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creeper1
Joined: 24 Aug 2010 Posts: 481 Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:59 pm Post subject: Why Did YOU Use a Visa Agent? |
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Or maybe you didn't and got your Z-visa from the foreign ministry in HK or Chinese consulate in your home country.
But for those that didn't, and especially if you got your current visa in HK, why did you use an agent?
I hear forever bright comes highly recommended.
Was it because there are long lines with complex paperwork at the foreign ministry?
Was it to avoid awkward questions?
Was it to avoid the clear remark made on the foreign ministry's website "Applicants without HK resident status are required to submit their applications through the Chinese Embassy or consulate office around your resident country"?
Otherwise I'm guessing you'd just go there directly yourself. |
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sistercream
Joined: 18 Dec 2010 Posts: 497 Location: Pearl River Delta
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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If all your paperwork for a Z visa is in order, and it's specified that you will collect in HK, then the only reason for using an agent would be to avoid the queues. |
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Javelin of Radiance
Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 1187 Location: The West
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure how many agents can get Z visas for people. I asked Forever Bright about this once in the not too distant past and they told me that was the one visa type they couldn't get. You had to go on your own to the Foreign Ministry office in Wan Chai. |
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Denim-Maniac
Joined: 31 Jan 2012 Posts: 1238
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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I always use an agent when I get my visa in the UK. The cost of the agent outweighs the hassle of a trip to London or Manchester, the queues and the cost of the train / travel. |
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Non Sequitur
Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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I can walk to the Chinese Embassy in my country in 10 mins. They offer courier (for a fee) of the completed papers, or pick up from the consulate entrance. Never more than one other person queuing.
Aahh the pleasure of small countries! |
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