Can anyone tell me what the real name and address are of the office you need to go to to get said list of dates for ARC and entry/exit? How much is it? And this question will sound stupid, but it IS after 2am and I haven’t slept in 2 days so bear with me…what exactly do I ask for?
I have gotten myself in a strange position, with an overstay (that only happened because they HAD my passport, so I couldn’t leave, and then they denied me a week after it expired) and a student visa of 6 months. So I would like to check where I am in the timeline. I’m hoping I’m at 5.5 years, but sounds like I may not be.
Thanks
[quote=“Feiren”]
What the law says is that if you are a legal resident for 153 days or more in seven consecutive years, you may apply. The definition of being a legal resident means holding an ARC. There is nothing in the law about having to start over simply because at some point you held a visitor visa. The interpretation is total nonsense as they well know.[/quote]
Interesting you say this becuase I took my girlfriend down to the office today with all her paperwork, and they told us that you cannot have a visitor visa break. I asked where it said this and she pointed me to the Chinese version, and said that is very clear. I haven’t checked yet, but if this is not true as you say, do you have any documentation or cases that have been appealed and overturned I can turn to?
We were finally able to apply, but only becuase I told her that we will appeal the case and for us to do that we need an offcial denial. So I guess there is a little hope, but I’m quite certain my girlfriend will be denied.
We shall see as it seems everybody has different results.
[quote=“alienz67”]Can anyone tell me what the real name and address are of the office you need to go to to get said list of dates for ARC and entry/exit? How much is it? And this question will sound stupid, but it IS after 2am and I haven’t slept in 2 days so bear with me…what exactly do I ask for?
I have gotten myself in a strange position, with an overstay (that only happened because they HAD my passport, so I couldn’t leave, and then they denied me a week after it expired) and a student visa of 6 months. So I would like to check where I am in the timeline. I’m hoping I’m at 5.5 years, but sounds like I may not be.
Thanks[/quote]
You could always have requested your passport back to have made a visa run.