How to Change my tourist L visa to Business F visa?

Chinese Business (F) Visa is issued to an alien who is invited to China for a visit, an investigation, a lecture, to do business, scientific-technological and culture exchanges, short-term advanced studies or internship for a period of no more than 6 months.

Inside of China, according to the Chinese immigration laws, if you have already entered China with travel L visa, student X visa or working Z visa, it's not possible to change it directly to business F visa without leaving China. So if you have L visa, X visa, or Z visa, following are the legal way to change it to F visa and extend it then.

First of all, you need to find a sponsor, for example, your vendor, partnership or friendly company (registered in shanghai) who have business relationship with you can state you are the client of them. Then:

Step1: Get an official visa notification form, and bring the form to HK or your home country to get 30-90 days F visa, Document list for applying the official visa notification form:

It's Our V0 Service: Visa Notifications Form (3-12 month F visa official invitation letter) service:

1. Passport copy
2. Applicant's foreign country address and telephone number (need it for filling the application form)
3. Copy of the shanghai company Business License [ Sample ]
4. Copy of the shanghai company Enterprise Code License [ Sample ]
For 1-3 month invitation letter, above document is enough;
For 6 month Multi-entry 30 days each entry invitation letter, you need to provide 3 entry China record during the past 6 month.
For 12 month Multi-entry 30 days each entry invitation letter, you need to provide 8 entry China record during the past 1 year.

Invitation Letter Type	Company Register in Pudong	Company Register in Puxi
3 month 1 entry 90 days stay	Time: 6 working days Total Cost: 600RMB/letter	Time: 3 working days Total Cost: 600RMB/letter
3 month 2 entry 30 days stay	Time: 6 working days Total Cost: 600RMB/letter	Time: 3 working days Total Cost: 600RMB/letter
6 month multi-entry 30 days stay	Time: 8 working days Total Cost: 700RMB/letter	Time: 8 working days Total Cost: 700RMB/letter
12 month multi-entry 30 days stay	Time: 8 working days Total Cost: 700RMB/letter	Time: 8 working days Total Cost: 700RMB/letter

Step2: After you get the official visa notification form, you need to bring the form to HK or your home country to get 30-90 days F visa.

Step3: After you come back with F visa, then we can extend it here twice, each time 1-3 month (depend on your company investment capital), document list for applying the F visa extension are:

It's our F5-F7 Services: China F visa extension - Normal services - Available:

1. Passport with valid F visa issued from outside of China or Shanghai
2. 2 Passport Photographs (size 4.5cm*3.5cm)
3. Local Shanghai Registration Form Of Temporary Residence( up to date ) [ Sample ]
4. Copy of the shanghai company business license [ Sample ]
5. Copy of the shanghai company enterprise code license [ Sample ]
6. Shanghai company invitation letter to state you are the client of them- with official stamp [ Sample ]
7. Shanghai company assignment letter with official stamp to assign VisaInChina as a visa agent for your F visa extension (we have the specific format)

If the company Capital >= 30,000,000USD, you can apply the 6 month F visa (F5 service - Available)
If the company Capital > 3,000,000RMB, you can apply the 3 month F visa (F6 service - Available)
If the company Capital <= 3,000,000RMB, you can apply the 1 month F visa (F7 service - Available)

Normal Service takes: 6 Working Days
Service Cost: 650RMB/person (service fee)+ government fee (pay according to government receipt)

Friendly Notice:
According to the local shanghai immigration policy, For the first time when you apply the L, F visa extension or Residence permit , you have to show up (the second time no need to show up) in the government to take a digital picture, they need to confirm you are the same person of the passport holder then the officer will accept your visa application.

*Registration Form Of Temporary Residence [ Click here to see the Sample ]
When you come to Shanghai with a valid visa, you have to go to the local police station near your living space (if you are living in hotel, just go to the hotel reception, But don't forget to ask the hotel put their stamp on the form! ) to register your information in detail within 24 hrs.It's easy and free. Then you can get this Registration Form. If you don't know where is the correct police station you have to go, Please give us a call, we will help you to find it out for free. (As the policy of Shanghai immigration bureau, we strongly recommend you to register and get this form. and also for the foreigner who live in Shanghai, please notice when you leave China and come back or move to a new living place or change a new passport, you have to renew this form)
Tips: If you register yourself too late, maybe the police will charge you fine. Please notice as the regulation, the fine is from minimum 50RMB upto maximum 500RMB. You can negotiate about it to reach a lower amount.

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