Shanghaiist: No more Hong Kong and Macau visa runs?

caliagent55

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:50:48 +0800

I have to agree with the above comments regarding the general ease for us Laowai to get our visas extended or even to get a new one. Though it seems pretty difficult, we actually have it very easy. As an example, my wife wanted to come to the states with me for a visit. We had to provide financial information, pictures, documents, and many other items. We had to pay a large fee for processing paperwork, and then hope she would get her visa. I felt bad for all the Chinese who had to wait for hours to be seen by a visa officer. Many of these people would be denied within minutes and for reasons that I will never understand. I guess its time for all of us to just suck it up and come to terms with the tightening of restrictions and be glad we were able to have it so easy for so long.

ryu2

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:05:41 +0800

Well... to be honest, many if not most other countries (definitely the USA to name one example) have similar restrictions on applying for a visa in one's country of residence. Yes it sucks, but China is just conforming to the restrictions that those other countries impose on their own visa applicants. Complaining laowai should rememeber that it's still a walk in the park compared to the hoops Chinese nationals go through when THEY have to apply for visas to most places.

Rebekah Pothaar

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:21:07 +0800

I feel really bad for people needing visas these days. I must be so frustrating. Erg, random bureaucracy. Thanks for posting, Kenneth. I appreciate these updates.

GregNSD

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:39:44 +0800

This visa situation is complicated,when you look at the past 3 weeks what happened regarding the visas, we have no idea about what will it be in 1 month from now... Several companies able to take care of those visas application are liste on the www.nextstepdirectory.com, we will have to go through all of them, and see which one can help ... Greg