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China F visa - Chinese business visa extension / China F visa renewal service

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[ Notice ] From 1st May 2013, We heard about the F visa policy (Specially for 6-12 month HK route F visa, Our “Business F visa” section, F0/F1/F2/F3/F4 services) might change after 1st July 2013. We don’t guarantee F0/F1/F2/F3/F4 services will be still available after 1st July, so if you are interested in it, make sure you do it before 1st July 2013. (earlier is better)

Chinese Business (F) Visa is issued to an alien who is invited to China for a visit, an investigation, a lecture, to do business, scientific-technological and culture exchanges, short-term advanced studies or internship for a period of no more than six months (180 days).

When you get a F visa issued from the Chinese Embassy/Consulate in any other countries, normally the visa is in light green color, on the right top of the visa is the National Emblem of China (Click to see the sample). After you get your visa, you must first check if your name, passport number, birth date are correct or not. After that, let's VisaInChina teach you how to read your visa. According to the above sample, on that visa, there are following important information:

  • Category: F
  • Entries: M
  • Enter Before: 28th Jun 2010
  • Duration of each stay: 030 days after entry
  • Issue date: 28th Dec 2009

It means, your current visa type is F visa (China business visa), you have Multi-entries to enter China (you can enter / leave / re-enter China as many times as you want), But you must enter China before 28th Jun 2010. After you enter China, you can stay maximum 30 days without leaving (30 days calculated from your last entry date into China). Following are some FAQs about above Chinese F visa:

Q1: If I enter China on 20th Jun 2010, how long can I stay?
A: You can stay 30 days until 20th July 2010.

Q2: Following above situation, I enter China on 20th Jun 2010, on 30th Jun 2010, I want to go to Thailand for a visit and come back on 10th July 2010, can I do that with my current visa?
A: You can leave China, but you can not enter China with this visa, because this visa requests you enter China before 28th Jun 2010, so it means you must apply a new visa in Thailand to come back on 10th July 2010.

Ok, after you stay 30days, you can either leave China and come back to active another 30 days stay, or we can help you do the visa renewal / extension here in our Shanghai or Hongkong office. Following are the services we provide for F visa renewal, normally the visa you get inside of China is in grey color, on the middle of the visa is the China Great Wall (Click to see the sample)

Price list of China F visa - business visa renewal services:

Check the following form. At the left Row, choose your Nationality (if it isn't in the list, just choose Others). At the top Column, choose the service you needed (All services code meanings you can check it below the form). the number you get is the Price (Updated 20th March 2013).

Country F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
USA 6300 / / / / 650 650 650
France 6000 / / / / 650 650 650
Poland / 1200 1200 3050 3050 650 650 650
Brazil / 1300 1300 3300 3300 650 650 650
Ukraine / 1350 1350 3400 3400 650 650 650
Chile / 1400 1400 3450 3450 650 650 650
UK / 1200 1200 3500 3500 650 650 650
Romania / 1400 1400 3550 3550 650 650 650
Venezuela / 1650 1650 3800 3800 650 650 650
Ecuador / 1350 1350 3400 3400 650 650 650
Panama / 1900 1900 4250 4250 650 650 650
Bolivia / 1350 1350 3400 3400 650 650 650
Russia / 1500 1500 3800 3800 650 650 650
Mexico / 1300 1300 3300 3300 650 650 650
Bulgaria / 1500 1500 3600 3600 650 650 650
Others / 1000 1000 3000 3000 650 650 650
[ Price Unit: RMB ] [ F0-F4: Total price. Including Government & Services fee total ]
[ F5-F7: Services fee only , the Government fee will pay according to the Government receipt ]

F0. For US or French citizen, Apply 12 month Multi-entry (60 days limit of each entry) F visa (HK route)
F1. You have China L or F Visa now, Want to get 3 month 1 entry continuous stay L visa (HK route)
F2. You have China X or Z Visa now, Want to get 3 month 1 entry continuous stay L visa (HK route)
F3. You have China L or F Visa now, Want to get 6 month Multi-entry continuous stay F visa (HK route)
F4. You have China X or Z Visa now, Want to get 6 month Multi-entry continuous stay F visa (HK route)

[ Notice ] From 1st May 2013, We heard about the F visa policy (specially for above F0/F1/F2/F3/F4 HK route services) might change after 1st July 2013. We don’t guarantee F0/F1/F2/F3/F4 services will be still available after 1st July, so if you are interested in it, make sure you do it before 1st July 2013. (earlier is better)

F5. You have China F Visa now, Want to get 6 month Multi entry F Visa extension (SH route)
F6. You have China F Visa now, Want to get 3 month 2 entry F Visa extension (SH route)
F7. You have China F Visa now, Want to get 1 month 0 entry F Visa extension (SH route)

You can check other china visa services at right side menu or click here to get all of our china visa services list.

Paperwork list for China F visa - business visa extension services:

We have 2 different ways (HK route and SH route) to help you get the F visa, Please check it carefully to see which way is suitable for you:

F0 Services: For US or French citizen, Apply 12 month Multi-entry (60 days limit of each entry) F visa - HK route

Document you need to prepare are:
1. Original Passport
2. 2 Photographs (size 4.5cm*3.5cm with blue background)
3. 1 business card of you (with your company or home address and contact details)
4. 1 recommendation letter (provided by VisaInChina shanghai office)
*** In your passport, it must have at least 1 Chinese visa (even it expired) issued from your home country.

Processing Time:
5 working days
*For example, Submit document in our HK office on Monday before 4pm, get the visa on Friday 6pm.
If you submit document in our HK office on Tuesday before 4pm, then get the visa on next Monday 6pm.

