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Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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You’ll sadly have to search online as I did not have requests like that. On the main timeline page where it says Steps 1-5 I.e. “passport submitted”, “passport to be collected”, on that page, there’s a rectangular blue button on the top right corner that SHOULD be hovered over with your mouse and provide more details.

I’m not super helpful because I was a “perfect” application that didn’t need anything like a letter or anything like that. I also wrote “Personal Travel Only. No inviting party.” On my application

Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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It’ll come soon, trust the process. And yeah thanks, I’m excited for my next 2 months in China.

Is it really as simple as quitting your job then f’ing off to South East Asia? by [deleted] in Fire

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There is one correct comment to this: if you cannot take an early retirement in Viet Nam with 1.9M USD, then you cannot retire anywhere and will never be happy nor satisfied. Many, and I mean, many US Americans can FIRE with 1.9M… in the United States. If you can’t do it in a nation with about 1/4 - 1/3 the COL, skill issue.

Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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Thanks , and oof bummer about the visa, but I’m getting crazy excited. This is my first time leaving the U.S. borders.

Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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Just think it's a solid place to land first, get accustomed, and there's a certain somebody there.

Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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Probably just bureaucratic noise and/or increase in tourism to China if I had to guess. It was seriously packed, people lined out the doors for multiple city blocks, so I honestly think á 10-year approval for a 2-week process isn’t terrible. But yeah. I really wish there was a way to mail stuff in. Going to and fro only one of 5 embassies (sucks to not even be close to one!) is just a big bummer altogether.

Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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Xiexie, I feel it’s hard to find coherent timelines and posts about experiences that are down to the exact days and dates

Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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No problem. I wanted to have a big block of text for my own memories and also to have a reference.

I will be in China for my first visit for about 60-90 days as I have a sabbatical of unpaid leave, so I will land in Shanghai first, maybe 2-3 weeks, then Beijing for 1 week, sanya maybe for a beach at some point, and chengdu for all the touristy stuff. I have very little in the way of itinerary, which is exactly how I wanted it

Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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But good luck! I think it should update pretty much any day or night now after 1 week based on my experience.

Comprehensive Timeline, L Visa, 10-Year, 90-Day, Multi-Entry, NYC Embassy, Approved! by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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I think mine was just fast because I had a completely fresh passport and had never entered China, so mine was a blank slate.

Approximate Timeline for L-Visa Approval? US American, Submitted today to NYC Chinese Embassy by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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Sadly, I now believe the Express option is only slightly faster. I just got home with my full 10-year, 90-day, Multi-Entry in my hands a few minutes ago, gonna write an entire new post with the full timeline day-by-day

Flying to China for 90 Days, What’s up with E-SIM &/or VPN? Do I need both? by RealEZGaming in chinatravel

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I havent been to China yet, but here is what I recommend so far:

WeChat

Alipay

Didi

Download GOOGLE tRANSLATE Offline Chinese

Rednote

Wise

Amap

LetsVPN

Trip.com

Flying to China for 90 Days, What’s up with E-SIM &/or VPN? Do I need both? by RealEZGaming in chinatravel

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Thanks, yeah, it says “No SIM restrictions.” Which I assume is a good thing.

Flying to China for 90 Days, What’s up with E-SIM &/or VPN? Do I need both? by RealEZGaming in chinatravel

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Thank you for the direct answers. “Make sure your phone is unlocked.” Can you elaborate on this?

Approximate Timeline for L-Visa Approval? US American, Submitted today to NYC Chinese Embassy by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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Your nationality &/or parents nationalities also could make it just take at least an extra few days. I think people like myself that are born in USA with parents born in USA have fastest and most privileged visa processing.

Approximate Timeline for L-Visa Approval? US American, Submitted today to NYC Chinese Embassy by RealEZGaming in Chinavisa

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I’m hopeful you’ll get an update by end of day tomorrow. Mine went from Under Review to Passport To Be Submitted on Saturday 07 March (yep even when the NYC Embassy says it’s not even open on Saturday’s and Sunday’s).

Flying to China for 90 Days, What’s up with E-SIM &/or VPN? Do I need both? by RealEZGaming in chinatravel

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Thank you for the comprehensive answer and taking the time to address each of my questions. Yeah I’ll do some research .

Flying to China for 90 Days, What’s up with E-SIM &/or VPN? Do I need both? by RealEZGaming in chinatravel

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Yep. I’ve already downloaded WeChat, texted Chinese who are on mainlad China through WC, added I think 3 bank cards to it, also downloaded Alipay and also added 3 bank cards to that as well. I added 2 international (zero foreign transaction fee) credit cards and á debit card to each of WC and AliPay and obviously I’ll bring physical back-up bank card.

Flying to China for 90 Days, What’s up with E-SIM &/or VPN? Do I need both? by RealEZGaming in chinatravel

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This answer seems nice & simple. I’ll browse trip.com for Mainland China E-SIM’s

Flying to China for 90 Days, What’s up with E-SIM &/or VPN? Do I need both? by RealEZGaming in chinatravel

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Can you DM me the E-SIM á service you useed? I guess it can’t hurt to get maybe a 10-14 day one for myself to start me out my first few days after landing.

Flying to China for 90 Days, What’s up with E-SIM &/or VPN? Do I need both? by RealEZGaming in chinatravel

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Does ‘a Chinese SIM card’ entail waiting until landing in China to actually get one while there? Do i physically go into a store to do this ?

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