flying from taiwan to china

[conrad]

Has anyone had experience going from china to taiwan. I need to get from harbin to taiwan and then return to china. (for gf's grandpas funeral) I am concerned bc I only have a single entry visa and a residence permit. If anyone has any experiences with this type of thing i would really appreciate input.

Thanks

Conrad

[liuzhou]

If you have a residence permit, your visa is irrelevant. The residence permit replaces the visa. So, you are free to come and go while the residence permit is valid.

[flameproof]

>If you have a residence permit, your visa is irrelevant. The residence permit replaces the visa. So, you are free to come and go while the residence permit is valid.

Are you sure? I think you cross the border with your passport and not with your residence permit or ID card. If you have a single entry, that would expire after you leave China and you would have to get a new China visa.

On a finer note, people who ask visa queries should mention what passport they hold. That can be relevant to some answers.

Talking about flights, I presume that there are no flights from CN to TW and that you have to stoppover in either HK, MO, KR or JP. HK or MO are probably the cheapest option (you could fly to Shenzhen or Zhuhai).

[gato]

When you get your residency permit, your initial entry visa is cancelled (crossed out), which means that it's replaced with the residency permit.

[johnd]

We'd better make sure we're talking about the same things. A residence permit looks just like a visa and is attached inside your passport. If you have this then you are permitted multiple entry. As said above, if you have a residence permit then the single entry visa should have Cancelled stamped on it.

If, however, you only have a single entry visa then you must apply for another visa, either before you leave the mainland, or before you re-enter.

[Lu]

I think you'd best ask your embassy, or the Chinese visa department. The answer they can give you is more useful than what you can hear here.