Click Here to Subsribe to the 'Ask Jean about China' Feed Dear Jean,
I would like to know if there is any Filipino agency who can help Filipinos especially when they have problem regarding their papers? I have a sister in china and she wants to go home but her papers will not ‘allow her to’ because she is already overstaying. She really wants to go home, can you give me some advice? And can you please send me the namae of those agencies and there address? I hope you will answer me. THANKS A LOT!
Respectfully Yours,
May-Ann
Jean answers May-Ann’s question
Dear May-Ann,
I am sorry to hear that your friend is in such a difficult situation. I am not so sure that there is anything to stop her from returning to the Phillipines but it is very likely that she will be fined by the Chinese authorities as she is leaving the country. The amount of the fine, of course, will depend on how long she has overstayed her visa.
I do not know of any agencies that can take care of this problem. I would advise your friend to visit the Phillipine Embassy in Beijing or the consulates in Shanghai or Guangzhou. She should be truthful with the officers about her visa overstay (which is a serious violation of Chinese law) and ask them what the best way is to return to the Phillipines. They should be able to help her.
I hope that your friend is able to return safely home. Let us know what happens.
Sincerely,
Jean
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If she overstayed she faces a RMB500 a day fine up to a maximum payable of RMB20,000. She will need to pay this, and pay for a new visa to cover the period she is illegally hear for. If not, she will not be allowed to leave. She’d better cough up some cash if she wants to go home. Lesson: DON’T OVERSTAY YOUR CHINA VISA. Incidentally – why is it always Filipinas that do this?
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i have a friend whho is overstay for 3 mos. can she go to the local PSB office in the city? how much will be the penalty?
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fay,
your friend have to go at the imigration (psb)office like in guangzhou,
just tell them that you like to surrender,and they will giving your friend a requirements to prepare for her exit visa,but she have fine 5000rmb,if she have temporary residence permit id good,but if dhr dont have just go to hotel and she can check in eventhough 1day only for the record after ask to the hotel she need a hotel voucher, plus her ticket to come back in phil.i was over stayed last year. and i do the same very simple just go to immigration ask them what to do ok.
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i was overstayed in china,i fined 5000rmb and soon to go back philippines..i just want to know if what is the star means stamp in my passport..can i still use this passport to get new visa? can i go to hongkong from manila to apply new visa? is the immigration in hongkong will allow me to enter their country having this passport with a star stamped by the psb in china? thanks for replies in advance…
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is there still a chance that i can go back china?
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i want to know if we go to gouanzhou or shanghai to surrender coz i dont have a visa and im pregnant now if they can help me..coz until now i dont have any money to pay if i give birth my baby here and thats y i overstay here the agency doesnt even extend my visa even i gave them money..i want to go back home coz i want to bring my baby back home..and i dont want to live my baby here in china..
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Robert Vance Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Hi Jessica,
What is your nationality? How did you get into the country in the first place and what are you doing at the moment?
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im doing nothing ryt now…im a philippine girl…i came here because one philippine girl also said that i can be a teacher here or to be a singer in the band i have her passport copy just to prove that she is the one who make me possible to come here in china…i espend a thousand dollars just to get here in china and have a wonderful and good job but she cheated me..
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Robert Vance Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Can you detail for me how she cheated you exactly? I also would like to know how long has your visa been expired for? And have you tried contacting your embassy in China?
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To all who suffers and accidentally or not they’re overstayed their Visa:
First of all, be in mind that China’s changing their policies overnight and so difficult for us FOREIGNERS to know the REAL laws unless ur in that situation. Meaning, when ur decided to work it out legally what u knows right maybe that is not the existing laws or policies anymore.SO CHECK IT FIRST BEFORE U ACT IN CHINA.
OVERSTAYED FACTS:
1.From the day that u are overstayed/OS u will be fined 500rmb per day to a MAXIMUM of 5,000RMB.
2.You need to go to the police station to ASK FOR A RESIDENCE PERMIT because it is very necessary before you surrender to PSB(Public and Security Bureau) or else when u are in PSB they will ask you to go where’s the place u stayed and the choice is TO GO BACK TO THE POLICE AREA IN THE PLACE U LIVE.Sometimes the police station will fined you to a maximim of 2,000rmb from 500rmb. But if ur in a apologizing face u will be given a sermon only that blah, blah, blah-it’s a RULE IN CHINA UPON ARRIVAL IN ANY PLACE OF STAY whether in public or private accomodation u have to secured for a residence permit.The police will not harm u honestly if u WILL BE HUMBLED as u really breaks their LAWS.Or look for a hotel will u can booked for a day and get a residence permit because the hotel/inn can give u this and u can show it to PSB when u surrender.
