Do you have any experience or knowledge of getting a Chinese visa based upon doing consulting work (NOT as a regular employee) with a company in China?
If so, I would very much appreciate talking or corresponding with you.
I am an American, currently living in Kunming, China.
Hello
If the company is hiring you on a contract basis, then they would need to provide you an invitation letter. Aside from that, you then need to go through the usual application process of a Z Visa.
Clint
I don't know if this is possible in Kunming, but you could check the condition to register your own consulting company. And then sponsor your own Z visa.
For consulting you might also get a M visa. As US citizen you might check if you can get the 10 year business visa.
Maybe it's an M-Visa, not a Z-Visa.
I am getting an M-Visa soon, and I'll be consulting a tech company in Shanghai. It's not full-time. I won't always need to be on-site to work. I'm not working as an employee - but I've been tasked with getting their people up-to-speed, running a few workshops, and overseeing a pilot project for now.
As @glassofscotch says, you'll need an invitation letter. But with an M-Visa, I don't think you work for your invited company exclusively.
A Z-Visa is typically for a year. An M-Visa can be for between 30 and 90 days per entry. It can be one or two or multiple entries.
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