A China visa agency in Hong Kong has just put up the following notice on its website:We are informed by the China visa office that effective from 28 March 2008-17 Oct 2008 there will be no more multi entry (F) visas available. For those who still need... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Tue, Apr 01 2008
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| 17 Sep 08 |
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Guilin and Li River »
YouTube video We finally passed into China today. Although Hong Kong and Macao are part of China, they do not require visas as does China. In addition, China has cracked down during the Olympics and will not give unlimited entry visas. Ours were for one visit not to... |
| 16 Dec 08 |
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12 month multiple-entry F visa available again... » Shanghaiist ... so says our favourite visa agency. In November, regulations were loosened to allow for the 3-6 month F visa, but since 6 December, the 12 month multiple-entry F visa has been made available again. Does the global economic crisis and dwindling tourist... |
| 08 Apr 08 |
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Another visa crackdown rumor » Peking Duck And away we go...again. Chinese authorities have stopped issuing multiple-entry visas and slowed visa processing in Hong Kong, a major gateway for travel to the mainland, until after the Beijing Olympics, local travel agents said Tuesday. The Chinese... |
| 15 May 08 |
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China's F-Visas -- Put A Fork In Those Babies » China Law Blog The Wall Street Journals' China Blog just did a post on China's current visa situation, entitled, "Visa Saga." The gist of it is that securing F-visas and tourist visas has gotten much more difficult and that multiple entry visas are becoming nearly... |
| 02 May 08 |
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Multiple Entry Chinese Visas Being Canceled at Border. » All Roads In yet another chapter of the visa saga, it appears that we are now seeing where immigration officers at the border are turning multiple entry visas. According to the email I received: But yesterday and today it seems that when they arrived into the... |
| 06 May 08 |
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Games visa policy will permit multiple entries » Shanghai Daily FOREIGN Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday that China's tightened visa policies ahead of the Olympic Games did not mean the suspension of multiple-entry visas. "We have made due arrangements regarding... |