Bonjour, nous sommes à Kathmandou et nous avons obtenu 15 jours de visa pour la Chine. Quinze jours, incroyable, et pourquoi pas deux jours!!! Et il semble bien que ce n’est plus simple de demander une extension. On compte atterrir à Chengdu puis à vélo passer par Dali, Kunming et puis nous rendre au Laos. Y-a-t-il des villes où on peut encore étendre son visa dans ce coin-là (au Sud de Chengdu, dans les provinces du Sichuan ou Yunnan)? Alors, je sais que tout est aléatoire, particulièrement en ce moment, mais comme les dernières discussions sur ce sujet sont déjà dépassées (-puisque ces deux dernières semaines tout ce qui concerne l’obtention des visas chinois a bien évolué-), toutes les informations récentes sur ce sujet m'interessent,
merci beaucoup!!!
tu ne devrais pas trop rever car les authorités restreignent de plus en plus. Je vois tres mal les authorités locales prendrent des prerogatives de peur des retombés sur eux-meme sauf bien sur si qqun de ta famille connaisse des personnes bien placées.
Premierement: Lorsque l'on passe la frontiere, y a-t-il une procedure de sortie (ou est ce que le premier douanier qu'on voit est celui du laos)?
Je n'ai pas la reponse a cette question
Mais s'il n'y a pas de procedure de sortie, je ne vois pas comment les autorites chinoises sauront que tu es reste plus longtemps.
Ceci etant dit, je ne vois pas l'interet de se presenter pour payer une amende (l'article ne precise pas que tu serait autorise de sejour apres avoir paye)
"Please be advised that current regulations state that the penalty for overstaying a visa is 500 RMB per day of overstay, not to exceed 5000 RMB and/or detention. The period of detention can range from 5-30 days depending on the severity of the violation. Detention may be longer than 30 days in the case that the authorities believe that the foreigner was involved in criminal activity. The Embassy is aware of several recent detentions of American citizens relating to visa overstays and violating the terms of their visas (i.e. working while on a visitor’s visa). "
Premierement: Lorsque l'on passe la frontiere, y a-t-il une procedure de sortie (ou est ce que le premier douanier qu'on voit est celui du laos)?
Je n'ai pas la reponse a cette question
Mais s'il n'y a pas de procedure de sortie, je ne vois pas comment les autorites chinoises sauront que tu es reste plus longtemps.
J'ai l'impression que tu ne voyages pas bcp!
quand tu quittes un pays, il y a un controle par la police des frontieres 😏
Lorsque tu quittes les US par voie terrestre (vers le Canada), il n'y a pas de controle de "police des frontieres", le premier officiel que tu vois est le contact avec le douanier canadien.
Meme chose dans le sens inverse: pas de "police des frontieres" canadienne, le premier officiel que tu vois est le contact avec le douanier etatsunien.
Si tu quittes les US par voie aerienne, pas de "police des frontieres". la seule demarche d'immigration (qui est de rendre le I-94) est sous-traitee a la companie aerienne.
Direction les Bahamas en bateau, pas de "police des frontieres" US. La procedure d'entree aux Bahamas est meme sous-traite a la companie de croisiere.
Retour aux US, pas de "police des frontieres" des bahamas.
Entree en Suisse depuis la France (du genre train Mulhouse-Bale), pas de "police des frontieres", juste des douaniers suisse.
Entree en France depuis la Suisse, pas de "police des frontieres", juste des douaniers francais.
Sortie de Grande-Bretagne direction Schengen pas de "police des frontieres", juste des douaniers Schengen.
Sortie de Schengen, a ben la oui, il y a effectivement une procedure de sortie avec la "police des frontieres". Bon, ben autant pour moi, je vois maintenant ce que tu veux dire.
Je n'ai malheureusement jamais ete en Chine (et je n'ai jamais quitte la chine), c'est pourquoi j'ai dit "Je n'ai pas la reponse a cette question"
merci pour tes exemples qui ne sont pas des cas exceptionnels 😏 car lié a un accord.
Et quand tu sors de la grande bretagne tu passes par la police des frontieres pour entrer en europe schengen 😏
Ce qui est surprenant, tu reponds a une question dont tu ne connais pas comme tu le dis toi-meme. Ce n'est pas les cas speciales comme pour le canada et les USA qui font la generalité et surtout dans le cas d'un pays assez fermé 😏
merci pour tes exemples qui ne sont pas des cas exceptionnels 😏 car lié a un accord.
Sinon, to the best of my knowledge, les procedures que j'ai citee ne sont pas specifiques au pays de destination, donc a moi que les pays en question n'aient des accords avec tous les pays vers lesquels il a des liaisons aeriennes....
