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Q: How can i extend my tourist visa
Actually i got 3 months tourist visa .But i can stay only one month when i will entry in China.But I want to stay more, like 3 or 4 months.Basically i am doing business on ebay, so if i can stay in china for long period so it will be help to grow more business.So can u please give me some advice how i can extend my visa ?
Thanks In Advance.
Regards
Jubaer
8 years 31 weeks ago in Visa & Legalities - China
Normally, the first visa you get is for a short period of time. If you"behave" and comply with regulations, your second visa will be for longer periods of time. Be aware, a tourist visa has three components: the validity (in your case 3 months); the number of entries (you did not say) and the stay( not one month but 30 days). If you have only one entry, 7 days prior the 30 days go to PSB and request a 30 days extension, you are allowed two of them if qualify. Need to have abou 20,000 yuan eposited in a Chinese Bank and a good reason to stay longer. If you have more than one entry, take bus from Guangzhou to border station, exit China, enter Hong Kong, and without leaving staton turn around and reverse procedure.
What you are doing is not legal in China.
aston.villa.f.c:
selling on ebay - or trying to - is legal but whether the postal cops allow things out of the country is another matter. there is nothing illegal about being in China and deciding to sell authentic products onlinet - it is absurdly difficult but not illegal and the tax has been paid in the store where the item was purchased. Trying to export the fake crap out of here is not legal and thats why cops open up boxes to check they are not packed with fake iphones etc. hypocrites.
HappyExPat:
while selling on EBay,Taobao,or whatever is legal, but for a foreigner without a work visa and related permits it is not if done while in China. Any work, for pay, profit or for no fee at all is illigal without a work visa.
Go to Hong Kong, come back, go to Hong Kong, come back..... easy if you're based in Shenzhen.
I will stay in guangzhou.I heared Hong kong is near from guangzhou.It take only 2 hours by bus.But i need a visa also for going Hong Kong ?
Which country are you from? Most people do not need a visa for HK.
by 'doing business' do you mean you are actually working?
what you are doing sounds like you are working (making money) on a tourist visa which i would imagine is illegal.
if you are making money, get the right visa.
If you are working for a company, they should help you do this
ironman510:
Sorrel get your facts correct, you can do online business as long as the money is coming into China and you're not being paid by a company, ebay is no different than messing with the stock market to make money. Ask your self a question, if I sold a comic from 1956 for $30,000 and than I had that money sent to the American account, not China and walk on over to any bank that can accept a Visa debit card to with draw the funds in RMB, how can that be illegal? The sale was done online, the money was sent to the home country account, not China. You're starting to lose it Sorrel, now don't be letting your IQ slip girl..
I am not working .I sell product on Ebay.Still i am buying product from china online shop and sell it to Ebay. but now i want i will stay in china and i will buy product from local market and send it to my customer. it's illegal ? as a tourist visa.If its illegal so can i change my visa type when i will stay in china ?
sorrel:
buying and selling = making money = working
if you are making money, it is called working.
genuine tourists do not go to a country to make money
Jubaer:
Actually i am doing business on ebay last 1 year .now i want to increase my business that's why i am moving china.Though i am selling product in online so i have no physical paper for getting Business visa that's why i applied tourist visa.Is it possible to change visa type when i will stay in china ?
Normally, the first visa you get is for a short period of time. If you"behave" and comply with regulations, your second visa will be for longer periods of time. Be aware, a tourist visa has three components: the validity (in your case 3 months); the number of entries (you did not say) and the stay( not one month but 30 days). If you have only one entry, 7 days prior the 30 days go to PSB and request a 30 days extension, you are allowed two of them if qualify. Need to have abou 20,000 yuan eposited in a Chinese Bank and a good reason to stay longer. If you have more than one entry, take bus from Guangzhou to border station, exit China, enter Hong Kong, and without leaving staton turn around and reverse procedure.
What you are doing is not legal in China.
aston.villa.f.c:
selling on ebay - or trying to - is legal but whether the postal cops allow things out of the country is another matter. there is nothing illegal about being in China and deciding to sell authentic products onlinet - it is absurdly difficult but not illegal and the tax has been paid in the store where the item was purchased. Trying to export the fake crap out of here is not legal and thats why cops open up boxes to check they are not packed with fake iphones etc. hypocrites.
HappyExPat:
while selling on EBay,Taobao,or whatever is legal, but for a foreigner without a work visa and related permits it is not if done while in China. Any work, for pay, profit or for no fee at all is illigal without a work visa.
Visa can't be extended within China like the old days, maybe 30 days extra but nothing after that. You're out of luck.
