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Songbird
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 Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:29 am Post subject: Can I triple check something?? |
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Just scoured the Z Visa/ Res Permit thread but it's a bit old....
I want to go to the UK for the winter holiday (don't laugh)....but just got my passport back after getting res permit renewed (actually it was a tad messy, I needed to also get my passport renewed beforehand, but anyway...). I came here on an L visa (didn't need to leave though, as continuing with my college, like I said, bit of a screw up as I didn't know what to do with the passport renewal), 30 days, so it's obviously now expired. This was 1 entry.
But there's nothing on the blue Res Permit to say if it's MULTIPLE entry or not. Can a be ABSOLUTELY certain that I can come and go as I please before Aug next year (when it expires) or do I need to reapply or whatever?
Sorry for asking, but I can't book my hols til I'm certain! |
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Songbird
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Uuuuuuhhhhh......anyone?
(29 looks so far) |
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therock
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, the residence permit is multiple entry. You can leave and enter the country as many times as you like until the expiration date. Now go enjoy your holiday.  |
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Songbird
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Thank you so much the Rock.....when the FAO gave me my passport back last night and checked a was a tad concerned  .
What a relief! |
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kev7161
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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From the first entry (by yours truly) in the Z-Visa thread:
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3. Residence Permit: Formally, you would have had 3 documents - - your passport with a single-entry or multi-entry Z visa, your red Foreign Experts Certificate booklet, and a green Residence Permit (RP) booklet. The RP would cover you while you were living and working in China after your Z visa expired, but anytime (after expiration) you'd want to leave the country and return, you'd have to get a new Z visa (or already have a long-term, multi-entry visa). Now, your FAO will take your passport to the local PSB and they will affix a RP "sticker" into your passport. As long as the RP is valid, you can (should be able to) come and go as you please. This takes the place of your Z visa, so no need to get long-term and/or multi-entry visas. Also, no more green booklet. Before your RP expires, you should be leaving China or getting it renewed if you are staying on for another "X" amount of time. It's not a good idea to wait until the last minute to renew.
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therock
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Funny thing is most FAO wouldn't have a clue if the residence permit is multiple entry. It has been multiple entry since they introduced the sticker in the passport as the residence permit. Before that it was only single entry and you had to apply for a re-entry permit. Thank goodness we now have the multiple entry residence permits.  |
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OGFT
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Before that it was only single entry and you had to apply for a re-entry permit. Thank goodness we now have the multiple entry residence permits. |
multiple entry has always been one of the options, if you had a mulitlple entry visa. |
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therock
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| Before that it was only single entry and you had to apply for a re-entry permit. Thank goodness we now have the multiple entry residence permits. |
multiple entry has always been one of the options, if you had a mulitlple entry visa. |
True, 3 years ago when they were using the green books as residence permits they came as single or multiple entry. Depending on which one your school could be bothered applying for. |
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