Just wish to remind people that China requires passports to have at least 6 months before expiration during your visit. This might mean renewing your passport before getting visas. Regards, Behcet ----- Original Message ---- > From: Andrew G. Malis <agmalis@xxxxxxxxx> > To: Fred Baker <fred@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ole Jacobsen <ole@xxxxxxxxx>; IETF-Discussion list <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 8:11:15 AM > Subject: Re: Visas to China > > If you are a US resident, also note that China has multiple > consulates, and the consulate that you will use for your visa depends > on where you live. See this map for details: > > http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/hzqz/t84229.htm > > Cheers, > Andy > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Fred Baker wrote: > > I'll echo Ole and Brian. In general, I find the Chinese consulate/embassy > > not very demanding. If you have a business reason for a multi-entry visa, > > get one, but in general the standard tourist visa is simplest to get and > > works fine. > > > > Not advertising the service, but to give you an idea of what it looks like, > > I'll point you at the web site of the company Cisco uses for visas. > > http://www.peninsulavisa.com/russia-.htm > > To get a visa to China, you need a visa application (download from the web > > site) and a color "passport" photo. If you go for a "business" visa, you > > need some demonstration of the business. "business" implies you're trying to > > sell something or staying there for an extended duration; to attend a > > conference such as an IETF meeting one generally gets a tourist visa. Some > > countries need letters of invitation; I would expect the host will have a > > facility up to get such. > > > > The visa process at the Chinese Embassy is usually on the order of a week; > > safety would suggest two. My multiple entry visa will expire just before the > > meeting, so I plan to file for a new visa sometime in October. > > > > Interesting reading from the Los Angeles PRC Consulate. > > overview: > > http://losangeles.china-consulate.org/eng/visa/chinavisa/t27606.htm > > tourist: > > http://losangeles.china-consulate.org/eng/visa/chinavisa/t27605.htm > > business: > > http://losangeles.china-consulate.org/eng/visa/chinavisa/t27604.htm > > > > Non-US folks should of course look at the web site of whatever consulate is > > relevant to them for specifics of the relations between China and their > > country. > > > > On Jan 12, 2010, at 7:26 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > > > >> > >> Since Andy mentioned visas I would like to give some vague and > >> unhelpful advice :-) > >> > >> It turns out that the DURATION of your visa depends on what country > >> you are from, and even what consulate or embassy you apply at. In > >> all cases the clock starts running the day the visa is issued. > >> > >> Real example: As a Norwegian, applying in San Francisco, I was only > >> grqnted a single-entry visa valid for 3 months. I applied in March > >> 2009 which was a mistake since the trip didn't happen until August, > >> so I would have had a visa that expired sometime in June. They all > >> say "must not arrive after ". I was able execute an "undo" > >> on this particular occasion and came back again in July and received > >> a visa that covered the period of my visit. > >> > >> Your mileage may, no, WILL, vary, so check the wiza wizards, > >> consulates, embassies etc. Fred Baker regularly gets a one-year > >> multi entry visa, but he's American and he uses the visa brokers, > >> something I clearly should have done instead of foolishly applying > >> too early. > >> > >> The form has a box which asks when you intend to arrive in China, but > >> that information is NOT used to start the clock for the validity of > >> the visa itself, in some sense that date isn't used for anything, at > >> least as far as I can tell. > >> > >> How long you can stay in China again depends on what country you are > >> from and what kind of visa you have. > >> > >> Ole > >> > >> > >> Ole J. Jacobsen > >> Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal > >> Cisco Systems > >> Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 > >> E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ietf mailing list > >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx > >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > > http://www.ipinc.net/IPv4.GIF > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
