I applied for my new visa yesterday, and will find out today if I was issued a new one or not. I don't have high hopes to be honest, simply because I have been let down before, and I don't see how they could miss the fact that I was issued an exit visa 3 months ago. It has been 10 weeks since I aplied for my visa here in HK, and was rejected. I just hope the new passport works. I also chose to use an agent, which was pretty expensive, but that's life. I'll let you know if your suggestion worked Turino, and if it did not, either way you will certainly here from me. Take care.