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Q: What happens if my visa expires while the Chinese visa office is renewing it?

The Chinese visa office currently has my passport, and is renewing my temporary residence permit of 1 year. The thing is, they're holding it for a week, and my current residence permit expires tomorrow. How does that work exactly? What happens if I get asked for my passport and visa? Am I actually illegal for a period of 3 days?

11 years 33 weeks ago in  Visa & Legalities - China

 
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  I don't see how you can be, you made the application within the required time. Yeh, you'll be covered, certain of it.

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  Tell you something though: DON'T make the mistake of crossing out old visas with a pen. I did that and they did NOT like it. Threatened to imprison me for ten days and sent me home with a note.

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Same thing happened to me and no problems...it was just an extension but same crap different pile.

It expired 4 days before I got it back and even though it looks bad on paper I have never had an issue with it as it seems to be fine on the system.

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Happened to me last year.  My permit expired right around the time of the October 1st National Holiday.  I made the renewal submission before the expiration date, but due to the holiday, it took more than 2 weeks to get it back.  Never heard a thing about it....and I'll probably face the same situation this year.  I would keep a photocopy of your passport and residence permit....if they ask you for it, you can explain your situation.  Shouldn't be any problems....

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If you have gone to the PSB office yourself, they will give you a receipt which states thtat  you are renewing your visa.

If your FAO is doing it for you, you may ask for a copy of the receipt.

So, if you get stopped, just show them your copy of your passport and the receipt and you shouldn't have any problems.

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