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getting a mainland china business visa from Hong kong
Nov 10, 2004 09:40
  • MISTERC
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Hi there,
I am a french citizen living in LA.I want to go to Shanghai for 12
months to do business research.problem is if I apply for such a
visa at consulate here, they ask me an invitation letter from
chinese company and government.I have been told I can bypass
that trouble by getting my visa with a Hong kong company or to
go to Shanghai with an easy to get tourisy visa and to change it
other there for a fee.
Is it true ? which travel agency in HK do you recommend ?Thanks
for big help.
Nov 11, 2004 21:13
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hello Misterc,
just forget what you've heard.
You must do it the right way or you will be sorry afterwards, plus of course it'll cost you a lot of money to do what you should have done on the first place.
rgds, orionn
Nov 12, 2004 09:15
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Salut MisterC
Impossible à HK d'avoir un visa avec une entreprise, trop complexe et trop coûteux pour la compagnie.
Il te reste une autre solution, les Europ?ns peuvent rester 90 jours en Chine avec un visa touristique.
Le jeu est d'entrer et sortir par HK ou Macao.
Un visa multiple entr?s, valable un an, coûte 95 E, obtenu sous 3 jours à HK.
Une adresse pour rester et attendre ton visa
http://www.europeantranslation.com.hk/location.htm
Une adresse pour le faire
Shoestring travel ltd
4/Floor Alpha house
Nathan Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
tel [852] 2723 2306
fax [852] 2721 2085
email: hkstar.com|shoetvl
plus d'infos par message prive
A+
Nov 12, 2004 09:19
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Different Chinese Visa is for different purpose. If you go to Shanghai for business research as what you said above, you should get a Visit/Business Visa (Visa F). For Visa F, the invitation letter from the inviting unit or a visa notification letter/telegram from the authorised unit is required.

But if you want a Tourism Visa (Visa L), I think if you book a tour to Shanghai, China, that would be easy, fast and convenient.
Nov 12, 2004 09:41
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Get more visa info, you may can contact the consulate office of the Chinese Mistery of Foreign Affairs.
Address: /F.,FOWER BLOCK,26 HARBOUR ROAD,WANCHAL,HONG KONG
Phone Number: 852-827-9812,585 1700 827-9569,558 1717
Fax:(852)827 4557

Apr 24, 2005 19:41
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agree. but only if your're outside of China. if you're already in China on a tourist visa or business visa usually easieist to use one of the china visa consultants. especially if you want to stay for a long time like 1 yr. if you just want a business visa or tourist visa maybe check out enoo.net or if you have a company that wants to employ you they can get everything done through the Shanghai Visa Center at www.visa.cn.com (this is who my company used)
Apr 24, 2005 22:47
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It is true. My bf, Canadian, got a business visa in HK. It took only one day and no documents needed. For his 6-month, multiple entries visa he paid only 700 hk dollars (100 us dollars). You can also get 1 year business visa for a little bit more.
I think most of the agencies in HK have this service. You might have to compare carefully the prices though.

cheers,
yan
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