Ten year tourist and business visa - effective 12 Nov 2014
Feb 16, 2016, 6:34 pm
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And to add to what shinjuflyer said, the person dropping off/picking up the visa application and passport does NOT have to be the person the visa is for. I was the "visa gopher" for everyone in my office. Not a problem.
Feb 16, 2016, 7:50 pm
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Feb 17, 2016, 8:42 am
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I calculated the cost of me going to the nearest consulate to apply in person vs using an agency. Agency won, not by much, but.....Certainly if I lived in the same city or could make it work while on a trip, but alas, my life doesn't seem to work like that
Feb 17, 2016, 9:39 am
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You had no way of knowing that your application was going to be relegated to the penalty box (even for academics, very low odds), but 20/20 hindsight suggests to me that an in person visit would have been beneficial to your cause (i.e. on point dialogue with counter lady = success).
Feb 17, 2016, 10:22 am
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You had no way of knowing that your application was going to be relegated to the penalty box (even for academics, very low odds), but 20/20 hindsight suggests to me that an in person visit would have been beneficial to your cause (i.e. on point dialogue with counter lady = success).
However - in that case, they sent my passport to San Francisco (DC is the Consulate closest to me; the visa agency - in DC - thought that SF had a reputation for being more sympathetic to academics....)
Apr 11, 2016, 6:44 pm
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May be someone can share me some info or experience - I am applying for Chinese VISA - 10 Years.
Q - Has anyone uses SAME DAY service?
I am in Dallas and was looking at options to reduce my hotel cost while i wait for my VISA.
Q - Has anyone uses SAME DAY service?
I am in Dallas and was looking at options to reduce my hotel cost while i wait for my VISA.
Apr 11, 2016, 6:53 pm
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DC offers same day service, and I am guessing that Houston does as well, but you should call to confirm.
Apr 12, 2016, 7:19 am
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I'm pretty sure Houston no longer offers 24 hour "Emergency" processing, at best would be 2 days "Rush" processing, and likely you'd need to get your passport in morning of Day 1 to get it back on afternoon of Day 2 or morning of Day 3.
Apr 12, 2016, 8:14 am
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Apr 12, 2016, 8:18 am
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May 1, 2016, 11:27 pm
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I would have called it a "formality" ten years ago. It's now a sufficiently large pain in the arse that after more than forty trips to China, I now refuse to go. China thus joins the US, the only other country on my "banned" list.
May 1, 2016, 11:50 pm
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Well, Welcome to FlyerTalk, I guess.
May 2, 2016, 7:19 am
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I've not been to the PRC in many years so I have some questions for the experts here as I have a business trip coming up.
I'm on a US passport, but will be going to the Paris consulate with my French resident ID. I'll get a business invitation letter and ask for a multi-entry visa.
Is 1 year the max for a M type multi-entry visa?
I see some notes about them asking about copies of all my previous Chinese visas? I do not have any Chinese visas in my current passport, but I do have visas in older passports going back to hand-written visas from the 1990's. Can I assume those aren't necessary?
Any other tips?
I'm on a US passport, but will be going to the Paris consulate with my French resident ID. I'll get a business invitation letter and ask for a multi-entry visa.
Is 1 year the max for a M type multi-entry visa?
I see some notes about them asking about copies of all my previous Chinese visas? I do not have any Chinese visas in my current passport, but I do have visas in older passports going back to hand-written visas from the 1990's. Can I assume those aren't necessary?
Any other tips?