Comments on: March ‘08 Changes in Visa rules for Foreigners Residing in China

By: Nikita

Nikita — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:30:57 +0000

I have 30 day, business F visa. I entered China on July 18th and flying out August 18th. This is technically 31 days, will it be a problem to overstay one day? I have already bought my hotel and olympic tickets, and really do not want to cancel everything just to leave China earlier by one day.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:11 +0000

Hi , i am in Beijing and my Visa would expire June 30th ,
Can someone please help me with an agent that can help extend my Visa ?? am ready to pay the fees , I dont wanna get Overstayed in China ,

I need a 3 Month or 6 Month Single or Multiple Entry , Please email me at
patricklexx AT yahoo DOT com

I would really appreciate your Help.

Regards
Pat

By: subha

subha — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:48:49 +0000

hi…i am in tianjin..my visa will expire in mid may but i need my business visa extension, at least 30days will be ok if i get it continuously from hong kong, i am an indian. Can anyone please suggest me any agent in hong kong who can help me to get at least 30days visa from hong kong itself as long as these restrictions on business visa are not lifted…thanks if anyone can help me out of this miserable condition

By: Lost in beijing

Lost in beijing — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:38:19 +0000

I have a question regarding the current VISA-situation and hope that someone can help me as I am getting a lot of different answers.
I am in Beijing on an F-VISA for 3 months with multiple entries..
My Visa expires half of May and I should work here as an intern untill the end of August. My work informed me that they can only get me a VISA untill 01/07, which would be a single entry one. And after that it will be very difficult to get another one.
My question is, does it help if I would leave the country now and come back again (as my VISA states entry before 30/05). Will I then be allowed again to stay 120 days from the re-entry date?
I know that this worked in the past, but does someone know if this is still the case? Because then I would be able to stay untill the august.

Thank you, if you know something about this.
I have been trying to contact agencies, embassies, entr/exit admin but no-one really knows…

By: Fei

Fei — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:52:29 +0000

I’m in HongKong now getting my visa extended… hopefully my school can get me a Z visa when i get back, but the company said they just changed the rules and ill be lucky to get 20 days for my tourist visa, they also had to forge a bunch of travel documents for me… (this is the company at the train station)

By: Dana Ann

Dana Ann — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:36:24 +0000

My F visa expires April 26 and I have a job until June 30. My employeer, a school, claims they can get me a 2-month extension. However, it is not exactly legal. I want to be able to return to China every year or so in the future. Do you this might risk it? Does overstaying a visa look bad for future visa applications to China? Any advice would help! I get contradicting advice here! I am American. Any advice…I live in Hangzhou.

By: termx

termx — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:00:03 +0000

Got my 3-month multiple entry visa this week from one of the visa service companies in HK. According to them, the china visa office there will only be giving max of 1 month visas (F/L) starting May 1 until Oct 15.

By: TofflerN

TofflerN — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:32:15 +0000

I got my passport with visa back! Everything seems to be fine. Send me an email if you want the contact info of the agent I used.

By: mjbphx

mjbphx — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:21:59 +0000

I tried emailing the visa office of the Los Angeles consulate to ask them about this situation, and despite copying and pasting the email from the website, the email bounced back as “no host by that name.”

By: Vicky

Vicky — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:10:36 +0000

Well all this just adds more fear to my already very fearful mind! My F visa runs out in June. So you think theres no chance of me getting an L 3 month visa in HK at that point? I had heard the F was to be got rid of as of July 1st, so thought of changing it to an L and those three months would see me through to the end of the Games when I had planned on leaving anyway. Anyone have any help to offer?

And so what have you done ref the guy who said he can get you an extension ? All news is welcome!

Thanks for posting this.

At the end of the day, if you do overstay, the maximum fine you pay is 5000yuan, so it may be worth it to some people!