Re: Visas to China

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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
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> >>
> >>
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