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eveningstar

My wife is Chinese so what if any advantages does that give me when applying for a visa? Can I get a longer tourist visa for instance? Can I get a long term visa?


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Vikings

You can get a yearly spouse dependent visa courtesy of your marriage to your Chinese wife but that does not give you an advantage into working or having a business here in China. You will need permission and a separate visa for that purpose.

Kayode

No special adventage of marry chinese, You will pass through what other pass through to get there document, here is not like western world brother, If you love your wife and like to visit her family just visit and go back, Am planing to take my chinese GF to my country and marry her where she can have advantage as a legal married woman, not here pls

Kris N

eveningstar wrote:

My wife is Chinese so what if any advantages does that give me when applying for a visa? Can I get a longer tourist visa for instance? Can I get a long term visa?


Evening Star


Yes of course there are advantages to staying in the country as a spouse but nothing else. You will still need to renew your spousal visa regularly, you still need a seperate visa for working, but you are still considered a foreigner.

As for your wife having any rights to your homeland, yes she does as your wife irregardless if you are married in China or elsewhere.

eveningstar

I understand from the web that there is no spouse visa in China. Can I anyone point me to evidence that there is?

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Vikings

yahooooooo!!!!  I am married that's why I was able to say so. The web about China won't tell tell you much about what you want know.

Kayode

guy, there is nothing like sponsor visa, what they call sponsor visa is when the girl family are ready to summit there family card for you to extend your visa, and it does not have any legal backing, if the family say no thats all you have to leave,

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