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Asialiner · Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 24 Location: Hainan Island

I applied for a re-entry permit, and got a new "Residence Permit" - a sticker in my passport. I was told by my FAO that this replaces the green card which was not returned by the PSB. There is nothing on my new permit about number of entries, only an issue date and valid until date. I tried to find out if this is a single or multiple entry visa. My FAO doesn't ask questions.
Anyone else know about this? I just want to make sure I can get back into the country or be sure to take all my valuables with me when I leave.

Norman Bethune · Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 731

cj750 · Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 3081 Location: Beijing

I have the sticker and I understand that the sticker in the passport is the same as the green book and can be used as a re-entry visa

Asialiner · Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 24 Location: Hainan Island

All four foreign teachers were given the same new "Residence Permit" with hopes of leaving China for the Spring holiday. This is all we were given. The PSB kept our green residence permits as they were replaced by the new one in our passports. The stamp in our passport is called "Residence Permit" and is not a visa. There is nothing about entries, exits, nothing. Is the new residence permit good for multiple entries?

smalldog · Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 74

Yep, I just got one too in Beijing. It does replace the green book, but it's different in that it also functions as a multiple entry visa. Check http://www.speedbusiness.com.cn/residence-permit.htm for details and a pic.

clomper · Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 251 Location: Beijing

need info:

I plan to exit the country for the winter holidays to head to Hkg and Taiwan.. when I entered the country, I had a tourist visa. The school had it changed to a multiple working visa.

I entered the country last August 18 and my visa is for 30 days. When the PSB issued the working visa and residence permit it was beyond the 30 day period. However, the school submitted my papers before the 30 day period ended.

My question is: will I be fined at the border??

kev7161 · Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 5880 Location: Suzhou, China

My question is: will I be fined at the border??

A: No.

I too was just told that things are a'changin' again to the tune of 500 to 600rmb!! If they are truly replacing the green resident books with a simple sticker in the passports and my residence book has not yet expired, then this change should be free of charge - - at least in a sane world it should be. I'm going to the PSB on Monday to get a re-entry visa and I'm betting I'll have a similar story come Tuesday. Is this happening now due to the new year passing or is it conveniently being done so just before spring festival break? Hmmmm.

laodeng · Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 481

I am having trouble getting a handle on this. I have been working in Shanghai, and I will be signing a new contract (also in Shanghai) soon. Formerly, I would simply get a new PSB stamp in my green book.

Does this mean that I must now have a residence permit pasted onto one of the dwindling number of pages in my passport? Or would the resident permit (as Norman Bethune seemed to suggest) be stapled somewhere in my passport? Is all this even operative yet in Shanghai, or is the new procedure still inching its way southward from Beijing?

Sorry. Too many questions, I know. But I don't want to have this thing suddenly bite me in the nether regions.

smalldog · Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Posts: 74