3.When surrendering to PSB; if ur working here-Pls. don’t mentioned it or else their will be a lot of investigations such as where are u working and how much blah, blah and even ur employer/s will be fined.If u lost ur passport just acknowledged it and TRY TO SECURED even a photocopy of it.So that they can easily inform whatever Embassy or nationality ur from easily. Or before u surrender try to secured a travel document from ur embassy (SOME EMBASSY IS SLOW TO ACT ON THIS DEPENDS ON THE POLITICS CONDITONS OF UR COUNTRY)Actually it’s the embassy’s job to secured it right away but PROTOCOLS(paper flows is annoying so watch out!)If u OS because of AGENT, AGENT’S BLAH,BLAH, BLAH never mind mentioning it-IT WILL BE MORE COMPLICATED AND INVESTAGATION WILL MAKE IT LONGER, SO BETTER ACKNOWLEDGED IT AND SAY SSSSOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!(COMMON SENSE-THEY CAN’T DO ANYTHING AND BLAME U IF U SAYS U FORGOT UR VISA!) Nothing else and the MONEY FINED that will make your statement fast why u OS and they will give u now AN EXIT VISA!
4.EXIT VISA WILL BE VALID 10 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF ISSUED, however it depends upon the urgency of the person. Some will be given,3 days and some 5 days,and their will ALWAYS BE AN ASTERIES OR STAR IN UR VISA.Usually the purposed of the 10 or 3 or 5 days visa is to give u enough time to secure tickets in going OUT-CHINA!Mostly their are GOOD AGENT/COMPANIES THAT CAN HELP U even u are not GOING OUT IN CHINA, meaning u stay and JUST AS U MAKE AN EXIT OUTSIDE CHINA WITHOUT ANY EFFORTS OF REALLY FLYING OR TRAVELLING PAINFULLY AT TRAIN. But some agent’s price varies.
5.AN EXIT VISA USUALLY HAS STAR OR ASTERIES REMARKS and u can’t RENEW UR PASSPORT OR get NEW VISA’S AND GET BACK TO CHINA UNLESS U GO BACK TO UR ORIGIN COUNTRY!So having an asteries or star means HAVING A NEW PASSPORT BACK IN UR COUNTRY.
6.WHEN u applied for NEW visa in going back to China it will be difficult if U STILL USED UR OLD PASSPORT U HAVE TO SHOW THE PENALTY RECEIPTS and MORE PROOF that u will not DO IT AGAIN and there’s no guaranteed if u will be given again a VISA FROM UR ORIGIN COUNTRY because they will be ashamed AS INTERNATIONAL POLICIES CONCERNS per see so better HAVE A NEW PASSPORT.
7.It is not true THAT WHEN U OS u will be BANNED FROM RETURNING OR TO ANY COUNTRIES.However, they’re some people who have exceptional and case to case basis. But DURING THE OLYMPIC PERIOD OF 2008 mostly surrendered OS ESPECIALLY NOT PAYING THE FINED WAS FINED FOR DETENTIONED AS WELL AS BANNING THEM FOR 5 YEARS. But as of the moment only detention is possible IF U WILL NOT PAY THE OS AND U don’t have AN URGENT PROOF THAT U HAVE A BOOKED-CONFIRMED RETURN TICKET(this will REALLY HELP U make the process of getting u OUT OF THIS TROUBLE) and they will not detain u for at least 40 days.Take also the advange IF UR SICK,PREGNANT & BLAH, BLAH, BLAH that u can show to them.
8.IF U DON’T HAVE A FINED MONEY OF 5,000RMB AND RETURN TICKET U WILL BE BANNED FOR 5 YEARS AND MOSTLY BE DETAINED.DETENTION IS DIFFERENT IN JAIL.DETENTIONS IN COMMITTING OS is ENJOYABLE! U will be in an International group of people mostly 3rd world countries or poor countries. Developed and 1st world countries has a very good relationships with China and for the most they’re OUT FOR A MAXIMUM OF 72 HOURS inside the detention center.VERY GOODDDDDDDDDDDDDD ACCOMODATION, food in time, clothes, warmer in winter and Tv as well as good warm bath. Well, 1st world counties, they’re government can provide RETURN TICKET/S, FINED MONEY AND WHAT ELSE they are a RICH COUNTRIES. So IF UR FROM UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND DON’T HAVE RESOURCES WHAT ELSE CAN U WAIT AND DO IS PRAY LIKE U NEVER PRAYED BEFORE TO SHORTEN UR STAY AND WILL RELEASED U WITH HEAVEN’S PROTECTIONS!
9.When u applied ur visa in COMING BACK TO CHINA TRY NOT TO SAY UR an OS, do anything to obtain visa even like a first time.
10.Try nOT TO NEGOTIATE TO AN AGENT!If u WILL EXPECT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY or ANOTHER PROBLEM/S will and MIGHT HAPPEN DURING THE TRANSACTIONS AND IT MEANS MONEY AND MORE DELAYS TO U TO GO HOME!BUT THERE ARE GUANGXI or CONNECTIONS IN CHINA THAT U CAN SURPASSED this OS situations by using ur CONNECTIONS AND GUANGXI…so it will take time and frustrating.To my fellow FOREIGNERS whether rich or poor countries u came from; China IS WORST THAN WORST BUT FORGIVING IF U MEANT TO ASK FOR IT!Still if u don’t have anything that I mentioned;TRY GOD, HE IS JUST A RULER AWAY FROM UR HEAD TO UR HEART-it’s priceless,sure and RELIABLE, HE WILL NOT LEAVE OR LIE TO U-CERTAINLY U CAN GO HOME!
