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le-paul
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 Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:08 pm Post subject: china visa from hong kong |
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my gf and i are travelling to hong kong next month (she rok, me uk).
we wanted to travel into china for the day on the subway/bus.
question, would it be possible to obtain a visa from hong kong quickly whilst there or would it be better to obtain one here, now from korea?
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:30 am Post subject: |
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thanks very much!
have a good day! |
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lowpo
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| Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
thanks very much!
have a good day! |
Post on how it goes with getting a Chinese visa in Hong Kong. My wife(Chinese) told me it is getting harder to get a Chinese visa in Hong KOng. |
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le-paul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:00 am Post subject: |
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cabeza
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| Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Its pretty straight foward. You can go through any number of agencies. Nost hostels/hotels will take care of it for you.
I used some place near East Tsim Sha Tsui station.
You fill out forms, provide a passport photo and over your cash.
Depnding on how fast you want it the costs are different.
Same day- cant remember
Next day - $650 hk
2-3 days -350
Think is more expensive for Americans, which i'm not.
The point is, it is super simple and quick. |
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nile19
Joined: 19 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:25 am Post subject: Re: china visa from hong kong |
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Just to confirm this again... I am an American and I will have less than 6 months remaining on my ARC, is this a problem? Should I just book a ticket to Hong Kong without getting any sort of visa? |
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ttompatz
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:44 am Post subject: Re: china visa from hong kong |
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| nile19 wrote: |
Just to confirm this again... I am an American and I will have less than 6 months remaining on my ARC, is this a problem? Should I just book a ticket to Hong Kong without getting any sort of visa? |
Less than 6 months on your ARC at the time of your visa application then just go to Hing Kong.
More than 6 months at the time of your application and you can get it here (regardless of how long is on your ARC when you travel).
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nile19
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| So... can you book plane tickets before getting your visa? I would rather not arrive at Hong Kong, wait for my visa, and then buy plane tickets to Beijing the day of..... |
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ttompatz
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| nile19 wrote: |
| So... can you book plane tickets before getting your visa? I would rather not arrive at Hong Kong, wait for my visa, and then buy plane tickets to Beijing the day of..... |
yes.
Or just cross the frontier after you get your visa and get a cheap set of domestic tickets in Shenzhen (SZX) or Guangzhou (CAN).
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nile19
Joined: 19 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Would it be a better idea to mail my passport back home (usa) and get it that way? Can you even do that with less than 6 months on your ARC? |
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ttompatz
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| nile19 wrote: |
| Would it be a better idea to mail my passport back home (usa) and get it that way? Can you even do that with less than 6 months on your ARC? |
Yes, you can and yes, you can
BUT
a) you will be without your passport for a while
b) they won't mail/courier it out of the country so you will need to have it sent to a US address and then re-posted (courier) to you here in Korea.
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nile19
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:33 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| nile19 wrote: |
| Would it be a better idea to mail my passport back home (usa) and get it that way? Can you even do that with less than 6 months on your ARC? |
Yes, you can and yes, you can
BUT
a) you will be without your passport for a while
b) they won't mail/courier it out of the country so you will need to have it sent to a US address and then re-posted (courier) to you here in Korea.
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hmm... do you have a recommendation? Hong Kong or mail? Not sure which way to go... if both will work though I suppose either one is okay with me |
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