Marriage and resident visa?

go Hk and get the F visa...one year.

before the Olympics my friend who is also married to chinese got 3 months with single entry. Last month he got 6 months with Multiple entry.

Go to her hometown, register your marriage and get the certificates, then go to her hometown department of Exit/Entry (immigration), apply for visa extension there. try your best to be as nice as possible, those gys in those local government have power, can give you the visa if they want to. speaking from experience....

The issue of marriage and visa are totally separate. Marrying a Chinese national doesn't give you any special visa class or resident permit. You can marry a Chinese citizen of you'd like, of course. But that doesn't give you any right to stay in China. You still need to get a visa of some type to stay in China.

By the way, to marry a Chinese citizen, you have to prove you're single, by either showing a divorce decree if you were married before and/or an affidavit from your embassy stating that you are free to marry. You have to go to the home city of your fiancee, with these documents and a passport, and her hukou, or family register. Depending on the area she is from, you may need to get an official translation of your documents at a service the local authorities designate. Then, armed with all of this, you can go to the Marriage Bureau and register your marriage.

You may also want to check with your embassy on such issues as bringing your new wife back with you, and what you need to do to do that. And, if you have a child together, what the citizen status of that child is and how it is to be established.

Anyway, I hope that helps. But let me emphasize that just by marrying a Chinese citizen, it doesn't give you any special status to stay here.

I got married to my wife in Shanghai, I had to supply a document from my government that showed I was free to marry.

YOu have to register in your embassy in China and get married whereever your girlfriend comes from (so that'll be a trip to Chongqing for a lot of people in Shenzhen)

I have a work permit, so I do not know about spousal visas.

After 5 years of marriage you are eligible for a 10 year residence card.

I would advise if anyone is getting married just for a visa to be very careful; being married in China does not give you the right to work and you could get in trouble if you get caught; also all property etc becomes owned equally bewteen the husband and wife, not ideal if it is a marriage of convenience (please don't get me wrong, I am pointing out the pitfalls) and you split up.

Hope this helps.

Well, I got married last month and we applied for an extension of visa at the concerned department at LuoHu, the officer was quite cooperative to give me six months' L visa with 2 entries, I was telling him that I am in the process of setting up a company and that it takes time to process.
Please go to the Visa Issuance Department, it is the Police Building on 'Jie Fang Road' in Luo Hu, they will provide you will all indications as to which documents you should bring.
1. Your passport and a copy of first page, also one of the visa entry one.
2. A registration form of Temporary Residence for Visit, issued at the local police station.
3. A numeric picture on standard form which you will get on the 3rd floor of same buiiding, plus pictures of which you will hand over 2 to the officer.

That's all I remember for now,......?