New Member: Beijing next year!

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Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the discussion, its good to read the help and advice. My wife actually was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to do some research on a legal issue in China. She'll be traveling on an X student visa, so she will get a temporary residence permit. What we've read is that accompanying family members used to be able to get an X visa too if you applied at the same time, but that these days family tends to get 'extended tourist visas' instead.

Bikerdoc, what city are you in? What I don't know is if a long term tourist visa qualifies for the drivers license. From what bikerdoc says, it sounds like maybe a 1 year tourist visa might work.

Anyway, we are getting a registered copy of our marriage certificate and all that, so we'll see what happens I guess.

Also, someone asked what MSF was... sorry I should have explained, "Motorcycle Safety Foundation". Basically its 2-3 hours of classroom instruction and then 8 hours of practice in a parking lot. No street time, etc.