+IF U DON’T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO TRANSACT OS MATTERS IN BEIJING(more strict than other place, this is the capital!)TRY OTHER PROVINCES mostly lenient and easy for OS matters!Good day my friend,I’ve been there!
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I have a friend who was overstayed for almost a 2 year. Can she go to Immigration or police station in Shenzhen to surrender?
Do I buy and book her ticket and confirm the date of departure?……Please send me a an e-mail ASAP. Thanks
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alex Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I don’t know where u are now?But IF UR PLANNING TO SURRENDER TO SHENZHEN POLICE STATION/IMMIGRATION.Consider these:
1. Have the residence permit, if u don’t have you have to book in a certain hotel so that u can get one.(some hotel will not look at ur visa but only passport copy)BUT BE CAREFUL SOME WILL CALL THE POLICE. I know a hotel in Shenzhen after that check in the following day u will get ur residence permit.)
2. IF ur outside Shenzhen uhave to depend urself, di sila nagpaprocess ng outside Shenzhen.
if u have some questions email mena lang
salamat!:salvation4638@gamil.com
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mel Reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 12:32 am
when my overstay was 3weeks i keep looking for money now it is a month and 2weeks. i could only raise ticket money and extra 3000rmb. can they consider me? or is there anyone i can meet to help me beg for them to accept 3k? please i dont know where else to raise money from
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mel Reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 12:35 am
i forget to indicate am in shanghai. please try and see if there is anyone that can help me. i actually did not know about this until when i was ready to go, i went to buy my ticket that is where they told me.the more i stay the more days accumulate
i also need some advice here.
i also came here to shanghai as tourist last nov. 04, 2009. i already exhausted all extensions of my tourist visa ( 2 extensions from the minsheng immigration office)which expires today.(FEb.03,2010)
Yesterday i tried to exit to hong Kong by train(because i don’t want to overstay)because i have a relative there who i may ask to help exit to the Philippines from Hong Kong. but the immigration officers at the Shanghai Railway Stations stopped me from leaving. they asked me some questions if if it is my first time in Hong Kong which i just told them no because my passport got no stamp of Hong Kong (but the truth is i been to hong kong when i was a little child and the my old passport is gone now) and they told me that the hong kong immigration may not allow me to enter hong kong nor meet my relatives there and some questions which i little bit forgot due to nervousness during those time. they told me that i can just refund my ticket which costed me 403.00yuan i keep telling the officer to allow me to leave to hong kong because i will be overstaying my visa but he refused to listen. i went back to my dormitory with my luggages tired and frustrated from what had happened.
Today i went to the Phil. consulate in Nanjing road west to try to get some help and told them what happened i even showed them my train ticket. they just told me to go to the Immigration office and apply for a 10 day extension of my visa and if given that visa i can use those ten days to make an effort to get a plane ticket back to Manila. i even told them that i don’t have enough money to buy plane ticket back to Manila. then the lady from the consulate said ‘that is your problem because you came here as tourist you should have enough cash for your travel. blah blah blah.
after going to the philippine consulate i proceeded to the immigration office in minsheng road and tried to apply for that 10 day extension but they did’nt entertained me thay just told me that your visa expires today and you must leave china today. they told me they can’t give me a ten day extension.
Due to the given circumstances i am planning to report/surrender myself to the immigration office in minsheng road tommorrow. i have a temporary residence permit. i don’t know what may happen to the following days after this plan of mine. i heard stories of fines of 500 RMB per day and to a maximum of 5,000RMB (which the phil. consulate told me when i visited their office this afternoon) and stories of detentions (voluntary surrender is 5 days detention, if caught by immigration 10 days detention)
my problem is if i get detained (if it gives me no choice) how will i get fundings for my plane ticket back home? the last time i talked to my father tru cellphone he said he has no money. i don’t want to stay in china any longer. i want to go back to the phils, as soon as possible. is there any free deportation? can some people or organisations help cases like me? do some filipinos who has cases like me got back home eventually and safely?
all good advices are really appreciated here.
Thanks a lot.
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Dear friend,
I am staying overstay in china for 1.5 years.I am from India.Today I was going through internet for leaving china without problem.I had contact person fron beijing and he is reliable and he needs only money and he can help me to go out of china without any problems and I can return china with the same passport.So dont panic I can help you in this situation via money .pls contact me in kalai1978@gmail.com or call me in 13544631562.
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hi…can u give me advice im overstay in china 2years 3months i surrender before but they not give me exit visa?many times i surrender wat can i do?i want back home..im pilipina girl..thanks
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