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moondog Oct 6, 2021 9:14 am


Originally Posted by kb1992 (Post 33622085)
Just double-check, Scott only works for employment based visa, not family visit visa right?

I am not sure but my guess is that he handles both.

gudugan Oct 6, 2021 10:33 am

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...e-last-holdout

Interesting article, no real new news but China+HK is the only one left. Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand are pivoting

moondog Oct 6, 2021 1:45 pm

I did my covid test at Target DX today. It was fast. Be sure to bring your passport and Vax card with you because they take a picture with you holding them.
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travelinmanS Oct 6, 2021 7:58 pm


Originally Posted by moondog (Post 33624243)
I did my covid test at Target DX today. It was fast. Be sure to bring your passport and Vax card with you because they take a picture with you holding them.
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Were you vaxed in Shanghai or in the states? If it was both, which one did you declare upon testing?

tauphi Oct 6, 2021 10:19 pm


Originally Posted by gudugan (Post 33623702)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...e-last-holdout

Interesting article, no real new news but China+HK is the only one left. Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand are pivoting

You forgot Macau and Taiwan.

kickr Oct 7, 2021 1:23 am


Originally Posted by tauphi (Post 33625102)
You forgot Macau and Taiwan.

That's political :)

moondog Oct 7, 2021 6:29 am


Originally Posted by travelinmanS (Post 33624899)
Were you vaxed in Shanghai or in the states? If it was both, which one did you declare upon testing?

I have sinopharm and Pfizer. I only declared the latter on the website but told Target DX about both, in case the former could skew my test results. I think I'm in good shape now, but I must confess that this has been a stressful experience.
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moondog Oct 8, 2021 12:24 am

Following is the form I was missing:
http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/...1716241291.pdf
The website doesn't have a spot for uploading it, so I put it in the vaccination section, and the consulate was happy. Those guys are nice people.

ScienceTeacher Oct 8, 2021 4:29 am

I have recently (August '21) travelled to China.

I jumped through all the hoops back in London such as a Visa, PU Letter, Work Permit, IgM, PCR and HDC; then the quarantine for 21 days here in the PRC; and following this the medical test, conversion to residency and further home quarantine with further PCR tests. Now living happily in Shenzhen.

I was double vaxxed back in the UK too.

So yes, all possible - and definitely cheaper than the agent costs quoted above. All in was about GBP 1200.00.

If anyone needs pointers do ask away.

moondog Oct 8, 2021 10:27 am

I'm at SFO now awaiting ua 857. My only new insight since my previous post is that you need two health codes in order to check in. The first is the one from the consulate; screenshots are not okay. The second is wechat based. The verification email didn't show up but the sms to my Shanghai phone worked. The guy next to me in line didn't have a China phone number so he called his company to find a phone number for a Chinese colleague.

travelinmanS Oct 8, 2021 10:37 am


Originally Posted by moondog (Post 33628716)
I'm at SFO now awaiting ua 857. My only new insight since my previous post is that you need two health codes in order to check in. The first is the one from the consulate; screenshots are not okay. The second is wechat based. The verification email didn't show up but the sms to my Shanghai phone worked. The guy next to me in line didn't have a China phone number so he called his company to find a phone number for a Chinese colleague.

Do you mean the entry exit Wechat based form from China customs? Also could you share your test results if you’re willing to? Was it positive on the antibodies?

STS-134 Oct 8, 2021 11:12 am


Originally Posted by moondog (Post 33628716)
I'm at SFO now awaiting ua 857. My only new insight since my previous post is that you need two health codes in order to check in. The first is the one from the consulate; screenshots are not okay. The second is wechat based. The verification email didn't show up but the sms to my Shanghai phone worked. The guy next to me in line didn't have a China phone number so he called his company to find a phone number for a Chinese colleague.

Is that you I see on the upgrade cleared list? Damn, that is one sparsely populated airframe. Also, it looks like a standby pax got cleared directly into Polaris? Wow!

moondog Oct 8, 2021 11:35 am


Originally Posted by STS-134 (Post 33628806)
Is that you I see on the upgrade cleared list? Damn, that is one sparsely populated airframe. Also, it looks like a standby pax got cleared directly into Polaris? Wow!

iirc they are only allowed to sell 40% of the seats, and there are weight/balance rules. As far as standbys are concerned, I'm sure they get a lot because check in takes a long time.

ScienceTeacher Oct 9, 2021 8:05 am


Originally Posted by travelinmanS (Post 33628733)
Do you mean the entry exit Wechat based form from China customs? Also could you share your test results if you’re willing to? Was it positive on the antibodies?

Not to answer for the OP, but in my case I needed two Green codes as well - but not the China Customs one (that was something we filled out on landing).

Both were from the embassy, and separate PCR test and IGM test codes.

I was positive for antibodies, and my antibody count was 0.78 and am Pziver double vax, never knowingly contracted Covid.

moondog Oct 9, 2021 7:50 pm


Originally Posted by ScienceTeacher (Post 33630441)
Not to answer for the OP, but in my case I needed two Green codes as well - but not the China Customs one (that was something we filled out on landing).

Both were from the embassy, and separate PCR test and IGM test codes.

I was positive for antibodies, and my antibody count was 0.78 and am Pziver double vax, never knowingly contracted Covid.

Yeah, the customs code was another surprise for me...so we're talking 3 codes that they wanted, and a bunch of others (e.g. normal Wehat and Alipay) that they didn't.

The procedures on landing were fairly well organized, but took a long time and entailed lots of walking. That was also one of my most painful nasal swabs to date, plus they stuck a popsicle stick in our throats.

My test results from San Jose were the same as yours.


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