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dbg
18 yrs ago
OK, this is subject to confirmation, but apparently after 1pm today, China visas will no longer be issued in Hong Kong to visiting foreigners from a whole bunch of countries.
Has anybody heard anything about this? Where can one get further information?
Thanks
dbg
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leghk
18 yrs ago
http://www.fmcoprc.gov.hk/eng/zgqz/bgfwxx/default.htm
This states people not residing or working in hong kong must apply for their visa from the china embassy in the country they reside in. It also states that processing time may be longer at present.
Nothing about not issuing multi entry visa though.
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NOTICE
(2008/04/13)
Visa applicants are increasing in a large number and need longer waiting
time in the visa office recently. If you don't reside or work in Hong Kong
permanently, you are required to apply Chinese visa from the Embassy
or Consulate-General of Peoples' Republic of China in your resident
country. You are welcome to China for tourism, business, visit of the
Olympic Games.
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Brit
18 yrs ago
I think they have suspended the issuing of visas at the border for the time being, for all passport holders.
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Is is also for countries which don't need a visa ahead of time? For example Sweden.
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biene
18 yrs ago
Visas are still being issued for single entry to Shenzhen at the border, valid for 5 days, but multiple entries are not available from any agencies in HK. Also, this is standard now overseas as well - relatives in Aus went to the Chinese Embassy to apply for a visa for China and were told that they would only be issued with single entry visas. A real pain! Have noticed that the business people and chambers of commerce who kicked up such a fuss a while ago about the visa situation have now gone very very silent!
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Brit
18 yrs ago
Short-stay visas no longer available at border checkpoints
Joshua But
SCMP Apr 08, 2008
Foreign passport holders will not be issued short-stop visas at border checkpoints as part of a series of entry restrictions imposed by mainland authorities last week....
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yup you are free to come to china for tourism, olympics and business but no you can't come in because visas are harder to obtain. ironic isn't it?
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got my visa last week- (am uk). took 2 hours outside lining up. people just collecting forced to wait in same lime as visa applicants. people losing tempers everywhere, someone even arrested outside. eventually let pick up only people in byt some eastern europeans disrupted the whole thing bu pushing in, shouting, getting in wrong line etc. inside is better but 5 counters closed out of 9. for a new visa application you will HAVE to go in the morning as they dont let people in after 3/4pm . bloody awful allround. they have changed the laws but not the procedure. poor counter girls getting shouted at by irate people who they had to turn away for various reasons. If I had known this i would have not booked vacation to china. do not intend to return until system improves. pick up was a lot quicker- but worth paying for a travel agent to apply for you!!!!!
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kk11
18 yrs ago
Just want to check if you can get visa's on the border at Lo Wu right now. It will be for next Thursday. Really appreciate anyone who has tried it or knows the actual answer. Thanks!
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The visa issues are also affecting a lot of students. There are many expat families (especially from Korea) living in Shenzhen because one or more parents work in the mainland but the kids go to school in HK. New visa regulations also are forcing these kids to not attend school for a week while they get a new visa they'd not needed previously. It would also be nice if China stopped making their visas take up an entire page; with so many people here going into China many times a year passports will fill up with one-time visas very quickly now!
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Goo
18 yrs ago
Some friends swore they read in the paper last week that China was in fact revoking multi-entry visas at borders now. I can't find anything about it online. Has anyone gone to China in the past week with a multi-entry visa successfully?
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Goo - Three of us with multi entry visas went yesterday and had no problems crossing the Lowu border. My brother went again today but this time to the Shenzhen Bay/Shekou border and again no problems.
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