[Shoni]

Originally Posted by hktraveller

The easiest way is to start your company in China and go for a Z. With working permit a 1 year multiple entry residence permit is quite easy to get (At least in Shanghai). Especially for the legal representatives of a company. For my friend the whole process took about 3 weeks.

Thanks, we are still trying to get the documents through MOFCOM. Will try for the Z visa with 1 yr work permit, once everything is through.

[hktraveller]

Originally Posted by Shoni

Thanks, we are still trying to get the documents through MOFCOM. Will try for the Z visa with 1 yr work permit, once everything is through.

The only problem is that your husband may have to go to Denmark to get the Z visa (You can only get it in China if you are famous or have a really big investment there).

My girlfriend could avoid going to Germany and got it in Hong Kong, but it took a lot of talking to convince the people in Shanghai to write HK into the invitation letter, which was clearly a little against the rules. (It may have helped that she is ethnic Chinese born in China)

As soon as your husband gets the residence permit you can go for a dependent visa (You don't even have to be married for that). That is what I would have done if they hadn't given me the 6 months multipe L.

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Another story on the visa rules:

China's Christmas-toy industry suffers after Olympic visa crackdown - Times Online

[LuisHK]

Anyone entered China with a visa valid on an expired passport lately? I read it was no problem before but things look quite a bit more complicated at the moment and just had to renew my passport because the former one was full and we're supposed to fly ton Guangzhou on August 10, during the games, and I was planning to use a 1 year multiple entry tourist visa still valid on the old passport. For sure I wouldn't apreciate beeing turned away, is there a official policy regarding the issue, or some poster with recent experience?

Besides shall we plan for grossly inflated hotel and entertainment prices at this time in Guangzhou and Shenzhen or isn't the olympics folly supposed to reach that far south?

[Mats]

Yes please I would also like to know about valid visas in expired passports.

Had my one year visa renewed just before change in March but passport is full and will not last for more than a few more months.

Thanks
Mats

[baoboa]

I would think that traveling on an expired passport is quite risky.

I still havent been able to find a visa for longer than 30 days L... aside from one crazy lady in Beijing asking for 13,000rmb for a 6-12 month L, F or Z visa...

anyone else had any luck?

[FilipH]

Originally Posted by LuisHK

Anyone entered China with a visa valid on an expired passport lately?

I would not suggest you to do this. These days they are inspecting passports a lot more closely then they did in the past. If it worked in the past, there is no guarantee it will work now.

[vmlinuz]

I suspect the questions about expired passports aren't from people who want to actually use an invalid passport. I would guess they are from people who got a multi-entry visa, but had to get a new passport while it was still valid - either because their existing passport expired or because it simply got full. In that situation, it wouldn't be unusual to present the current, valid passport alongside the invalid passport it replaced, but which still has the visa sticker in it.

Of course, I could be wrong...

[hello_there]

Originally Posted by vmlinuz

I suspect the questions about expired passports aren't from people who want to actually use an invalid passport. I would guess they are from people who got a multi-entry visa, but had to get a new passport while it was still valid - either because their existing passport expired or because it simply got full. In that situation, it wouldn't be unusual to present the current, valid passport alongside the invalid passport it replaced, but which still has the visa sticker in it.

Of course, I could be wrong...

This did not work for my husband. His passport (including extra pages) was full and he had to get a new one. His multi entry visa in the old passport was not transferrable to the new one and when he tried to show the valid visa in the old passport the visa cancelled on the spot. This all happened in June.

[Stoob]

This did not work for my husband. His passport (including extra pages) was full and he had to get a new one. His multi entry visa in the old passport was not transferrable to the new one and when he tried to show the valid visa in the old passport the visa cancelled on the spot. This all happened in June.

Was the corner of the visa page cut off when the embassy cancelled the old passport?

I came in to SZ last week with a new passport/visa in old passport with no drama. (Visa page was not clipped)