Buying an F-Visa in Hong Kong

[Prodigal Son]

Where's the best place to get one? Can anyone recommend a place?

[roddy]

Last I looked you needed a HK ID card if you wanted anything without a 30 day stay restriction. The days of the easy HK F visa are over - although I'd like to be the first to know if they come back.

[Prodigal Son]

That's what I had feared - thanks for confirming my suspicion though, Roddy. I'm headed for HK in a few days and figured it was worth inquiring. Thanks

[adrianlondon]

Go to Forever Bright. Probably named after their awful website ...

http://www.fbt-chinavisa.com.hk/

I went there, UK passport, last November and got an L visa valid for 90 days. OK, they're all valid for 90 days but until that visa they all had "duration of stay: 30 days" on them; this one didn't. So, single entry 90 day stay.

[roddy]

That's fairly decent. If you can get that I wouldn't be surprised if they'll give you 2 90-day stays. Although if you plan to ultimately change to an F visa within China, that'll likely be more expensive going L>F than F>F.

[adrianlondon]

I actually felt bad for "wasting" it as I only stayed in China for 6 days.

[onebir]

The days of the easy HK F visa are over - although I'd like to be the first to know if they come back.

Someone I know, who's familiar with the various classes of Chinese, told me he was offered a 6m F in HK by one of the usual suspects about six weeks ago. He just wanted an L - so he didn't ask about the price. Availability of the F's wasn't mentioned on their website & he thinks phoning rather than emailing agents may get a more accurate picture of what's available.

Perhaps if anyone gets some good news they could start a separate thread entitled "Really useful visa agents in HK".