Business Visa：M Visa
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Chinese M Visa, we can called Business Visa or Commerce & Trade Visa (before 1st Sept 2013, we called F visa) is issued to those who intend to go to China for commercial and trade activities. (not including internship)
Start from Jan 2015, Chinese release a new rule (no.78 Rule), especially for foreigner who comes into China to finish a short term work (less than 90 days). In that rule, it determines which kind of situation count as a short term working (Z) and what situation count as a short term Commerce & Trade (M). Details below, please check it carefully, when you have an interview in the Chinese Embassy or Chinese visa center, you have to give the proper answer relate to the visa type which you want to apply. Wrong answer will cause your case reject or delay:
Which situation count as a short term working visa (Z Visa)?
• Foreigner (Employed and assigned by a foreign enterprise) comes to Chinese Co-operation Company to finish some technical, scientific research, management or guidance job
• Foreigner comes to Chinese sport club/organization to have a trial (including coach and athlete)
• Foreigner comes to China for a film shooting (including advertisement film and documentary film)
• Foreigner comes to China for a fashion show (including model)
• Foreign performance (for commercial performance)
Which situation does NOT count as a short term working ,but business(M Visa)?
• Mechanical after sales team come to China to repair, install, maintain, remove, guidance, training (Apply M visa)
• Bid Winner come to China to do the project guidance, supervision, checking (Apply M visa)
• Foreigner from head office goes to shanghai branch, representative office to have some short term work (Apply M visa)
• Foreigner comes to China to attend the sports event, including coach, athlete, team doctor, assistant etc. (Apply M visa)
When you get a M visa issued from the Chinese Embassy/Consulate in any other countries, normally the visa is in light green color, on the right top of the visa is the National Emblem of China (Click to see the sample). After you get your visa, you must first check if your name, passport number, birth date are correct or not. After that, let's VisaInChina teach you how to read your visa. According to the above sample, on that visa, there are following important information:
• Category: M (before 1st Sept 2013, we called F visa)
• Entries: M (Multiple)
• Enter Before: 3rd Sept 2014
• Duration of each stay: 030 days after entry
• Issue date: 3rd Sept 2013
It means, your current visa type is M visa (China business visa), you have Multi-entries to enter China (you can enter / leave / re-enter China as many times as you want), But you must enter China before 3rd Sept 2014. After you enter China, you can stay maximum 30 days without leaving (30 days calculated from your last entry date into China). Following are some FAQs about above Chinese M visa:
Q1: If I enter China on 2nd Sept 2014, how long can I stay?
A: Since you Enter Before 3rd Sept 2014, you still can stay 30 days until 2nd Oct 2014.
Q2: Following above situation, I enter China on 2nd Sept 2014, on 30th Sept 2014, I want to go to Thailand for a visit and come back on 10th Oct 2014, can I do that with my current visa?
A: You can leave China, but you can not enter China with this visa, because this visa requests you enter China before 3rd Sept 2014, so it means you must apply a new visa in Thailand to come back on 10th Oct 2014.
Ok, within the "enter before" date, you entered China, after you stay 30days, you can either leave China and come back (within "enter before" date) to active another 30 days stay, or we can help you do the visa renewal / extension here in our Shanghai or Hongkong office. Following are the services we provide for M visa renewal, normally the visa you get inside of China is in grey color, on the middle of the visa is the China Great Wall (Click to see the sample)
[ M1-M3: Services fee only , the Government fee will pay according to the Government receipt ]
M1. You have China M visa now, Want to get 1 month M visa extension (Shanghai route) - Available
M2. You have China M visa now, Want to get 2 month M visa extension (Shanghai route) - Available
M3. You have China M visa now, Want to get 3 month M visa extension (Shanghai route) - Available
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Paperwork list for China M visa - business visa extension services:
M1-M3 Services: China M visa extension - Shanghai route
1. Passport with valid M visa (in green color) issued from outside of China
2. 2 Passport Photographs (size 4.5cm*3.5cm)
3. Local Shanghai Registration Form Of Temporary Residence( up to date ) [ Sample ]
4. Copy of the company Business License[ Sample ] and Organization Code Certificate [ Sample ](if the company has integrated the business license, the organization code certificate, and the certificate of taxation registration into one document, just need Business License[ Sample ]), Copy of the company Approval Certificate or FTA Foreign Investment Enterprise Record Certificate(only for foreign investment company)
5. Shanghai company invitation letter to state you are the client of them -with official stamp [ Sample ]
6. Shanghai company assignment letter with official stamp to assign 「PassportVisa」 as a visa agent for your M visa extension [ Sample ] (Print out and stamp it directly, don't modify)
7. Copy of the shanghai company official invitation letter (issued by Shanghai government) which you used to apply your M visa in the Chinese Embassy/Consulate outside. [ Sample ]
Important Notice:
1. Only the shanghai company who invite you here (which sent you the official invitation letter) can support you to get extension in Shanghai.
2. If the company didn't use the official invitation letter (issued by Shanghai foreign affair department) to invite you but a letter written by the company itself. Then above M1-M3 visa extension service is not available for you.
3. You will keep entry which your former visa remains. For example, if your former visa has 1 entry remaining, then your current extension will keep that 1 entry. If you have Multi-entries visa before, then your extension will also has Multi-entries.
4. Normally the extension of your stay can not exceed your current visa stay period. For example, if you have a 30 days M visa to enter China, you can only extend it for another 30 days (M1 service). Only if you enter China with 60 days M visa, then you can try with 60 days extension (M2 service).
Normal Service takes: 8 Working Days
Service Cost: 1000RMB/person (service fee)+ government fee (pay according to government receipt, around 160RMB)
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【Important Notice】
All the above information is based on the public information of the government departments and our practical experience, such as the immigration authority, human resources and social security bureau and so on. If you decide to apply the visa or permit by yourself following the above documents list, we are not responsible for the loss of above information or other reasons. We recommend you to check with the government departments by yourself before submitting application documents. Please refer to the information provided by the government department.
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