Hello everyone,
I was hoping somebody here could give me a bit of advice as I'm in a bit of a bad spot.
Worked in China on a Z-visa/residence permit in Luoyang, Henan province from August of 2013 to April 30th of this year. I had planned on switching jobs, and had told my previous employer that I would be working elsewhere. All was fine and well.
April 29th comes and my new "boss" informs me there might be a problem. The local PSB informed my new "boss" that the rules had changed and that my previous employer should have given my new school the necessary documents to transfer and extend my residence permit 30 days ago. New boss says I might have to leave and come back on a tourist visa while he gathers the necessary documents (the f*ckers are NEVER prepared I swear). A few hours later the new boss says he had a discussion with the my previous boss and that it "should be no problem". I don't have to leave China. Great!
April 30th comes. I'm supposed to be out of China by midnight. No problem, both my previous and future employer say no worries. LOL. 5PM comes and my previous employer tells me I have to leave China immediately because they could do nothing about the new rules (they both claimed they had "pull" within the PSB hahahaha).
Yea. There is one flight out of Luoyang per day at 9AM and I wasn't able to make it. Ended up overstayed my residence permit by one f*cking day as I flew to Hong Kong. Apologize to the immigration personnel, who promptly stamps my passport without much of a word and off I go. OK, cool. An overstay of one day is not that big of a deal, right?
LOL. So, I'm in Hong Kong now. Head straight to one of the more well-known visa agencies. Fill in paperwork for L-tourist visa. Come back next day. DENIED. Why? One-day overstay. Agency assures me that I can re-enter on a business F-visa for 6,000HKD. Have to wait 2 weeks however.
In the meantime my school has been getting all the documents ready for my z-visa. In about 10 days one of my foreign co-workers will come down to HK and apply for his Z-visa as well (we are applying at the same time).
HOWEVER,
My gf has been calling various visa agencies non-stop and getting different answers on the possibility of my Z-visa being rejected. Multiple agencies are saying there are no guarantees b/c of my overstay. The high school is assuring me that all is well as this is a government run school, they have all the documents it should be no problem.
Anybody want to chime in? What are my chances of getting the Z-visa? It's a one-day f*cking overstay....the local PSB officer in Luoyang told me it should have been no problem...but what does she know??
I don't want to wait another 10 days for the documents to arrive, have them get rejected, THEN apply for a business F-visa and spend 6,000 HKD for that.