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I would like to extend my business visa to 90 days, is this possible?
7 years 18 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - Beijing
If the business visa in your passport says 60 days then you can't do it.
philbravery:
could he do the Hong Kong run instead of going back to his home country?
ironman510:
@Phil, no he'd need HK ID and no prior buz visa which he already has. So no choice, depending on where he/she or it is from and depending how long he/she or it wants to stay in China would need to mail the passport home for a new visa by using Tina and adding her wechat: tinachinavisa
Hotwater:
If the OP has a multi entry business visa and the right passport then a visa run to HK to start the entry clock again is okay.
Shining_brow:
I tried the HK visa run for a business visa... the woman at the counter barely looked at the form. Just said - "No HK ID/residency - no business visa"... end of story! Didn't even put in the forms for assessment.
Granted, this was around G20 time...
However, back home, no issue at all... 1-year, 90 days.
Hotwater:
That's not what I mean Shining. If the OP has a multi entry 60-day visa then they can just hop over into HK and back the same day. Getting a new visa in HK is another matter.....
If the business visa in your passport says 60 days then you can't do it.
philbravery:
could he do the Hong Kong run instead of going back to his home country?
ironman510:
@Phil, no he'd need HK ID and no prior buz visa which he already has. So no choice, depending on where he/she or it is from and depending how long he/she or it wants to stay in China would need to mail the passport home for a new visa by using Tina and adding her wechat: tinachinavisa
Hotwater:
If the OP has a multi entry business visa and the right passport then a visa run to HK to start the entry clock again is okay.
Shining_brow:
I tried the HK visa run for a business visa... the woman at the counter barely looked at the form. Just said - "No HK ID/residency - no business visa"... end of story! Didn't even put in the forms for assessment.
Granted, this was around G20 time...
However, back home, no issue at all... 1-year, 90 days.
Hotwater:
That's not what I mean Shining. If the OP has a multi entry 60-day visa then they can just hop over into HK and back the same day. Getting a new visa in HK is another matter.....
As Hotwater said above... If you want a 90 day visa, you'll need to apply for a new visa (usually in your home country).
If your home country is 'friendly' towards China, then it shouldn't be an problem. If your country is not so friendly, then it will be a problem.
you could have got sex in China on a 30 day visa
icnif77:
30-days continuously? Where? You don't have weblink, do you?
You have to understand one thing, when you apply for a visa at the Chinese Embasssy in your home country, you are free to ask for whatever you may think you need, and the Embassy officials will grant you whatever they THINK you really need. It is take it or leave it, no recourse, no explanation of whatever is granted.
Normally nowdays, a business visa is granted for a simgle entry, sometimes for a dual entry. This is because many in the past used the business visa to enter China and work illegally. So, about three years ago the conditions under which the business visa was granted were tighten up. Maybe when you reapply once your current visa expires, submit a letter stating why you need a 90 days stay rather than 60, and hope for the best.
I had a friend with an "L" visa who has been visiting China for 15 years. Her went from 60 days stay to 90, then 120 and ended up with 180 days stay. But 3 years ago was cut back to 9o days, and now is 60 days. So, he does the Hong Kong trip and stays whatever time he needs with exit/entry every 60 days.
Good luck to you.
somebody was telling me back home that it's much harder to get a tourist visa now. Like you gotta have a full travel itinerary have to wait a long time etc.
And this is at a Chinese consulate in the US applying as an american citizen.
Seems like it's getting harder, I got a tourist visa 6 years ago and it took 2-3 days at the most.
philbravery:
even a tourist visa to see family is a pain in the arse. 2006 it was half a dozen questions one 1 peice of paper and $40 Aus this year $94 AUS and invite with id card from my brother in law and 5 pages to fill in . next year they will most likely start cavity seach.
expatlife26:
But if you're just a tourist how do you get an invite and from who? That's what I don't understand. If you're just a family who wants to see the great wall or whatever never been to china don't know anybody here who is going to invite you?
And that's the people they would want. Come here, spend money and then go back home.
Shining_brow:
You put in an application for a Tourist visa, with hotels and dates, and return flights. Also mention you want to exit China (say, to HK or Macau) and then return as part of your trip.
If you book hotels for a week at a time, and in, say 6-7 cities (on the mainland), and then say you'll go to HK or Macau, and then more hotel bookings on the mainland, you'll easily get a multi-entry, for 60 days (possibly 90), and should be valid for a year. Remember - hotel bookings in China usually have free cancellation - so do the bookings online (C-Trip, eg), get the visa, and then cancel them all! Same with the flights...
Once the application has been approved, you can do what you want...
invite letters are just silly, and a waste of time (except for business visas).
philbravery:
Invite letter just silly lol Yeah ill remember that when they ask for it next year when i apply for our visas . maybe i should get a business visa from MacDonalds too
expatlife26:
Wow shining sounds like they are really getting serious about people coming on tourist visas.
You gotta wonder though whether people coming on tourists visas is a bigger problem than people not going on vacation to China because the process is a massive pain. You think they have thought that through?