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Does anybody here currently hold a Chinese visa
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2018-03-18 at 7:17 PM UTCTrying to decide whether to apply for the L or F visa. (Probably L right? Not like I'd get a Z visa anymore.) I'm finding one of the requirements very annoying as well
Documents showing the itinerary including air ticket booking record (round trip) and proof of a hotel reservation, etc. or an invitation letter issued by a relevant entity or individual in China. The invitation letter should contain:
A. Information on the applicant (full name, gender, date of birth, etc.)
B. Information on the planned visit (arrival and departure dates, place(s) to be visited, etc.)
C. Information on the inviting entity or individual (name, contact telephone number, address, official stamp, signature of the legal representative or the inviting individual)
Like, what the fuck? They want me to buy a ticket and book a hotel before I even know I'll be allowed into the country? How goddamned fucking annoying. -
2018-03-18 at 7:21 PM UTCI might just get my Chinese friend to write that letter instead, since I plan on visiting him. It would be easier that way. But the round trip, gawd. What if I decide to stay longer? Or leave earlier? Gotta eat that round trip ticket price or pay (if I can) to get the date changed with the airline. But that might cause problems with the authorities when I do try to leave?
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2018-03-18 at 7:21 PM UTCShut the fuck up, man. No one gives a shit.
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2018-03-18 at 7:23 PM UTC
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2018-03-18 at 7:43 PM UTCMy sister went to China to teach English during a gap year. She lost like 40 pounds because the food was awful.
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2018-03-18 at 7:45 PM UTC
Originally posted by Zanick My sister went to China to teach English during a gap year. She lost like 40 pounds because the food was awful.
Do you know what year, and if she got a Z visa, or still has it? In 2016 they completely fucked up the visa system and now it's really hard to (legally) teach in China without a bachelor's, which I don't have. -
2018-03-18 at 7:46 PM UTC
Originally posted by 杀死所有的白魔鬼 Do you know what year, and if she got a Z visa, or still has it? In 2016 they completely fucked up the visa system and now it's really hard to (legally) teach in China without a bachelor's, which I don't have.
She's actually in town today, so I'll ask her when I see her in a few hours and get back to you. What are you planning to do there? -
2018-03-18 at 7:49 PM UTCAlso next year they start that obligatory Black Mirror social program where the government uses an algorithm to grade your economic and political WORTHINESS to the great and glorious Chinese communist party. I'm expecting riots in the next ~20 years as the upper, educated/worldly class gains a foothold and the brainwashed cultural revolutionists who grew up destroying temples in the 50's start to die out.
It'll be interesting to see another Black Mirror episode happen in real life.
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2018-03-18 at 7:51 PM UTC
Originally posted by Zanick She's actually in town today, so I'll ask her when I see her in a few hours and get back to you. What are you planning to do there?
I just want to travel. Would like to work, but it's more legal trouble than it's worth imo. Would rather work legally in some SEA country that provides the same sort of 'personal freedom' that China has. -
2018-03-18 at 8:17 PM UTC
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2018-03-18 at 8:21 PM UTC
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2018-03-18 at 9:06 PM UTC
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2018-03-18 at 9:28 PM UTC
Originally posted by 杀死所有的白魔鬼 Trying to decide whether to apply for the L or F visa. (Probably L right? Not like I'd get a Z visa anymore.) I'm finding one of the requirements very annoying as well
Like, what the fuck? They want me to buy a ticket and book a hotel before I even know I'll be allowed into the country? How goddamned fucking annoying.
That should tell you something about the place. Don't forget that attempting to post on this website while there could very easily net you terrorism charges -
2018-03-18 at 10:04 PM UTCNot currently holding a Chinese Visa but i could probably photoshop you one. Although i am not liable if you get gulagged for having falsified travel papers.
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2018-03-19 at 1:29 AM UTC
Originally posted by Juicebox That should tell you something about the place. Don't forget that attempting to post on this website while there could very easily net you terrorism charges
Originally posted by Juicebox That should tell you something about the place. Don't forget that attempting to post on this website while there could very easily net you terrorism charges
No it won't lol. You can post hate for china on reddit, in china. It's completely legal. They don't care. But if you live there, they will watch your every move and follow you home and whatnot. Citizens have it the worst.
Don't plan on living there. -
2018-03-19 at 1:57 AM UTC
Originally posted by §m£ÂgØL2becausescronfuckeduptheforum No it won't lol. You can post hate for china on reddit, in china. It's completely legal. They don't care. But if you live there, they will watch your every move and follow you home and whatnot. Citizens have it the worst.
Don't plan on living there.
just don't insult the cambodian royal family if you plan on going there at all.
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2018-03-19 at 2:03 AM UTC
Originally posted by §m£ÂgØL2becausescronfuckeduptheforum No it won't lol. You can post hate for china on reddit, in china. It's completely legal. They don't care. But if you live there, they will watch your every move and follow you home and whatnot. Citizens have it the worst.
Don't plan on living there.
if they'll do it to the citizens what makes you think they won't do it to you -
2018-03-19 at 4:18 AM UTC
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2018-03-19 at 5:02 AM UTC
Originally posted by Juicebox if they'll do it to the citizens what makes you think they won't do it to you
They would, if I lived there. But they can't do something like stop me from flying/traveling (like they do to citizens) without breaking the law. I'd have to actually be suspected of a crime. And again, talking shit on the government is not a crime. It is in cambodia. But Chinese people actually have legal freedom of speech. It's just, you know, the government has the power to make your life shittier over it. But it's not a crime. People don't go missing in the night or anything (anymore lol)
There have actually been marches remembering the people who died in tianamen square. When it is sanctioned (like every gathering legally has to be in the us, and why they arrest people when it's not) its fine. When it's not, they arrest everyone. But they also do things like remove power from those who sanctioned it, so nobody wants to do it, but legally, they COULD.
I'm not gonna be arrested for posting on NIS. I'm more afraid of lingering cannabinoid metabolites in my piss. -
2018-03-19 at 5:16 AM UTC