Multiple-entry visas barred until after Olympics
9 April 2008
China may have stopped issuing multiple-entry visas for foreigners because of the Beijing Olympics in August, the Wall Street Journal reported. Visa agents in Hong Kong, citing statements from the SAR's China visa office, said that multiple-entry visas, popular among foreign business travelers, would be barred until after the games in favor of single- and double-entry visas. The ban reportedly applies to business F-visas, tourist L-visas, and equally to all foreigners regardless of nationality. However, a spokeswoman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in Beijing on Tuesday that China continued to issue multiple-entry visas to foreigners as before.
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