Originally Posted by
jiejie
The only people this strategy might make sense for are those with wide open time schedules, who could deploy the ticket to another Asian location that doesn't require an advance visa, and afford time and cost to hang out or travel around for awhile until an eastbound TPAC seat opens up from said other Asian location.
Or those that just don't want to pay for the overpriced visa.
Was at LA China consulate today. Figured about 2 minutes per person
for pick up. Not including those picking up a batch of processed passports.
A constant stream picking up all day long.
open 9AM to 2 PM thats equates to >21,000USD plus the batch processors
for a .05USD sticker. That's some windfall profit.
Plus the standard time for a visa is 4 days and the visa validity is the day you apply, so
you get ripped out of 4 days.
Seems trivial until you realize how much all those days add up to.