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chengdu619 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 76

Hi, my friend is here in Beijing on an F visa but quit his job. He wants to stay in China till June but naturally his previous employer wont give him the papers to extend his visa. Does anyone know of a reliable visa extension agent? And a fair cost for extending an F visa?

Thanks

Mr. English · Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 298 Location: Nakuru, Kenya

Prices vary according to the passport you carry. For Americans using agents in Shenzhen, a 2-year multiple-entry F visa with 60-day maximum duration each stay, and you can remain in China while the visa is being processed, goes for 5500 RMB. A 6-month multiple-entry F visa with 30-day maximum duration each stay goes for 1700 as of last June, price conceivably has gone up a little since then. I think people from the other major English-speaking countries generally pay a little less. You can deal with agents in Shenzhen by mail, but you might want to find one in Beijing, or at least closer to Beijing than Shenzhen. Take a look at the thread "F visa without 30-day runs", or something close to that; it is near the bottom of the second web page in this forum, China job-related. Someone mentioned an agent in Qingdao.