Originally Posted by go go girl
We need a Chinese Visa for a trip to Beijing on March 25th. However, we have 2 international trips planned prior to that departure. We leave 2/10 for Paris for 4 days and on 2/26 to Marbella, Spain for a week. We return March 6, so we will have 2 1/2 weeks to get our Chinese Visa.
Regarding the previous posts...we live in Minnesota--do we have to get them from a certain office? We booked our flight through NWA. Our young adult children--Silicon Valley residents--will be travelling to Spain as well as the China trip, so will be in the same 2 1/2 week time frame. Should they deal with the San Francisco office directly or use a service? They cannot go to the SF office directly, so would have to use fed ex or a similar service.
If it is allowed to specify, can someone recommend a service for us?
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/hzqz/zgqz/t84246.htm -- this is the chinese embassy page with the instructions for your visa. If you can't go in person, you must use a service.
It indicates that if you use a service, it should be one in your respective jurisdiction.
I didn't use a service (and live in VA besides) so can't recommend one to you. If you google "china visa tourist service" you'll get a whole list, you might want to throw minnesota into that search, as well.