Friday, May 02, 2008

Rumor: Multiple entry visas cancelled at the border

Entry tourist visa to Chinavia WikipediaAllroadleadtoChina is on top of another breaking visa story that might have strong repercussions for business travelers to China: multi-entry F-visas are being canceled at the border. Visitors can only stay in China for 30 days and for a next visit they have to go through the new more stringent rules for China visas, that would exclude multiple entries.
Rich warns this is only an unconfirmed rumor from the third hand, but he has been remarkable accuraat in the past and the move would fit into the current changes for visas into China.
This change would dramatically increase the bureaucracy for frequent China travelers, many who would not get even a single-entry visa in Hong Kong anymore but would have to return to their home countries.
It also shows that recent protests by the Chambers in China, because the restrictions would hurt ongoing business very much, did not have any effect.

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