visa agents outside beijing & shanghai???

[onebir]

Do they exist? Or do foreigners living outside those cities

a) mail their passports to bj/sh based agents or

B) trek down to HK every 6 months?

[roddy]

Never heard of any. My inclination is to say that for a number of reasons - lesser numbers of 'free-floating' foreigners needing visa agents in smaller cities, and the lack of channels (ie thatsbj.com in Beijing) to bring customers and providers together - they don't really exist.

Anyone used agents elsewhere?

[Xiao Kui]

I've never used it, don't know how much it costs, but there is an agency called Tenwest in Kunming that advertises visa application and renewal services - their other services, such as translation are reputable and used by expats here. Maybe someone else has more info.

Of course they might just mail your stuff to a BJ or SH agency.

[pushingeast]

Hi Xiao Kui,

Any chance you would have the contact details for this Tenwest mob or where i could get them?

Cheers,

A

[pazu]

I have never tried the service by myself (because I'm from Hong Kong) but my friend got this information in January 2007.

If you are inside mainland China, it's difficult to get a long visa extension in Lhasa. But you can still extend your visa through a travel agency in Beijing or Shanghai. It means that you have to send your passport (by EMS, around Y26 one way trip) to Beijing.

They can give you another extension of 6 months, price is as follows:

F visa extending 6 month 1 entries price 960 RMB

6 month 2 entries price 1100 RMB

6 month multiple entries 1400 RMB

I'm not quite sure about the price for L visa, but it should be quite the same.

You can call 133 9173 6578. Their address is 北京市海淀区五道口华清商务会馆 7号楼703v 吴博收.

[onebir]

Having just arrive in Kunming, I'd like to bump the question about Tenwest... does anyone have an address/number for them?

[hunxueer]

there's a new one in chengdu called K Consulting Expatriation Services

www.KCES.eu

028-66644320 info@kces.eu