@Ouyang, You are right mine is for a few days less than 1 full year. The officer who helped me changed the date to less than 1 year without explaining to me why, guess he wanted to save me money. Interesting?

Thanks so much. One can save money here I hope. This brings up the other thread on the upcoming new "green" card rules as if you folow this cheapre way you might have residence for less than one full year and not qualify.
My question on this, is it a good idea to have the residence permit for less than one full year when you consider that maybe in the future you will need full ten years of residence to get the 10 "green " year card. We all know how bureauracies work with the rules and regulations.They will say "Your permits were for 364 days each time not 365, so you have not lived in China for 10 years."

I am new to Kunming. I am married to a Chinese and here on an extended holiday with my wife. I'm trying to extend my stay pass the 60 days granted so it is wonderful to have found this tread. I have some questions I hope some kind souls can help us with.:

Is there a procedure to get the household registration done? Do they recognize foreign marriage certificates?

Is the visa, is it a 1 year extended visa? Or is it a multi-entry visa such that we have to leave the country and return again?

We keep using our foreign marriage certificate so they must recognize them.

I'm curious about 90 day tourist visa extensions, is it something available only to those with family where they apply for the extension? I used to think that only 30 day extensions were possible, but last summer after having come to China to visit my brother I was informed at the Beijing Lu visa office that since my brother was studying in Kunming, they could've given me a longer visa extension, but now it was too late as I had already extended my visa twice when out traveling. Didn't really matter as I later got a student visa, but still, would've been good to know that earlier. If one comes to China to visit a girlfriend or boyfriend, is the same generous extension offer available I wonder, or do you have to get hitched first?

Hello everyone,

I'm currently on a students residence permit issued by my university. I would like to extend it for 1 month.
Is it possible? Where do I need to go? What documents do I need?

Thanks very much for your help!

Hi Sarah!
Requirements change all the time, best thing to do is go to the visa place on Tuodong Lu and check with them.

I know it's in the listings here, but can't seem to find it, sorry.

Let us know what they say!

Hi everyone!

This is my situation:

I have business VISA type M, with double entry, 60 days each entry that was issued by the chinese embassy at Madrid (SPAIN). It expires the 19th February and I need to extend it until 13 March (less tan 30 days is enough).

The invitation letter of my first VISA was made by a company established on Shanghai, but actually nowadays Im living in Kunming working closely with a chinese company stablishen in Kunming.

I ll be very grateful if someone can suggest with any info, visa agency in kunming, or whatever useful...

Thanks a lot!!!

It sounds to me like you need a new invitation letter from the Kunming company.

@gallegoluke, you will definitely need your new company to go through the process again. They should know what to do.