Notice:
1. This visa is issued at Hong Kong, so you must go to our Hong Kong office personally to apply it.
2. This visa is 1 year Multi-entries F visa, but it has 60 days stay limit, so you must leave the country every 60 days to keep it valid.
3. This service is Only available for US and France Nationality. For the other nationalities, Please check following F1-F4 service.
4. This service is NOT available for applicant who has overstay record during recently 6 month.

Visa Cost:
For French passport: Down-Payment: 1000RMB (in Shanghai) and Balance: 5000RMB (in HK)
For US Passport: Down-Payment: 1000RMB (In Shanghai) and Balance: 5300RMB (in HK)

Procedure:

  1. Bring your passport copy, current visa copy, copy of the visa issued from your home country, and business card copy to VisaInChina shanghai office. Our company consultant will check your document and make sure it is qualified.
    *If you are not in Shanghai, you can also send those files by email.
  2. If your document is ok, then pay 1000RMB down payment. (Bank transfer is also ok)
  3. We will give you one “Recommendation Letter” including Hong Kong office address and contact person, in the meantime we will inform them to prepare your application in Hong Kong immediately.
  4. After you get the “Recommendation Letter”, you need to go to our Hong Kong office within 10 days to get the visa.
  5. After you successfully get the visa, check everything is correct, and then pay the balance to our Hong Kong office.

Important Notice: Since the visa policy keep changing, if you didn’t get the visa due to your own reason or policy changing, we can re-fund you 1000RMB down-payment. But we don’t take responsibility for any other expense compensation.

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F1-F4 Services: 3 month 1 entry L visa OR 6 month Multi-entry (continuous stay) F visa - HK route

Document you need to prepare are:
1. Original Passport
2. 2 Photographs (size 4.5cm*3.5cm with blue background)
3. 1 business card of you (with your company or home address and contact details)
4. 1 recommendation letter (provided by VisaInChina shanghai office)
*** If you have X China student visa (residence permit), then you need to provide 1 more letter from your school to confirm you have already quit (with school official stamp) or your graduated certificate.

Processing Time:
2 working days
*For example, Submit document in our HK office on Monday before 12am, get the visa on Tuesday 7pm.
If you submit document in our HK office on Monday after 12am, then get the visa on Wednesday 7pm.

Notice:
1. This visa was issued at Hong Kong, so you must go to our Hong Kong office personally to apply it.
2. This visa is 3-6 month continuous stay visa, so if you apply the 3 month visa, means you can stay 3 month. If you apply the 6 month visa, means you can stay 6 month.
3. This service is NOT available for US and France Nationality. For US or French citizen, please check above F0 service.
4. This service is NOT available for applicant who has overstay record during recently 6 month.

Visa Cost:
Check the form above, if your nationality is not list in the form, Please send us a email to check the price. Our email address: E-mail: info@visainchina.com

Procedure:

  1. Bring your passport copy; visa copy and business card copy to VisaInChina shanghai office. Our company consultant will check your document and make sure it is qualified.
    *If you are not in shanghai, or you are not available to come, you can also send with scan copy by email.
  2. If your document is ok, then pay down payment. (3 month L visa down payment is 300RMB; 6 month F visa down payment is 500RMB, Pay by Bank transfer is also ok)
  3. We will give you one “Recommendation Letter” including Hong Kong office address and contact person, in the meantime we will inform them to prepare your application in Hong Kong immediately.
  4. After you get the “Recommendation Letter”, you need to go to our Hong Kong office within 10 days to get the visa.
  5. After you successfully get the visa, check everything is correct, and then pay the balance to our Hong Kong office.

Important Notice: 6 month F visa successful rate is about 95%(very good chance), but if for any reason the application was denied by the China visa office, then we will apply the 3 month 1 entry L visa for you automatically, and re-fund you 200RMB down-payment balance after you come back China.

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F5-F7 Services: China F visa extension - SH route

1. Passport with valid F visa issued from outside of China or Shanghai
2. 2 Passport Photographs (size 4.5cm*3.5cm)
3. Local Shanghai Registration Form Of Temporary Residence( up to date ) [ Sample ]
4. Copy of the shanghai company business license [ Sample ]
5. Copy of the shanghai company enterprise code license [ Sample ]
6. Shanghai company invitation letter to state you are the client of them- with official stamp [ Sample ]
7. Shanghai company assignment letter with official stamp to assign VisaInChina as a visa agent for your F visa extension [ Sample ] (Print out and stamp it directly, don't modify)

If the company Capital >= 30 million USD, you can apply the 6 month Multi-entry F visa
If the company Capital > 3 million RMB, you can apply the 3 month 2 entry F visa
If the company Capital <= 3 million RMB, you can apply the 1 month 0 entry F visa

Normal Service takes: 6 Working Days
Service Cost: 650RMB/person (service fee)+ government fee (pay according to government receipt, around 160RMB)

*Registration Form Of Temporary Residence [ Click here to see the Sample ]
When you come to Shanghai with a valid visa, you have to go to the local police station near your living space (if you are living in hotel, just go to the hotel reception, But don't forget to ask the hotel put their stamp on the form! ) to register your information in detail within 24 hrs.It's easy and free. Then you can get this Registration Form. If you don't know where is the correct police station you have to go, Please give us a call, we will help you to find it out for free. (As the policy of Shanghai immigration bureau, we strongly recommend you to register and get this form. and also for the foreigner who live in Shanghai, please notice when you leave China and come back or move to a new living place or change a new passport, you have to renew this form)
Tips: If you register yourself too late, maybe the police will charge you fine. Please notice as the regulation, the fine is from minimum 50RMB upto maximum 500RMB. You can negotiate about it to reach a lower amount.

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