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Hey everyone, The wife and I are planing to fly back to China for the entire month of May. We were looking at flights from JFK to Hong Kong, stay in HK for a few days before going by bus to the Mainland where we'll be spending most of the trip, then leaving from HK to come back to the States. My question is which visa to apply for? The embassy website shows, of course, the L visa, but the Q1 visa shows as an option for foreigners who have family in China who are Chinese citizens (parents-in-law included in the qualifying list). I was wondering if any of you have chosen one Q1, or am I mistaken that we qualify for that visa? Also, I'm wondering about flying into HK with our outbound date 30 days later? Will that be a problem for my wife? The reason we're flying into HK is so that we can do a few days of touring around. I know they put restrictions on Mainlanders. When I flew over for her interview, we both flew out from HK, but it was no problem because we weren't staying and had an outbound flight ticket in hand. Thanks for your help, as always! Tom and Ling
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Hi, there was an anouncement about 10 year visitor visa ( both directions). Interested??? Here is a link to a news story about the changes: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29992316 I read several articles about this change. Also went to US Guangzhou consulate site. I read somewhere the fee was $165. Danb From a BBC article: "Under the new visa rules, set to take effect on Wednesday, student visas will be valid for five years, while business and tourist visas will be valid for 10 years. The deal will not change how long a traveller will be allowed to stay in the US or China, but how long the visas are valid for entry. The US will also continue to require an in-person interview as part of the application for a visa."
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Well as some of you may know I'm helping a buddy of mine getting hooked up with my sister in law in Chongqing. My buddy just received his passport today and now we are ready to got his China visa. I have a few questions. 1) Visa invitation letter Is this still required? Per Oasischinavisa web site it states: . 2) does it need to be in Chinese or English Or does it need to be both and does it need to be from China post mark? (Sent from china) 3) Can my wife write this letter for her sister My wife can write this letter for her sister for she knows the address that we will be staying and what well will be doing while we are there. (Site seeing and so on)
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My wife (currently PRC citizen) and I (American) had our eldest child born in northern China. Immediately after birth, we rushed our son to the US Embassy in Beijing to obtain a birth certificate and US Passport. Since then, we have moved to the US, and my wife has obtained a Green Card. Today our son is 4-and-a-half years old, and we are planning his first visit China. When we went to the Chinese Consulate to apply for a tourist L Visa, the Consulate declined our visa application and asked us to apply for a Chinese Travel Document (旅行证) on the basis that my wife obtained her Green Card AFTER he was born in China. Despite being cheaper ($25 versus $140), I am reluctant to apply for a Chinese Travel Document. Instead of a visa that gets glued into a page of your US Passport, the Travel Document actually resembles a passport book. I have heard that, upon entering with a Travel Document, Chinese immigration does not stamp your US Passport showing the date of entry. I imagine this presents questions with US immigration when returning home. Most importantly I believe it's a matter of principle: If my son is American, why should he be carrying around anything issued by a foreign government during his travels? It doesn't feel right. Does anyone have experience with Chinese Travel Documents? Or with experience in applying for L Visas after September 1, 2013 for an American born in China? -
My residence permit expires on July 31st. I want to work at a great summer time job in Beijing until the middle of August. Would it be possible for me to obtain a tourist visa while I am in Beijing?
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Sorry...stupid question but on the Chinese visa application for myself it asks where the passport was issued. Would this just be USA or does it have to be specifric? Also it asks who the inviter is in China. Since my wife lives here most of the time but travels back to China for a few months each year, and has a residence there I assume it still can't be her? If so her parents? Sorry. Thanks! Marc
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I know this isn't a normal question for this forum but does anyone have a link to a V.2013 Chinese Visa form that you can save and edit? I need to get my visa renewed for an upcoming visit. THANKS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Marc
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I wanted to share my experiance of getting this Chinse tourist L visa. I just got this 24 month multiple entry visa. I got it because I have a Chinese wife. I also requested stays of 45 days in length - when I got the Visa it was stamped for visits of 60 day duration but I believe you need to request stays of longer than 30 days to get this. You can only get it through the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. You can not get it from your local Chinese consulate. You must use a visa agent because you can't mail request directly to the Chinese Embassy. The total cost was $215. $140 application fee, $55 for visa agent and $20 for return UPS. I had excellant service using Oasis China Visa as an agent (They have an office in the embassy building but there are also a couple of other agents offsite). They let me scan and email to them additional papers they wanted. They wanted 1) copy of wife's Chinese passport information page, 2) copy of wife's greencard, 3. dark legible copy of marriage papers (the light copy I sent them was not acceptable as they had problems in the past.) The process took less than 2 weeks. You could pay more to expedite but I did not need it that quick. I just thought this may help some folks. -
New China Visa Allowing Foreign Spouse to WORK?
