Yes. I have done this. The only thing is the new visa will start on the day it is issued- ie if you get the Six Month M visa on Feb 20, it will be valid until August 20, not carrying on from the 01March date.

With a US passport you can still get your visa in Hong Kong in less than six hours. The only catch is it is not possible on Sundays. If you arrive at the airport, go to the Visa desks located near the hotel/tour operators- they will do this for you.

getting visa at the CTS counters at HKIA is not recommendable unless you want to seriously overpay it. Better getting to CTS office in Tsimshatsui by taking Airport Express to Kowloon then by shuttle bus to Kowloon Hotel, CTS office is two corners afar, behind the hotel. Last time I checked with a colleague, the difference between CTS HKIA and CTS TST was 600HKD for one entry visa. Also CTS TST is open and operates regularly on weekends.

What is the cost if you get the visa in Kowloon? US citizens. Same as in US, that is, one entry $50 US, two entry $75 US?

the prices are in hkd and iirc are a bit cheaper than their usd equivalents in the us. btw, if you get a visa in hk, i suggest you go the 6-month or 12-month route; once you get one of those in your passport, your future visa applications will be easier (i.e. less chance of being pressed to provide letters and the like).

I looked up the Chinese Foreign Ministry Hong Kong website recently, and their one-entry visa for US citizen is HK$390, dual entry $590. Basically the same as here in the US ($50/$75).

Here's the link:

http://www.fmcoprc.gov.hk/eng/zgqz/blsjfy/default.htm

Noticed on the link page a 36 month multiple entry visa. Is this possible for US citizens?

New York Consulate
 

As with many countries, China charges US passport holders a little more than all others for a visa. Does anyone know if you can get the visa in a non-US passport in New York if you're also a US citizen? That is, if you have a Spanish passport and a US one and live in New York, can you get the Chinese visa in your Spanish passport in New York? If you're a US permanent resident, you're supposed to provide a copy of your green card when applying for a Chinese visa in NYC. None of the information sheets seem to contemplate dual citizens, though. I'm not concerned about paying the nominally higher US fee, but I'd really like to spread out my visas/stamps to avoid more extra pages runs.

these are business visas and normally need a sponsor. however, many hong kong guesthouses are able to combine ur application with those of others and charge u a group rate (if u already have a previous chinese tourist visa in ur passport, then no sponsor needed other than the guesthouse's agent).

ian. :)

I am going to be traveling to China in July but will be leaving the US in May, and I was hoping for a basic three month tourist visa. Someone asked earlier if Chinese visas can be issued in the US to non-US passport holders. My question is the opposite - can you have a tourist visa issued to a US citizen in, say Sydney?

i would assume so (....based on the fact that i've helped americans get chinese visas in japan, singapore, thailand, and of course hk)

You need to have a permanent HK ID. Furthermore they are restricted to 30 days per entry.

I'm willing to pay Zierer the premium to have them take care of the visa for me. What I don't understand is the part about having a completely clean page with absolutely no ink spots on it whatsoever. Is that a completely clean page front and back? Or, is it a single numbered page? My only completely clean page is the very last numbered 4-way divided page. The back of it, though, is where you put the amendments and endorsements--I know I read those don't count for the clean visa page.

The other solution is to get extra pages from the government. Zierer charges $150 (approx) which is ridiculous since travel.state.gov says they do it for free. However, there's the whole trying to time exactly when I'm comfortable being without my passport. I don't expect that it would take very long but I keep stumbling across horror stories of people having to wait weeks and weeks for renewals due to the backlog.

you just need to have at least one page that hasn't been stamped or marked yet

every us consulate i've been to has been able to give me new pages in a matter of minutes

Further complicating matters, I just received a single-entry tourist visa at the consulate in New York that's valid for 90 days. I have to enter China within three months of the issue date, and then I can stay up to 90 days.

For the basic price, they had the visa ready for me on the third working day instead of the fourth. It was a very easy process.