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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: How does a foreign expat get a "D" Visa?
I just heard about this visa for the first time in one of the ECC blogs, but no explanation is given how to get one? Do any of you have one? Who did you have to sleep with?
Look at Chinese Embassy in HK website:
9. D visa for residence in China
Applicants for resident visas shall firstly apply for residence permit in person or through their relatives in China with the local Entry and Exit Administration Division under Public Security Department. When the permit is obtained, applicants may apply for a resident visa at this section by submitting the residence permit from the said division.
Xie Xie!
ironman510:
it's 谢谢。。你明白中文吗?If not, you should study and pass at least an HSK level 3 test for any hope to get a D visa.. This advise came from a lawyer who gets D visa's for investors in China..
The "details" in that link are very vague. What needs to be recognised about the famed D visa is that only about 4500 have been issued to date. They are as rare as hens teeth. My understanding is that as a minimum you need to have been living legally in China for a minimum of 5 years, have strong ties here (ie married), and can show that you have "contributed" to China in some way. I and a good friend of mine are aiming towards getting this magical "green card" as it is sometimes called as it negates the need to also having a work permit and gives a 10 year residency period before requiring renewal.
ironman510:
New D visa have passed last year, so don't judge those 4500 cases, only the future will tell us how flexible the Chinese Gov will be in. I will try in a few years for a D visa, we did everything on the list, Married, bought a house, saved money and worked and married over 5 years and had children... But even though I have all this, I still don't believe I would be approved..
So please don't waste your heart and mind on this D visa junk... Unless your name is Bill Gates, yeah you'll get a D visa..
Hotwater:
Thanks for the feedback, I'm not putting too much thought into it at the moment as I've only accrued 2 years of legal living here up to now and only just getting round to getting married. I keep abreast as much as possible on visa issues here and it will be interesting to see if the government go through with making D visa's more accessible.
I also noted your comment about passing HSK levels. My Mandarin isn't a good enough level yet but working on improving it.
The lack of explanation should tip you off: D visas exist in theory but in practice, digging any precise information on it reveals real hard (and it used to be near to impossible before last year).
This vagueness is the usual way authorities exploit to express a showcase item they don't really want to enforce/apply/see become real. Therefore, you'd better not take it seriously, and not consider wasting your time on it.
Requirements vary, rumor has it that you should be married for at least X years while working in china during at least N years, possess Y property(ies) of Z value (which, alone, should disqualify you from seriously thinking about it). As far as I can remember, even when written down, the requirements are rarely consistent from one ambassy/consulate/PSB website to another.
Why bother then. It's clearly not meant for the common folk. When they want to set up something serious, the rules are usually clear and accessible.