Magnus1977 posted a topic in The Middle Kingdom - 中国
Just got finished with an interview for a teaching position in China. My wife is Shanghainese. The recruiter (American) said something about a new VISA in China that allows Chinese citizen's spouse and children to get a visa to go to China AND WORK! Is this true? Have you heard this before? To go to China and live with my children and my wife, we could get a new visa that allows me to work and isn't dependent on me having a job...? Nice. not sure if it's true though... Please inform. -
How to write my boyfriend a letter of invitation? Can he not book a hotel when he come here? Because he wants to stay at my home.
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Ok, Yuan now decides that yes it would be a good idea to go back to the states since she has been away for 8 months now and I have been away for 5 months. Actually she wants to look at some houses that we have seen online and go to the bank to get pre approved for a home loan. But hey if it gets me a no argument trip back to the states I am all for it. I can the water/electric bill put in her name to help with ROC and get her a credit card in her name while we are back in the states. We would of done the bills in her name sooner but her GC arrived the day before we left to move her overseas. I know we have to shlep to her home town for the DA*M STUPID BLEEPing BLEEP cannot process anything except in home town BLEEP BEEPITY BLEEP HOKU crap to get the baby her exit visa. Sorry, about all the bleeps, but getting to her home town in a pain in the arse 25 hours by direct train, or airplane then train. Of course my wife says the plane is to expensive and we should take the cheaper train. Maybe I can talk her into flying to GUZ to visit her brother then take the 4 hour train to her town. My question is this. We plan on staying 2 weeks then heading back to finish my work contract. Once Emily arrives in the US with her passport stamped with the exit from China and the entrance to the US . We can then send for her Chinese visa to return with us correct? Yuan's travel permit will still be valid so that will help us by not filing for the SB-1 Visa. Once we return to china we will be moving back to the states within 5 months so we should not have any hassles in returning at the POE. -
I hope to get an endless residence permit that allows me to stay and work in China when my contract ends at my current work. I already have with my Z visa and residence permit at my current job. I got married in December and I'm living and working in China. I would like my residence permit to not depend on my current job and allow me to change jobs without affecting my working residence permit. Any input?
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Hey everyone...I have a couple questions for you all again! My wife (green card holder) and 2 kids and I are thinking of heading back to China this year. She'll go first most likely with the kids (she's brave) and I will follow when school is out. I have a couple questions though: 1. My wife's Chinese passport has expired. Is that as simple as going to the Chinese embassy in NYC (we're in Western Mass) to apply for another one? Anybody been there done that? 2. How long does it take to get US passports and Chinese VISAs for 2 kids? Are we talking forever or a week or what? 3. My wife is a US green card holder. She won't have any problems leaving, arriving in China, leaving China and coming back to the USA right? Or is there something we need to know before all of this? 4. In all of your wisdom, should we secure the passports and visas first and then get plane tickets?? Thanks again for your help!
