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Why Tourist Visa Problems in China Could F a Lot of Businesses

Following the completion of my Z Visa update post, I realized that I needed to write one on the tourist visa as well. To be honest, this is the visa that I think over doing it could potentially create much more havoc on China and its economy than eithe... ...full story at All Roads

from All Roads on Mon, Jun 09 2008

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30 Jul 08		The Olympic Impact of Visa Regulations on Sponsors » All Roads When the visa problems all began 6 months ago, the primary target seemed to be teachers, students, long term working tourist, tax evaders, and others who were enjoying the lax enforcement of visa policies. There were, and continue to be, a lot of legit...
17 May 09		Update on changed Chinese visa rules for Americans » James Fallows As mentioned yesterday, China is tightening its visa rules for Americans, in the name of controlling the spread of swine flu. Normally, you could expect to get a routine tourist or business visa cleared in one to three days, depending on whether you paid...
27 Apr 08		China Visa Certainty: Z (employee) Visas Are Z Best » China Law Blog Got a worried call the other day from a China based foreign businessperson complaining about being forced to return to his home country because his China tourist visa was about to run out. Not only was he mad about being unable to renew his visa from...
16 Dec 08		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...
03 Dec 07		How to Get a Shanghai Business Visa » The China Expat It’s a seemingly simple process to get a business visa in Shanghai. There are just two steps (at least for US passport holders, many other nationalities should be similar): Shanghai Business Visa Steps Get a tourist or business visa from outside...

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