Originally Posted by hfly
Regarding Chinese visas, I really don't know what to say. For most of the last decade until about a year and a half ago I normally got 1 year visas for China. Because of the spat between China and the US, last October or so, I was informed that I could only get 6 months max, which I have gotten about every six months or so since then. I just recently got another 6 month one, so I know definately 100% that this is the case. Judging from your original comments however, do I take it that your wife may be of Chinese origin and this may have played some part in the shortened timespan they offered?
Were you perhaps getting business visas? We weren't.
Yes, she is of Chinese origin. All they would offer us is the standard tourist visa. Elsewhere I have read that the longer visas are available only to those with ties like owning property there--but we do own property there (the condo her parents live in.)
P.S. Her immigrating to America had everything to do with love and nothing to do with politics.