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How to get China tourist visa, for US citizen working in East Asia?
I'm an American citizen though I haven't been back to the states in a
little while. I just learned an old pal is in southern China and I'd like to visit, both to meet up and also to do some tourism as I haven't been to China yet. Just wondering-- all I need is a 15 to 30-day, basic single-entry tourist visa to go into mainland China, but since I'm not physically in USA, how does one obtain it? FWIW, I'll be in Taiwan for several days, and I've heard of many American or European businesspeople working in Taiwan, getting 30-day tourist visas to go to China (since many of their operations are in both Taiwan and China). Obviously there's no China embassy in Taipei per se, so do US or European citizens in Taiwan, trying to get a China tourist visa, apply at any particular office? Or do they just go to see a travel agent? Thanks in advance. |
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How to get China tourist visa, for US citizen working in East Asia?
On Oct 14, 8:50 am, Spehro Pefhany
wrote: If you go through HK (as you almost certainly will anyway if you're going from Taiwan) you can get the visa quickly there (within a day if you pay more, although the extras add up if you want it really quickly on a HK government holiday. Not sure about how you'd do it if you were physically in Taiwan-- I doubt a "couple of days" will do it, at least not cheaply. It takes a week here in Toronto if I go to the consulate, unless I pay extra. It's quite possible people in Taiwan ship their passports to HK and back but that's just my speculation. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany Thanks so much. I had heard about the quick processing in HK, though as you say it's the fees I'm trying to minimize. I will be in TW for a few days (not quite a week) so maybe it's doable. I'll maybe give a progress report depending on how it goes. -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers:http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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How to get China tourist visa, for US citizen working in East Asia?
On Oct 14, 12:34 am, wrote:
I'm an American citizen though I haven't been back to the states in a little while. So where do you live now? I just learned an old pal is in southern China and I'd like to visit, both to meet up and also to do some tourism as I haven't been to China yet. Just wondering-- all I need is a 15 to 30-day, basic single-entry tourist visa to go into mainland China, but since I'm not physically in USA, how does one obtain it? go to your nearest chinese consulate. FWIW, I'll be in Taiwan for several days, and I've heard of many American or European businesspeople working in Taiwan, getting 30-day tourist visas to go to China (since many of their operations are in both Taiwan and China). that's not going help you. forget about taiwan. Obviously there's no China embassy in Taipei per se, so do US or European citizens in Taiwan, trying to get a China tourist visa, apply at any particular office? Or do they just go to see a travel agent? Thanks in advance. |
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How to get China tourist visa, for US citizen working in East Asia?
On Oct 15, 12:14 am, PeterL wrote:
On Oct 14, 12:34 am, wrote: I'm an American citizen though I haven't been back to the states in a little while. So where do you live now? That's exactly the problem, live in TW for the moment for a few months as a home base, advising on engineering work though it's a jumping-off point-- next week I'll be elsewhere before coming back to TW. Obviously no consulate here, so I'll probably have to o/n it in HK. |
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