Q1. What's the type of my visa? Q2. What can I do if I hold a Buiness (F) Visa and want to stay more time inside of China? Q3. Can I get a Half year & Multi-entry Business (F) visa inside of China? Q4. What's mean of Entry (ies)? Q5. I am a Chinese citizen; can I get a foreign country visa at your office? Q6. I want to apply an Working(Z) Visa, is it possible to get it here inside of China not go to Hong Kong? Q7. I am not living in Shanghai, can I still get my visa extension through your office? Q8. I have an one(or half) year Multi-entry Visa, but have 30 days limit for each stay. Can I remove it? Q9. Is there any useful tips for F visa extension? Q10. If my visa expired and overstay in Shanghai, what can I do and how much fine should I pay? Q11. How can I stay here until the F visa policy become back to absolutely stable? Q12. How to get an F visa in Hongkong? Q13. If I married with a Chinese, Which kind of visa can I get? Q1. What's the type of my visa? A: Please look at your current visa; find the Capital Letter on the top: L= Tourist Visa; F= Business Visa; Z=Working Visa; X= Student Visa. *As Chinese laws, if you hold an F visa, you are not allow to get incoming payment here. that means, if you have sign the contract with the company and will start your full-time job here in Shanghai, it's better for you to ask for the working(Z) visa and residence permit from your company. Otherwise, the government may fine you and your company because of the illegal employment. if your company don't know how to apply the working visa for you. We can give them the solution. Q2. What can I do if I hold a Travel (L) Visa and want to stay more time inside of China? A: L visa can be extend twice, and each time 1 month. Q3.Can I get a Half year & Multi-entry Business (F) visa inside of China? A:Yes, we can. We have already updated our services quotation and paperwork list for F visa applications. - Check the updated paperwork and price >> Q4.What's mean of Entry (ies)? A: How many times you can enter China during the visa period. Commonly, there was 4 kinds of Entry: 00= Zero; 01= Single; 02= Double; M = Multi Q5. I am a Chinese citizen; can I get a foreign country visa at your office? A: Yes, Please check the chinese version of our web page to find out more information about it. Q6. My company want to apply an Working(Z) Visa for me, is it possible to get it here inside of China without going outside of China? A: From 1st of July, 2008. The new labour policy says, if you hold a L, F, or X visa now(except Legal represetative of the company), you have to apply the work license and leave the country first to get an Z visa and back, then you can apply the work permit and resdience permit. For more details, Please contact 33011478 Q7. I am not living in Shanghai, can I still get my visa extension through your office? A: We can process 3 or 6 month F visa for the foreigner who is not living in shanghai. Following are the procedures[ Available!, Please call to confirm ]: 1) Post your passport and 2pictures to us by EMS or Fedex 2) We process the visa, it takes 2 weeks time 3) After it's ready, we will send you a scan copy by email or fax with our bank account info 4) You check the visa, and wire the payment 5) As soon as the payment arrived, we will post back your passport. Q8. I have an one(or half) year Multi-entry Visa, but have 30 days limit for each stay. Can I remove it? After the limit removed, which kind of visa can I get? A: No, Form 22nd of December, 2004. The new policy refused to remove those 30 days limit. But the other 6 month 0/1/2/M entry or 1 year no stay limit visa is now available. Q9. Is there any useful tips for F visa extension if the F visa applicaiton available again? A: Yes. As we know, when you hold an F visa and stay inside of Shanghai, you can extend your visa every 6 month upto total 1 year without leaving. that's mean, for example, your enter China at 1st Jan. 2004, so that you can extend your visa every 6 month up to 1st Jan. 2005 without leaving. that's we called 1 year limit. but the 1 year limit is caculate from the lastest enter date. so during this 1 year, you can apply 1 extra entry and leave the country and come back with this entry. then you enter date will be refreshed. for example, you leave China with 1 extra entry and come back in 1st Sept. 2004( maybe your vacation). then thats mean you can extend your visa again every 6 month upto 1st Sept. 2005. because your lastest enter date is updated. Anyway, we just pass this information to you because it might be helpful to you. Q10. If my visa expired and overstay in Shanghai, what can I do and how much fine should I pay? A: As the Chinese immigration law, if your visa expired less than 10 days, it's not necessary to pay any fine, you have to go to the immigration office, the officer will ask some questiones and put down your words in writing and make a record. They will also notice you don't break that again. If your visa expired more than 10 days, they will charge you fine, the fine is 500RMB per day except the first 10 days, and the maxmium is 5000RMB. for example, if you overstay 12 days, they will charge (12-10)*500=1000RMB. Following are the contact information of immigration office, you can go to there when your visa expired: Address: No.1500 Min Shen Rd. , PuDong, Shanghai, China. Telephone: 021-28951900 Q11. How can I stay here until the F visa policy become back to absolutely stable? A: For the people who are not working here in Shanghai: Oct 2009 is our China 60 Years Liberation ceremony(very huge ceremony). The visa policy start to become tight again from now. According to that, now the paperwork you have to prepare(special for F visa extension) are more complicate than before, we have already updated our services quotation and paperwork list for F visa applications. - Check the updated paperwork and price >> For the people who are working here in Shanghai: Apply the 1 year working permit and 1 year residence permit through your employer( our S9 service). Or you can also setup your own company here in shanghai. Then you can easily get the working visa done. More details about setting up a company or rep office in Shanghai, Please check www.PathToChina.com Q12. How to get an F visa in Hongkong? A: Following are the HK travel agencies contact, they can easily help you get an F visa in HK with your passport, pictures and business card: (1 ) SUNRISE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL CO.,LTD. ( www.chinavisa.com.hk ) Room 4008,40/F.,China Resources Building, 26 Harbour Road,Wanchai, H.K. TEL:(852) 28909979 FAX:(852) 2895 3892 Business Hours : 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Monday--Friday) Q13. If I married with a Chinese, Which kind of visa can I get? A: If you married with a Chinese, then you can get a 1 year Multi-entries family L visa, more details, you can check our E0 service. Meshing Consultancy Services Co., Ltd. Address: Room 3B, 4th floor, Yinli Building, 485 Henan (North) Road, Shanghai 200071. [ -MAP- ] Operation Time: Monday to Friday 9:30AM-17:00PM ( 13th Feb - 19th Feb 2010. Holiday ) Tel1: 021-33011478 (You can inquire in English) Tel2: 021-63075776 Emergency: 13501828752 E-mail: info@visainchina.com Website: Http://www.visainchina.com

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