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Thread: Applying for a Chinese F-visa in Hong Kong
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[quote=LAURENTCHINE,437042]Ok I got a 30 days F-visa today in Hong Kong, I will need to renew it for 3 months once I'm back in China. So for those interested, here is what you will need: - Letter of invitation. You can get that in China from a visa agency. It cost me 700 RMB. - The two application forms. Get them from there: http://www.fmcoprc.gov.hk/eng/zgqz/VAF/ - A valid passport. - 150 HK Dollars fee If you are from certain countries, you might have to provide additional documents. I know that includes France (because of the "recent" diplomatic problems) but there might be more countries concerned, so be ready for that. The additional documents are: - A valid flight return ticket to your country of origin. You can buy a flexible ticket from British Airway for instance. Then if needed, you can change or cancel the ticket at no extra cost. - An hotel reservation in China for one month. Also, before booking, make sure that you can change or cancel the reservation if needed. - A travel insurance that covers your whole trip. - Your complete itinerary in China. Put your name, your passport number, then list where you'll be day by day. I wrote something like: "2011-09-02 to 2011-09-20 - Beijing", "2011-09-20 to 2011-09-29 Shanghai", etc. If you don't know where you'll be, write something anyway. Finally, sign the itinerary. And "that's it". Now give everything to the Chinese consulate and cross your fingers. I advice going to the consulate at the end of the morning (11:20, not after because they won't let you in, unless you're only here to pick up your passport) or end of afternoon (4:20) because there's almost nobody at that time, so you'll see someone almost immediately. Avoid Mondays, early mornings and early afternoons or you'll have a long queue waiting outside.[/quote]
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