Hello,
I am an American citizen residing in France with a working visa (carte de sejour salarie). I will be renewing my visa next month (expires March 30) and plan to travel China for 2 weeks in May. It is probable that I don't have the new visa by then, as processing time in France can takes months. In the meantime I will be issued a 'recepisse', or temporary paper saying the new visa is processing. Usually this allows you to travel freely as long as you have the old visa with you.
However, in order to obtain the visa to travel to China, will I be asked to have a valid French visa/carte de sejour, or will the recepisse be enough?
Will I have problems obtaining the Chinese visa in Paris under these circumstances?
Many thanks for your help.