Originally Posted by
anacapamalibu
Yes, some countries won't allow you to enter on a visa waiver if your passport is expiring in 6 months or less.
I would think Delta should offer some compensation for their provable error.
Seems the going rate for visa processors is 50 bucks plus mailing fees.
This wasn't the situation. I couldn't get the ten year China visa because the passport was too close to one year to expiration. Then I got the new passport but it was close to my travel date. Getting the Chinese visa and my new passport back in time would have been risky or I could have paid exorbitant fees for same day expedited visa processing with no guarantee that the Chinese consulate would do it.
Given this, I decided to apply for the ten year visa before some later trip and use the 72 hour TWOV again this time since my itinerary clearly qualified for 72 hour TWOV.
For example, G3 would have charged $224 for only two day visa processing (plus an additional $30 consular fee) and they wanted to also add on an additional fee of $175 to check my application in advance. This is the visa service agency that I used before and that my employer recommends for China visas.
Mychinavisa would have charged a $259 fee (in addition to $30 more for the consulate) plus $29 for ordinary FedEx, again with no guarantees that I would have my passport and visa returned in time.