Originally Posted by
rbAA
There was an annual Asia Do on Labor Day weekend for many years until the Cow Do started. Had a great Do in Shanghai when GK and Sean were living in HK, in February I believe. I can't imagine getting bored with the food selection there from what I recall.
That said, as I'm living in Taichung now, I'm definitely interested, depending on my Taiwan visa situation. Coming back to Taiwan on July 2, a trip to Shanghai and USA, probably with a Taiwan multi entry 90 day, which would be difficult to do 11/11, but if I land the job and get an ARC, no problem.
On the issue of China visas, I have never had a problem getting one year multi entry L visas, as they are all the same price-US$140, so make some reservations for PVG or PEK in a 12 month period, awards are good especially if you don't have a redeposit fee like with AA EXP, and take those printouts to the visa office and just request the one year muti entry. Maybe it's the nice staff at the San Francisco visa office where I go for them.
For US passport holder, you can enter TW with 30 days visa waiver should you proceed onward airticket (no extension).
If you have a 90 days multi-entry visa, you can go to Immigration office in Taichung (2 locations) for visa extension (60-90 days with vaild reservation or ticket, plus residence local police station registration).
Also there is a English hotline for questions: 0800-024-111 (from TW) although I never called before.
Taichung immigratoin office in Chinese character:
1. 臺中市南屯區干城街91號1樓 (old Taichung city)
TEL 04-22549981、04-22542545、04-22541803、04-22548930
2. 臺中市豐原區中山路280號 (old Taichung county)
TEL 04-25261087、04-25269777、04-25261052、04-25263974
For China visa, Lion travel (
www.liontravel.com) can help to obtain in Taiwan with some fees (depends on single/double/mulitiple/3m/6m/12m or rapid service). Service charge might be a bit higher then you submit yourself back in US, but quite reliable.
However, visa regulation for China changes time to time and Chinese government never disclose any detail.