Hi, I know this question was posted hundreds years ago, but felt like adding my comment about difference between 延长,延期 - these two.
So 延长 and 延期 both can be basically used as a verbs: We can say both 我要延期我的签证, 我要延长我的签证.
However there's slight difference between the tone. If we want to sound more formal we can say: 我们今天办理中国签证延期。
Hope that was helpful,
Marie