HKtraveller

If someone makes a domestic flight to Zhuhai to leave China on the last day of the visa validity, what happens if the flight is cancelled and he/she has to go the next day because the airline has only one flight per day (Spring Airlines) ?

Is there a chance that China Immigration accepts this reason or will there still be a penalty?

Skyman65

What is the going rate for bullets these days?

bobes

LOL


Isn't the rule that you have to enter the country by the last day of your visa? then you have 30 days (or whatever they give you) to leave the country. This is how I understand it.

atldave

The visa expiration date is the last day you can ENTER. You can stay as long as your visa class permits. It used to be possible to renew or extend an expiring visa while you were in country, but I am not sure if you still can, policies change all the time.

moondog

setting aside the point made by atldave (that "enter before xx/yy" is the way visas are worded), if you do in fact happen to be pressing your visa's actual expiration (as determined by your "days/stay" limit), i think you'd be fine in the above case because you'd have a valid excuse (you didn't cancel the flight). i've overstayed visas a handful of times in the past and have never paid a dime, but i did find myself on the hot seat (back room, small table, questioned by chinese policemen) on a few occasions.

i have one friend who overstayed her visa by some 45 days and didn't realize such until she was at the airport. they reduced the fine by half (which amounted to $400 or so). because she didn't have $400 (student at the time) a fellow pax advanced her funds and sent her on her way(she sent him a check as soon as she got home).

HKtraveller

In our case the visa is a 1 year multiple that has a fixed expiration date. Moondog, since you have so much experience, after what you wrote I assume the risk not too big. Aditionally the person this is about is a former Chinese Citizien. Thanks for your reply.

For the other replies: I think maybe I didn't make it clear enough that the person is in China and wants to leave on the day she has to leave the country. If the fllight is cancelled she will not make it. Of course if you tried to enter one day after your visa lets you, there is no reason you could give that they would let you enter.

By the way: Even a one year multiple can be extended fon one more month. But thats not what we are after.