Et quand tu sors de la grande bretagne tu passes par la police des frontieres pour entrer en europe schengen 😏
Ce n'est pas mon experience, a moins que tu ne comptes le controle de securite aux rayons X comme "police des frontieres"
Ce qui est surprenant, tu reponds a une question dont tu ne connais pas comme tu le dis toi-meme. Ce n'est pas les cas speciales comme pour le canada et les USA qui font la generalité et surtout dans le cas d'un pays assez fermé 😏
Dans ce cas, tu aurais pu simplement preciser que la chine a une procedure du territoire plutot que
"J'ai l'impression que tu ne voyages pas bcp!
quand tu quittes un pays, il y a un controle par la police des frontieres 😏 "
merci pour ces liens
vive voyageforum vive la solidarite et vive la solidarite entre voyageurs, experiementes ou non...😉
De rien, you're welcome.
J'ai roule ma bosse, mais je n'ai pas eu le chance (pour l'instant) d'aller en asie (je n'ai malheureusement meme pas vraiment quitte le monde occidental).
En tant que tel, prends mes infos comme un debut de piste - elles ne sont que des infos trouvees sur internet et sont a verifier.
Ensuite, d'apres nemo1001, des procedure de sortie existent en Chine, donc simplement pedaler vers la frontiere en esperant que tout se passe bien (malgres l'overstay) ne semble pas une option.
On est arrivés à Chengdu. Bonne nouvelle : on pourrait faire l'extension de nos visas à Chengdu au City PSB (ils peuvent donner un mois), mais ils nous demandent d'attendre sept jours avant l'expiration et ça prend 5 jours ouvrables. On ne veut pas rester aussi longtemps ici alors demain on part pour Leshan, au sud de Chengdu pour essayer, il parait qu'on peut l'avoir dans la journée. Si ça ne marche pas à Leshan on reviendra vite fait en bus à Chengdu pour faire étendre ce visa.
On est à Leshan. On récupère nos visas au PSB dans une heure. Ils nous ont donné un mois d'extension à compter de la date d'expiration de nos visas, c'est parfait.
Le PSB est ouvert de 9h à 12h et 14h à 16h, tous les jours (en tout cas du lundi au vendredi et le dimanche, pour le samedi je suis pas sûre). Si on fait la demande le matin, on a les visas l'après-midi, c'est 160 yuans par personne. Ils ne nous ont posé aucune question, juste un formulaire à remplir, les photocopies du passeport et du visa chinois, une photo, c'est réglé.
Donc il semble qu'il vale mieux faire l'extension dans des petites villes, c'est plus simple et rapide et ils ne te demandent pas d'attendre quelques jours avant la fin de ton premier visa (en tout cas deux amis français ont obtenu une extension dans une petite ville du nord alors qu'ils leur restaient encore dix jours et l'extension commence à l'expiration de l'ancien visa).
Mais on a entendu qu'à partir du 1er juillet, faire étendre son visa deviendra peut-être plus compliqué (mais je n'ai pas la source),
alors Amis voyageurs en Chine, restons prévoyants mais continuons de rêver...
Oui c'est plus facile d'avoir une extension dans une petite ville
Je viens de recevoir des nouvelles d'un français qui a réussi à faire étendre son visa d'un mois et obtenir un mois supplémentaire à Dali
Ce que je me demande c'est si en France on prend un aller retour supérieur à un mois pour cet été
est ce qu'à l'ambassade ils vont délivrer le visa ?
Car je compte faire l'extension quand je serai au Yunnan
Siya
PS : à Chengdu en 2005 j'avais obtenu mon extension dans la journée
Bonjour Estelle!
J ai conscience que ton poste date de plus d un an mais c est le plus precis que j ai trouve sur le sujet d extension de visa en chine!
Je suis actuellement a Beijing et c est effectivement complique pour l obtention de l extension! Tu dis l avoir eu sans probleme a Leshan, au sud de chengdu. Peux tu me dire a combien de temps de chengdu se situe Leshan? Sais tu par hasard si c est aussi simple a Chengdu (malgre les 5 jours d attente...)
un grand merci d avance!!
Leshan se situe à 150 kms au Sud de Chengdu, mais je ne pense pas que tu aies besoin d'aller aussi loin pour renouveller ton visa (surtout qu'il n'y a aucune certitude que ça se passe toujours ainsi!)
Je pense juste que plus la ville est petite (mais il faut qu'il y ait tout de même un bureau de l'immigration bien sûr), plus il y a de chance d'obtenir ton extension.
Comme tu sais ces informations datent, mais essaie dans n'importe quelle ville moyenne pas loin de là où tu te trouves.
Bonne chance!
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I’ll explain my situation.
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I’ve managed to push my departure back to next Tuesday at the latest, but I’m starting to really panic.
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