insurance for all international, HK, Macao and Taiwan students regardless of their programme and study duration. X-Global will retrieve the data from e-Bridge to buy the insurance, and students must make sure following information is accurate in the system:
Students are also advised to purchase the social insurance which then provides additional state subsidized health care for a modest charge. The university will start to upload students’ information into the SIP Provident Fund’s system in November 2023, and students can start to pay in January 2024. The fee is 190RMB/person. The insurance policy and instructions on how to buy the insurance will be sent to you when the system is open for insurance payments.
All undergraduate students have to submit their admission documents to the Admissions Team for verification purposes in the meeting room of CB108E. Students have to register when they submit their passports for health check registration and collect their student ID cards.
Master’s degree and PhD students need to follow the arrangements of the Graduate School in order to register.
An informative and detailed guide has been produced for new international students. You are strongly advised to read the guide carefully in order to know what you need to do before departure and after your arrival. For example, vaccinations, registration, travel advice, and so on. A hard-copy guide will be sent to you alongside your admissions documents and will also be available online at /wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-welcome-guide.pdf. New for this year will be a Taicang Campus guide for new Taicang Year two students. This will not be sent by mail but a link will be sent to you in due course.
