U.S. and China agreed to issue longer-term visas for business, tourism and education

(From Wall Street Journal)

President Barack Obama unveiled the new visa arrangements in a speech to business executives in Beijing. According to both governments, the length of tourist and business visas would be extended for each country’s citizens to 10 years from the current one-year limit. Student visas would be extended from one year to five years.

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Both sides said the new visa policies would enable more exchanges between people and businesses, and also potentially remove a long-standing impediment to exchanges between the world’s largest economies.

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http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-u-s-to-grant-each-others-citizens-longer-visas-1415617463