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Ines and Raoul,

Thank you both very much for replying, I really appreciate it. Well, I will look into the situation further. I will pursue seeing if the company I work for will help and also if the hotel is willing to sponser an F visa atleast. I was told by a visa service in Shanghai that they couldn't help me now, but that they could again after the Olympics. Interesting... Also, I am living and working in Changzhou (my wife is in Suzhou) and i went to the visa office here and it seems pretty straightforward to get a tourist visa extension (assuming my employer provides a little assistance). The big problem comes after her time is up with the tourist visas. Well, I'll see what I can do. I greatly appreciate both of your help and if you or anyone else has any more tips I'd love to hear them.

Richard