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Foreigners warned about visa agents

Metro | Immigration
2009-10-13

FOREIGNERS are being warned to watch out for fraudulent visa agents after dozens of scams with some people even losing their passports, the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration Bureau said yesterday. From January to...

Holders of fake visas risk fines, deportation

Metro
2009-9-28

EXPATRIATES who hold fake visas will be deported, Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration Bureau officials warned yesterday. Shanghai police officers have caught more than 300 foreigners holding counterfeit visas between...

Expats given sober wake-up call on perils of drunk driving

Metro | Immigration
2009-9-15

EXPATRIATES living in the city were reminded that their residence permit may be revoked if they are caught driving under the influence of alcohol, the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration Bureau said yesterday. A...

Open days

Metro
2009-8-7

THE Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration will open its working areas to the public on the third Wednesday of every month. On the open days, groups of less than 25 people will be invited to visit the reception hall,...

Ordered out

Metro
2009-7-9

A CHINESE-BORN woman has been ordered to leave China for defrauding a consulate of a Chinese passport last year, the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration said. She had adopted Dutch nationality in 1987, but obtained...

Expats qualify for a longer stay

Metro | Immigration
2009-7-2

FIVE foreigners working in Shanghai's Pudong New Area yesterday became the first beneficiaries to enjoy longer-term residency under a pilot program designed to lure international talent to the city. Under the...

Foreign woman's 14-year overstay

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-6-29

A FOREIGN woman was detained by the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration for overstaying her China visa for 14 years, the administration said yesterday. The woman was caught on a long-distance bus from Guangdong...

Visa cheats

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-5-13

THE Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration yesterday said they had found more than 1,000 foreigners who had illegally entered Shanghai, were working illegally in the city, or had overstayed their visas from January to...

Fake designer sent home

Metro
2009-4-8

A FOREIGN woman's application for a work visa was turned down by the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration recently because she had pretended to be an interior designer, the administration said today. The woman...

Visa scam

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2008-11-26

A student from a Southeast Asian nation was ordered to leave China for trying to get a long-term visa by pretending to be an engineer, the Shanghai Exit-Entry Administration said yesterday. The foreigner, whose...