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http://houston.china-consulate.org/eng/vp/zgqz/t674824.htm
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I'm not sure where to post this question. Please move it to the right forum. We are planning a trip back to China. I was told by someone that since my wife is a Chinese citizen still. Our son and I are able to get longer duration visas with multiple entries. Does anyone know the specifics of it? I was also told we need invitation letters to, has anyone gotten a visa as a spouse of Chinese national recently? What should the invitation letter from my wife state? Can she write the letter for me and our son standing just 10 feet away? Thanks -
Hi everyone, This is my first post. I'm hoping that I can get a little clarity on my situation, since I've been pulling my hair out over it for the past month or so. I have been in China since the summer of 2005. My wife and I met in 2007 when I was living and working in Changsha (her hometown & hukou). We've been living together ever since and registered for marriage in July 2011. We had our official wedding ceremonies earlier this year (Yay!). We recently decided that we would like to move to the US to figure out if we should settle down there or in China (my wife, a Chinese national, has never lived in the US before). I'm currently working on the I-130 petition in Changsha, where we just moved so that we can be closer to her family during the visa process. While living here, I've lived in a lot of different cities/provinces/consular districts and have had a number of jobs, all of which have been legal and under a Z-visa+residence permits, until now. See below: 2005-2008: Changsha, Hunan (Z-visa, Residence Permit)2008-2011: Shanghai (Z-Visa, Residence Permit)2011-2012.07: Beijing (Z-Visa, Residence Permit - through my company in Shanghai)2012.07 - present: 6-month, multiple entry spouse visa (categorized as "L", issued by Changsha PSB: I was told that this visa is a prerequisite for the spouse residence permit, because I have never applied for this type of residence permit before)My question is: can I still file DCF? I have been living in Hunan now for less than a month, but I lived here for 3 years from 2005-2008. Does this help me qualify for the 6 month requirement for residency in the consular district of Guangzhou?How much do they look at work/non-work related visas, residence permits? If they don't accept my spouse visa, should I consider getting a job here in Changsha for the z-visa just so that I can file DCF?Also, neither the USCIS websites for Guangzhou nor Beijing claim Hunan province (or Chongqing). Do I file through Guangzhou? I've read from other posts that GZ has jurisdiction over Hunan, but I just want to make sure.I admittedly made the mistake of starting this paperwork late in the game. I should have started working on this while I still had a valid residence permit & Z visa. Unfortunately, here I am and I need some help. Any advice is very much appreciated! -
The wife and i will be headed to Chongqing in the first part of May,(This year) It has been four years since i filled out the Q1 form and i was wondering if anyone could help with a few questions. I will be using OasisChinavisa. First question: On the Q1 Section 2: Travel information. Do i just do tourist? or do i do tourist and visit family? ( Seeing we will be visiting family) BTW: This will be my 4th visit to Chonqing Second question: Q1 Section 2: box 2.5 Do i need to fill this in? and same goes for section 2.9 And last question. The supplement form section D I'm not sure if i understand the question here. Do have to fill this out and if so how? Thanks for any help. Mike -
Not sure if this is in the right forum...but here goes....... I am graduating from college this Summer and will to go to China to be with my wife until USCIS makes a decision for our petition. I hope to get a job teaching English while there. Does anyone know if I would be able to go there on an L visa as a visitor and find a job and change to a Z visa? I have searched all over the internet trying to find an answer and I have found conflicting answers. Some say it is not possible at all to change from L to Z, and other sources have said that it is possible to do so but that I would have to go to Hong Kong while the Z visa is processing. I realize that it would just be easier to get a job lined up and get the Z visa before I go, but it is possible I may have to leave China briefly and then return. I saw on the Chinese Consulate website that it is possible to get a multiple or double entry L visa, but a Z visa is only a single entry. So, I was hoping I could go there on a double entry L visa initally in case I have to return home briefly, and then after returning to China on the L visa getting a job and getting a Z visa. I am hoping there are some members here who have been teaching or have taught English in China and maybe have gone through this situation. Can anyone please help me?! I don't know what to do.
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Question, How many members with L Visa in China , were allowed to file DCF after 6 months. Without Residence Card. Please talk about your experiences with your L Visa. Thanks.
