phyrex Posted August 24, 2009 at 06:40 AM Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 at 06:40 AM Everyone, I need your help, I am currently in Beijing on a 3 month tourist visa that will expire in 2-3 weeks. I ultimately want to stay in China for about a year.. but how to do that? Visa runs are expensive, and so is enrolling in some school, and so is converting my visa to a 6 month (or more) F one through an agency. (I have been quoted ~3700 RMB for that process) However, a friend of mine has a small company, though not in Beijing but in Inner Mongolia. Does anyone know if it would be possible for him to give me an "internship" for 6-12 months which would get me an according visa? How would we go about that? Has anybody any experience with something like that? Or recommendations what else I could do? Thanks a lot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 24, 2009 at 07:50 AM Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 at 07:50 AM Marry a local? Although judging by some other threads, that could also be an expensive option Seriously though, I don't think there's going to be a nice cheap and hassle free option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phyrex Posted August 24, 2009 at 10:48 AM Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 at 10:48 AM Haha, that's one of my longterm plans, though definitely one that would profit from me staying around here longer ;) I just wondered if anybody ever went that route ('internship' in a friend's company) and knows what we both would need to in order to make that work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 24, 2009 at 11:37 AM Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 at 11:37 AM Is your friend's company a Chinese company or a wholly-owned foreign enterprise? If the former, it will probably cost more for them to get permission to hire foreigners and go through all the paperwork to apply than it is to just lay down the RMB 3700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phyrex Posted August 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM Just a small Chinese company. Thanks a bunch, imron, I guess that answers my question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevelyan Posted August 24, 2009 at 01:48 PM Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 at 01:48 PM The Hong Kong visa run can be inexpensive if you know what you're doing (1600 for the train both ways, plus whatever you spend in Hong Kong while you're there). The problem is that you can easily end up getting only a short term visa and needing to convert it to something longer back in Beijing. Small case in point, if you want to get an F visa down there (for business on behalf of a company not registered in China) you generally need a business card linking you to the applying organization. No business card, no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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