On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Andrew Allen wrote: > > As someone who has entered China at least 13 times I can say that > for at least US citizens and US residents the visa period usually > starts the day of your intended entry into China not the day you > apply. *** OLE: Very definitely NOT true. Yes, the permission to STAY in China starts when you arrive, but the visa itself has a "Must arrive before" date on it, the clock starts when it is issued. Since most US citizens seem to get 6 month or longer duration visas, this is probably not something most folks will ever notice, but since it happened to me I wanted to give the warning. > > Obviously applicants need to BE AWARE and make sure the visa is > valid for the meeting but for many of us it is essential that the > invitation letters be available a long while in advance so we can > apply without impacting other trips due to our passports being in > cog nito ***OLE: Right, except that you can apply for a tourist visa which requires no invitation letter. > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf