Local MP suggests longer travel visas to China

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – After the US recently agreed a deal for businesspeople to acquire ten year travel visas to China, a local MP is suggesting our government try and get a similar deal.

According to MP Don Davies, the NDP’s Deputy Citizenship and Immigration critic, the existing situation is a competitive disadvantage.

“Imagine if you’re an American businessman in Seattle, and you can come and go as you please for ten years with no hassle in China,” Davies says. “Or you’re a Canadian businessman in Vancouver, and you have to apply for a visa every year — I think now they recently have gone to two years — it’s a competitive disadvantage.”

American businesspeople can acquire these ten year multi-entry visas for visiting China, while businesspeople here have to acquire a new visa every couple of years, notes MP Don Davies.

“Canada gives Chinese nationals up to ten-year multiple entry visas when they come to Canada,” Davies says. “So we’re pushing the Canadian government to try and negotiate the same benefit for Canadians.”

Davies notes around 700,000 Canadians went to China last year.

He’s also pushing for the feds to create a five-year student travel visa as well.

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