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The Other Ethnic Tension

Not much time to write, as I'm off to the U.S. tomorrow for a visa run. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll finally be getting a working (Z) visa after three years of scrounging around for business (F) visas. I might have been able to get the new... ...full story at Opposite End of China

from Opposite End of China on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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16 Apr 08 visit China Is Making Visas Interesting.  »  China Law Blog Visas have always bored me. Sorry about that, but they have. A law school education is rarely needed to figure out visa issues and I did not go to law school for that. I have always taken a rather perverse pride in not keeping up on visa requirements....
15 May 08 visit 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...
29 Mar 07 visit Satisfying Conclusions  »  Sinosplice Remember how my visa went 144 days overdue, then when I got it renewed, I only got a 2 month visa? Well, I got my new passport, then I finally got my new visa. Today. Looks like I’ll never need to apply for a student visa again. For me, that is a...
01 May 08 visit China Visa Update  »  One Eyed Panda This week I attended an AmCham seminar on the new regulations for Chinese visas. I thought I’d share my notes with everyone so that you can all be informed about the new rules: There are no changes to the Z (work) visa procedure. These visas are...
02 Jul 08 visit My Own Personal Visa Hell  »  Opposite End of China Ah, the pleasures of obtaining a new China visa just a month before the Olympics! I went into New York yesterday to drop off my application and paperwork for a Z (working) visa and was completely and utterly rejected. Seems that my working permit...

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