@ksmcqueen
Wow refused, just for some travel within China, that sucks.
I have a friend who has been able to get some China tourist visas from two agencies in HK that are six months to a year, multiple entry, 90 days or longer per stay. They are expensive, as much as tuition probably. But if you are hurting for a visa, then email them for current information, because this was before the current visa upheavals.
@mPRin: According to my school's leader, I should still be able to get a student visa in another city or even a work visa here in Kunming, just no more student visas in Kunming. It does seem that having been denied a visa will mess with my application processes in the future, but we'll see. I'm heading down to Thailand to try to get a tourist visa, then come back and switch to a student visa in Dali. Will keep posted
@Dazzer
Yes, some of the trips involved a Friday or a Monday on the side.
@AlexKMG
Thanks! I'm grateful for any and all options to explore.
If you wish to continue study, I think that the school will insist you convert to a student visa. And then you will be back to square one. In fact minus one, as the PSB will know you have tried to buck the system.
Have you tried asking if there is a right to appeal? Perhaps if you go to the PSB in person and ask to speak to the Director.
Try for an M visa through Forever Bright, a company in East Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, who are very good at arranging visas and know what they are doing - have been doing this for about 20 years. If they have to send your passport to your home country to get it, in which case it will take 5 days to a week. If there are other options they will know what they are.
@ksmcqueen
Yep, Dali did spring to mind for me too. So they didn't give you any extension you had literally just the days that were left on your visa to get out of China? *As I said in another thread, Bangkok are being particularly anal about handing out visas at the moment, if I were you head to Chiang Mai.
@Alien: Can these visas from Forever Bright be done online or do you need to go to HK in person? And then stay in HK for a week whilst your visa is out of country?
You could also try Laos.
Howdy folks,
Don't mind me butting in, but I live in Nanning, Guangxi, and we're experiencing the same issues. A customer of mine, a Phillipina, had enrolled at a local college to study Chinese. She was granted a visa until the end of the semester. When she re-applied at the PSB Entry/Exit Bureau they knew exactly how many times she'd attended class. They tested her Chinese, refused the three year course duration student visa and gave her one year, after which they told her, her Chinese and attendance had better have improved. She was also warned not to work on a student visa.
I think that this is a reaction to the difficulties that Chinese students are facing at home (UK).
The other aspect of it is that when they changed the visitor visa regulations last July to prevent people working on visitor visas, there was an immediate shift to student visas for cheap Chinese courses at private colleges whereby ESL teachers can attend college during the day and teach evenings and weekends.
Incidentally, my customer has given up and will return to the Philippines when her visa expires in September.
@tigertiger you're right, it's probably best to change visa types, I'm also working on finding a job now that can offer a z visa.
@alienI'm considering everbright too, if I can't find a suitable job.
@Yankee Laos also an option
