question: how do i obtain extensions of visa while i am in mainland china?

question: how do i obtain extensions of visa while i am in mainland china?
Apr 27, 2008 00:12
guestdana	i am holding a philippine passport and like travelling around different parts of china. i recently met someone who i felt physically attracted with. he is also foreign and is studying in china. we planned to go on tour together around china more. but my visa will end in less than a week. i need a an extension of my visa. for we are travelling around for more than 15days. i currently hold an Lvisa which is 30days valid. please help. i don't like to lose the chance of getting to know a person that might be my future partner for the rest of my life.

Apr 27, 2008 00:12

guestdana

i am holding a philippine passport and like travelling around different parts of china.
i recently met someone who i felt physically attracted with. he is also foreign and is studying in china. we planned to go on tour together around china more. but my visa will end in less than a week. i need a an extension of my visa. for we are travelling around for more than 15days. i currently hold an Lvisa which is 30days valid. please help. i don't like to lose the chance of getting to know a person that might be my future partner for the rest of my life.

Apr 27, 2008 01:20

DUNC
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1.Go to the PSB and ask for an extension to see more of China is always a good excuse, they should allow you to apply for a new visa, whatever you do, don't overstay or you could be subjected to a fine, (up to 500RMB per day) and refusal for future visas.

2Go to HK and re-appy, (if applicable) other than that you'll need to go home and simply re-apply.

If it is meant to be, he'll wait and it will happen. True love never runs smoothly :)

Good Luck!

Apr 27, 2008 06:59	#2
GUEST80200	I was in China last year and am going back next month. I overstayed my visa last time and the PSB set the fine at 5000 rmb. Fortunately the embassy said I was leaving soon and they knocked it down to 1000.... Make sure you get to the PSB before your visa expires!

Apr 28, 2008 04:04

APAULT
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There is no such thing as an extension. You must apply for a new visa. In the past you could expect a 30 day visa. After that just a 7 day visa. At this time regulations have been tighetened, apparantly for the Olympic games. It seems you will NOT be able to get a visa from Hong Kong at the moment as the Philipines is one of 33 countries barred from this facility. The reports I have seen say thaty ou must apply from your own country (and it seems the duration will be shorter than before).

I have not read that there are any new restrictions on applying from within China - but who knows?? !! You should go to the PSB and ask. REMEMBER: any new visa runs from the date of issue, not the date the old one expires. So you can lose some days if you go to soon. If you apply on the last valid day, the same rule applies BUT there will be an extra few days for the period while they process your application. I don't know what they do not want to grant a new visa. My guess (based on an experience in Shanghai) is that they will grant you a 7 day visa.

Please pots your experiences in TCG so we all learn from it.

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