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When I went to the website, it showed that the new times this year are to be: 9:30 - 12:30 and 1:30 to 2:30 PM. Took forever to get my Dad to get a passport photo, so it delayed my launch, but with the new posted times, I felt good. Old times are still in effect: 9:30 - 11:30 and 1:30 to 2:30 PM. Last April, I was there at daybreak. So it did not matter. Today there at 12:15 AM. Locked door Came back at 1:15 PM, nice line. I feel for the people that work behind the glass. An older man did not complete his form correctly. Then insisted/demanded for the lady to stop taking over applications and make him copies of his. She finally had to tell him - NO. There is even a copy machine present when you enter.... Guy in front of me did not bother to completely fill out form. Did not think that including his address and phone number was important. Although clearly on the form..... All I could think is that they should try to fill out a K-1 application, if they cannot manage the simple visa app.... Anyway, I had 3 forms for her to look at. Done in about 2 minutes. Then asked me if I wanted same day or express processing. I explained that I lived a few hours away and that I unfortunately missed same day and could not be back to pick up tomorrow..... So it looks like the Swine flu slow down in processing has been lifted. Also had my first pho at Thien An at Travis and Tuam. Sorry, Bill. I saw Cali Deli, but my friend Howard said let's grab this one, since we passed CD (easy to miss)...nice local and rather young crowd. -
Has anybody done a HK visa run lately? I entered the mainland on a 60 day L visa and I'm having trouble extending it. I'm in Shenzhen and have registered my temporary residence here but the Shenzhen PSB refuses to process L visa extensions for American citizens. The SZ website, of course, claims that they process L extensions for foreigners but two worthless suits at the actual bureau said that it's SZ policy not to do it and told me to get lost. Beijing may be an option but it would involve flying there, establishing residence in Beijing, processing the extension, then flying back to Shenzhen and establishing residence here again. So I'm considering just taking a bus or train to HK and getting a new L visa there. I want to know, in these post-Olympic times, if things have settled down and if my trip will be successful or not. The posted policy is that I have to get a new L visa in my country of residence but I have read that the HK embassy does not enforce this policy. Back in LA, I could pay a rush fee and get my visa in one day. Is this possible in HK? Would I be able to apply for a new visa on the same day that I depart mainland China? I only want to extend my stay for about 30 days. And, BTW, we got NOA2 about a week ago! Thanks, Rick
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Well it looks like end of April or some time in May will be our interview date if the time track remains consistent. My L Visa to China will Expire in May, it was good only for 1 year multiple entry. I do not want this to some how become an issue later when and if I fly to China for the interview with Ting Ting. Is it possible to apply for a new L visa before my present one expires?
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Hi, I know this question has been asked before, but I want to make sure again. I have a 1 year multiple entry visa to China expiring this October. I will be flying to Beijing in 1 1/2 week. I want to know what do I need to show the Chinese Custom this time to get admitted? Does my Hubby need to write an invitation letter and show proof of his Chinese residency? The reason I ask is becasue my Hubby just sold his apartment (in case he gets is K3 vsia this fall) and currently just living with friends now. Or, should I just fake it and say I am touring Beijing alone and staying at a hotel? Does anyone know how much more intense it is now to go into China as it gets closer to Olympic Games? Anyone will be or just traveled to China have experience to share? Thanks!
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hey, everyone, i am new here. i have a question. well,first, i need to say something about my case. both my bf and i are students now. and he will graduate this may. i will graduate in 2009. we planed to apply work visa(f) for him first. someone can help us. but they need his degree. but we just know that he cant get his degree till 8 - 12 weeks after he finishes his classes. that is long. last time he came here was June, 2007. we wait so long time. cant suffer more. so, i wanna ask whether he can hold travel visa here,and then we will be married. after marriage whether we can change L visa for him in china if we bring our marriage certificate? and whether we can apply domestic cr1 with this L visa if he can stay here more than one year? please help us. thx.
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Hello, I did our I-129F and we are NOA1 as of November 16. I am returning for a second visit with my SO in late July, but we are hoping to be close to interview then since CSC and GUZ both appear to have sped up recently. Has anybody gotten a multiple entry "L" China visa? I want to be able to return at the interview or for an emergency overcome without another visa application. I am able to submit at Los Angeles in person and the process was very smooth last time (October visit). Can a fiancee issue an invitation letter for a multiple entry "L" visa? -James
