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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #15 on: November 27, 2010, 11:30:37 pm »
The green card thing was a "PR Hoax" more or less from the info you can read over att Echinacities.com shouldnt be too hard to find the article. The only ones beside "Gilbert" who ever got one or its equivalency were people who had invested significant amounts of money in China or had other strong political/financial connections. I cant certify that this information is correct. But i think most comments and refered sources pointed in that direction.

I will look up the exact link again if someone have problem finding it on their site.

Just found:

http://www.echinacities.com/expat-corner/dont-have-500-000-you-re-staying-a-semi-permanent.html

There are more on the same site too.

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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2010, 09:47:04 am »
In Zongshan the PSB where the visas are renewed no longer accepts cash in payment. They only accept Chinese Credit/Debit card and they would not accept either of my two well known Britsih ones.

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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2010, 08:04:22 pm »
That's just a special rule they made just for you Willy, we know how much they love you there! ;D Thank goodness they still have a cash payments desk in Baoding.

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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2011, 04:25:42 am »
Today I collected my 6th Visa!  At last I think I have worn them down as I have a 12 month multi-entry visa. 

They do not issue the 2 year visa in Zhongshan.  (This is where you have to go for a hospital medical report. Big cities like Guangzhou issue them.  One drawback for you youngsters in the big cities  - you have to be at least 60 years of age to qualify)

But I now have a 12 month visa cost 1403 rmb.

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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2011, 07:44:33 am »
ext: Residency [if you intend to stay longer than 90 days]

Before you enter China obviously check your visa and make sure it is in date.
Step 1. Once you’ve been in country before or at the 30th day REGISTER with the local police station where you are residing. This is a must if you intend to lengthen your stay.
Step 2. If you have married [see various threads on this procedure] or have secured employment the next step is to head to ‘Entry-Exit Inspection And Quarantine Bureau’ to get your full medical. You will have your urine, blood examined thoroughly, chest x-ray, ultra sound on the abdomen, eye test, BP, and pulse measured, a ECG, and a full work up is done on you. All for the cost of 480 rmb and that may vary from location to location. They are looking for STD’s and any transmutably disease, if you have anything wrong with you other than this suggest you bring something from your physician [but officially translated here] stating what is the situation.
Step 3. If you are staying at your wife’s address you will need some sort of licence that states: she either owns the property or she is renting it. The police will need to see this to rubberstamp any permit to reside.
Step 4. You will need 2 or 3 passport photos.
Step 5. You must photocopy all original documents [I did mine twice suggest the same]. The list of documents are: your passport, the page with your visa and entry stamps, your wife’s ID, the house licence, the health certificate, your marriage licence, the original police 30 day registration document [very important]. Now Chinese documents of official nature are in little red books just like the marriage licence you receive once you are wed. Your passport will be returned to you in about one week.
The procedure described is for the one-year residency. I think it’s slightly less complicated for the 6 months. Oh and you are granted leave to stay from your time of entry into China! Work visa is a completely different kettle of fish and let your employer do that, but you will need the health document regardless. And you are not allowed to work on a residency permit.   
For my 'Z' visa and 'foreign expert blue book' I let the school do the paper work, but it took a trip to HK and expressing the visa cost UK citizens HK$660 and took one day. You arrive at the visa centre in the morning and go back the next day at the same time. US citizens were being charged around HK$1400 - I guess that is the favouritism showed to Brits.

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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2011, 09:09:29 pm »
Just a couple of points to add to Neal's post.

I have been here over two years now had 6 visas in all and visited the local police station more often than the criminals ( I swear I only go to update my temporary residents permit) but i have never had a medical of any sort or asked to provide one.

I do suggest that you do not put off registering at a police station because you think no one will know where you are. In two different apartments I had the police call unannounced to see my temporary residents permit.

When you get the photos done at official shops you will need to keep the receipt and hand that in together with the one photo with numbers on it.  Make sure you get offical photos done.

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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2011, 11:50:08 pm »
OOPS !
How often am I supposed to go to the police station? I have only been once and I still have that registration tucked away somewhere.  No one has bothered me so far and they know I am here. The police station is just two blocks away and I walk in front of it all the time on my way shopping.

I have never stayed the full 90- days. I manage a trip back to the USA about every 60 days and stay there for a few weeks before returning to CHina.
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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2011, 02:08:34 am »
It's China.  There are no hard and fast rules, of course.  I stayed in a small village twice for nearly 3 weeks.  Never once did I visit the police station.  The police walked by a few times.  Being the only foreigner in town, they gave me a good looking over, but never said a word. 

That said, it's probably in your best interest to register. 
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Re: long term visa for settling in china
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2011, 05:05:01 am »
You should register with the police indeed. Very important, you can get in trouble if you dont and i have heard of several who did and had to pay fines etc. The police here in Beijing have impressive control over where all the foreigners live etc and they may just like Willy said show up un-announced at your home and ask for the residence permit. They did at our place once too. The police, at least here in Beijing are nice and they are cool with you as long as you follow the rules. We had 2 police women who came to check on me once and it took 2 minutes and they apologized for the inconvenience, but if i would not have had my papers in order ..... its just too much headache to think about it. So take my (and others advice), do it the right way. Its not worth the risk of ignoring their laws and rules.

The medical check is ONLY for work visa, it is never required for any other visa as far as i know or have heard of.
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