Still harder to get to Europe for Chinesevia WikipediaWe are now twenty days into the new visa regulations for foreigners entering China. The stories I'm getting are pretty mixed. Short-term business visitors who have all their documentation in order report a very efficient treatment at the Chinese visa-section, even getting their visa done in one day, be it for a higher price.
For the business visitors who used F-visas to longer stays or even permanent residency things are getting tougher and getting a Z-visa seems the only viable solution. AllroadsleadtoChina has done a commendable job in explaining the new procedures for getting invitations for short-term F and exploring the ways to turn to Z-visas.
The real pain will be among the tourists who booked already a trip to China and now suddenly have to come up with documentation they did not knew about in December. This May-break I have seen already quite a few messages from especially backpackers who only bought a ticket, now rethinking their trip. Even people who bought tickets for the Olympics, putting them up for sale. For sure, this year is not going to be nice for tourism to China, let alone its name as a hospitable country for travelers.
The argument that it is still harder for Chinese to get to Europe is valid, but might not help in this image problems.
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Fons
Last week the PSB came to my place of work to check my address. I'm on a Z visa. Two days ago a rep from the neighbourhood committee called requesting I visit the XuHui police station. I called and they scanned my passport and visa and asked for the hukou of the owner of where I live! I left with a stamped pink slip. What next?
Rules changed again?
It might be the same pink slip I got at the local police station to prove I was registered there; I then had to bring that to the immigration service of PSB at Wusong Lu.
Officially you have to register with your police station within ten days (I believe) after coming into the country, as an alternative for the registration into a hotel.
Enforcing this rule has been pretty lacks, but I heard a few more stories of foreigners who were forced to register now. Might not mean that much, they even did not fine you for not sticking to the rules.
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