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Old Nov 2, 2011, 2:10 pm
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This weekend I'll be using my 10-year Brazilian visa for the 3rd time this year. How many times have you used your multiple entry visa(s)?

My records are:

10 year - Brazil - almost 3
1 year - China - 2

I plan to use the Chinese visa at least one more time before it expires.
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 2:24 pm
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Before I moved here, I flew into the UK 31 times in one year once.

Okay, every time I got a fresh 6-month visa, but still...
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 3:35 pm
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about 40 in a 10 year US visa
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 5:05 pm
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3 years ago, I had a business visa to China. I entered China 30 times in 30 days...

My client was in Shenzhen, and I was staying in Hong Kong....Took the train to Shenzhen each day.....Didn't feel like staying overnight in Shenzhen.
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 5:14 pm
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Had hundreds in 4 years on a UK visa. Iris saved *A LOT* of space in my passport.
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 6:13 pm
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Back in college I spent a semester in Strasbourg, France and of course student visas are multiple entry. I think I had about a dozen entrances.

Ironically, only one of them was actually entrance to France, the rest were all stamps from flying into Frankfurt.
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 8:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Commie
My client was in Shenzhen, and I was staying in Hong Kong....Took the train to Shenzhen each day.....Didn't feel like staying overnight in Shenzhen.
Soooo inconvenient...

My current 1-year China F visa has 10 entries so far and it expires in April so I have at least 4 more air entries to CAN or PEK and a couple more land entries to SZX.
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 9:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Santander
Soooo inconvenient...

My current 1-year China F visa has 10 entries so far and it expires in April so I have at least 4 more air entries to CAN or PEK and a couple more land entries to SZX.
It wasn't too bad actually...I was staying at the Inter-Continental TST, so I got on the Train station by the hotel, and 45 minutes I am in Shenzhen...My driver picks me up at the Shenzhen station, and drives me to the Futian district.

A shorter commute than some of the projects i've had at home.

So much more to do in HK at night than in Shenzhen.

One thing I do like about the Chinese customs officers, they are very efficient in saving pages on my passport....every single space was used to have the entrance/departure stamp....there must be at least 10 stamps per page...
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 9:28 pm
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Originally Posted by BryanIAH
This weekend I'll be using my 10-year Brazilian visa for the 3rd time this year. How many times have you used your multiple entry visa(s)?

My records are:

10 year - Brazil - almost 3
1 year - China - 2

I plan to use the Chinese visa at least one more time before it expires.
those are not impressive records
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 9:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Commie
It wasn't too bad actually...I was staying at the Inter-Continental TST, so I got on the Train station by the hotel, and 45 minutes I am in Shenzhen...My driver picks me up at the Shenzhen station, and drives me to the Futian district.
Ah Futian... not so bad then. I probably would have done the same thing if I was you in that case. The Four Points there isn't bad (obviously not Intercontinental level, but comfortable) but it's not really conveniently located despite being in Futian and as you said there's not much to do in Shenzhen at night except maybe get scammed or meet a new "friend".
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Old Nov 2, 2011, 11:47 pm
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Originally Posted by jake66
those are not impressive records
I wasn't saying they were. I'm just curious about other FTers' experiences.
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Old Nov 3, 2011, 4:00 pm
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Originally Posted by BryanIAH
This weekend I'll be using my 10-year Brazilian visa for the 3rd time this year. How many times have you used your multiple entry visa(s)?

My records are:

10 year - Brazil - almost 3
1 year - China - 2

I plan to use the Chinese visa at least one more time before it expires.
IIRC my wife got 3 out of her 2 year Chinese visa. We plan to get 3 out of the 2-year visas we just got.
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Old Nov 3, 2011, 4:50 pm
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From a quick examination of my current passport, my record is 17 China entries on a one year F visa...
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Old Nov 3, 2011, 5:21 pm
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153 entries on a 5-year UK visa from 2003 - 2008

59 entries on a 5-year UK visa from 2008 to date

58 entries on a 2-year Schengen visa from 2008 - 2010

35 entries on a 2-year Schengen visa from 2006 - 2008

22 entries on a 1-year South African visa from 2006 - 2007

20 entries on a 6-month Schengen visa in 2005
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Old Nov 7, 2011, 10:15 am
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I have had residency visas in UAE (3 years) and Czech Republic (2 years). In both case I have entered dozens of times.
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