There's some critical missing information here. What visa are you on now...the one that expires on the 7th? If it is a Z for working, and you and a company are in the process now of jumping through hoops to get your Residence Permit, you should be OK with staying in China. Normally when you give up your passport to get the Z changed to Residence Permit, you get a slip of paper/receipt to hold until your passport with RP comes back. As long as the ball is in the court of Chinese officialdom, you should be OK. But your company-to-be should also be able to back you up. (I'm assuming you are going to work for a company/organization.) What do you mean by "being legal" by the 7th?

If you are now on something besides a Z visa that has a duration or entry limit ending March 7, then you either need to pay at the PSB here to extend it a month, or leave China. Is it a single entry visa or is there another entry on the current visa? Normally if you are changing visa status from L-F-X to Z, you will need to leave China anyway, submit paperwork outside China to Consulate/Embassy, and get the Z visa, then re-enter. HKG is OK for this. Companies with enough clout can manage to do this visa status change without you leaving China, but it's not clear your situation. You'll be stamped out of China and into Hong Kong, at which time you will not be able to get back into PRC unless you have another entry on your current visa, or will get a new visa in HKG.

Direct flights PEK-HKG are international and expensive. Cheapest way to get to HKG that is reasonably time-effective is probably the express train (takes about 24 hours) to Kowloon's Hung Hom station, hard sleeper. You can buy a return train ticket in Beijing. Some people fly to Shenzhen then cross border overland--you'll have to compare pricing and timing. Best you'll be able to do in HKG now is probably next-day visa service--most people recommend going through an agent like Forever Bright, rather than waste time standing in line and doing it yourself at the Commissioners Office in Wanchai. But probably safer to plan on 2 nights stay in HKG.

You won't be travelling anywhere if you aren't in physical possession of your passport and it's with the PRC authorities, but it's not clear what process you are undergoing right now.

Well, if you used your current L visa to enter China already and your passport has an entry stamp on it based on this visa, then that single entry is used up, and when you exit the PRC to Hong Kong, you will in effect cross an international border and will need a new visa to get back into the PRC. I assume that is your situation. In which case, you have been given incorrect information--HKG is treated differently for immigration purposes from the PRC, regardless of its SAR status. So if you go to HKG, plan on getting a new visa there. Forever Bright is a good agent to use there.

Option 2: You can certainly extend your visa for 30 days at any PSB office in China, and you can do that yourself, but it will cost the same as a new visa, and in Beijing at least, you may be required to produce proof of funds (= to $100 per day x 30 days extension = $3000 or RMB equivalent) in a Chinese bank account. If that's not a problem, then that's an option rather than go to HKG. Or take a quickie excursion from Beijing and get that L extension at a PSB in another Chinese town where the bank account and cash proof thing won't be an issue. Personally, for an extension on an L visa, I'd scrap paying extra to have the agent do this for you unless the service fee is worth your time--that's your call.

I'm not sure what duration of L's are being given out in HKG these days, whether 60 days is even possible. In your situation, the extension done here on the current visa may be a better tactic to buy you time, and you'd avoid costs of travel to HKG for now. Just make sure you first understand what the sequence of new visa procedures is for after you marry--to get that 12 month spousal L visa. It is possible that sooner or later, you will have to exit the country to HKG or wherever, and start again with a new visa. You need to get more reliable information than you've been getting. But you need to make a decision and activate the Plan now, as your time is running out.

Train info: forgot to put in first post: hard sleeper BJ-HK is a little over RMB 500 each way, soft sleeper a little over RMB 800 each way. Express is every other day, only 3 stops on the way, roughly 3 pm to 3 pm.

Hello

You know L Visa is extended for 2 times and each time is 30 days,and when your visa is expired ,you must leave china ,or convet it to F visa ,or if you have a job in china ,you can convert it to a work visa .

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Job Agents? there are some but depends what skill or talent you have to offer as a non Chinese citizen

Have you already applied the marriage visa here?