Do you still have your original VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER ?

Please see following info from the "German Chamber of Commerce" - update 20.06.2008 - this is only the most important part:
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Information regarding Chinese visa regulations
UPDATE June 20, 2008 (see red type)
As the German Chamber of Commerce in China, Beijing periodically receives information regarding the new visa application process, we stand ready to share any and all such information with our membership. Please contact us. We must however note, that the Chamber is not in a position to guarantee that the information provided is in agreement with the latest requirements, as these are subject to frequent updates.
F-Visa (Business Visa)
- Plane tickets for both the outbound and return flights (E-tickets with the ticket number are also
accepted, but in both cases the original ticket is more likely to be accepted than photocopies)
- Hotel reservation in China; must include complete name (as displayed in passport) of each traveler
(original reservation and a copy are usually required, in some cases though the copy is enough)
- Invitation (original and copy) for a business visa from the responsible ministry, provincial
government, or companies and institutions of the P.R. of China with the necessary authority to issue invitations.
To renew or extend an F-Visa the original invitation which was used to obtain the visa must be presented. There might also be the additional requirement that the applicant work for a company with a certain minimum registered capital. Please note that at this point it is unclear exactly what the required minimum will be.
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Full link is here:
http://www2.china.ahk.de/download/bj/Visa200608.pdf
What is written there in RED will be almost impossible for most of the (still existing) F-Visa holders - Cheers ! If you don't know why - just sit back, relax & think about it for a minute or two.
Very "creative" department somewhere there in the "Central Government".
It is sad, ridiculous + very much annoying !

"VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER" ??

Is it this piece of paper to open you the door again ? Nobody is willing to tell us. I have sent factory admin staff in several provinces to check where they can get this piece of paper. They will try their best - but funnily one officer in a PSB office already told them "why your customer does not buy the visa at China Travel Service in Hong Kong" - it seems they know nothing outside there on the countryside.
To study this PAPER in a bigger format just click on it.
The "Secratary of HK Security Office" sending following message to me (on June 2nd) about how to get more info about where and with what we can get this "VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER":
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Dear Mr. XXXXXX, I am authorised to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail dated 23 May 2008. We shall revert to you soon. Yours faithfully,
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By the way - most far away visitor on this blog was from Bermuda.

WHERE & HOW & WITH WHAT........

......to apply the VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER ?
This is still an almost "unsolved mystery".
Following questions to the COMMISSIONERS OFFICE Mr. Song:
1)
Where can a Hong Kong permanent resident apply the VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER ?
Please advise exact address of the relevant authority or office.
2)
What documents are exactly needed for this application ? If there are any forms existing for this documents please inform where to find them.
3)
How long will this application take and what kind of visa will be issued after having received
the VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER ?
4)
Will the Visa be restricted to the place / province where the VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER was issued ?
5)
Is it true that only staff from existing WFOE's or JV in the mainland are entitled to apply for the VISA NOTIFICATION LETTER ?

Relevant Department of Chinese............

Government in Shanghai to issue the "visa notification letter" - info by Richard Brubaker here:
http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/04/27/china-f-visa-update-i-bring-good-news-for-some/
Sounds still very complicate (compared with what was before) - but it seems this is pure intention.
Any reader already got a visa notification letter issued and filed a successful application for multiply entry visa with this "Letter" ?
Would like to know if this "multiply entry visa" shows any further restriction - like only permitted for Shanghai or any province for example.