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[quote=CHRISMONTGOMERY1,558618]Hi All

I am from the UK and currently living and working in Nanjing. My contract and resident permit both end on the 25th of September 2015.

I have a flight to Shenzhen booked on the 2nd of October 2015 where I will head to Hong Kong via land and fly from Hong Kong to Penang on the 3rd of October 2015. So in Summary I will be officially leaving the Mainland of China on the 2nd of October 2015.

My employers third party visa company want to send my passport off to the PSB so that I can get a 30 day visa. However this cannot be done until my release letter has been given which is on my last day of work (25th of September). The company however cannot guaranty that my passport will be returned in time for my departure from Nanjing on the 2nd of October (especially as that week is a National holiday) so that leaves me with the only option of trying to change my contract end date to an earlier date in the hope that my passport can make it back to me before the 1st of October 2015.

So given my situation I have two questions:

1) I hear there is a "Grace period" of 30 days for when your resident permit ends? Is this true?

2) If there is a "Grace period" can I still travel China domestically via both land and air? and also book hotels? using that expired resident permit on its "Grace period". I ask because I would like to travel China for the week after my contract ends before my departure of China (26th September 2015 - 1st October 2015) I will then also need to be able to board my flight from Nanjing to Shenzhen on the 2nd of October 2015 too.

Any help of advice on my situation will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Chris[/quote]

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