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Badmojo
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
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 Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject: Visa Runs... Beijing |
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I see the stickies on going to Japan. There's nothing about China.
So I ask: Does anybody know if I could go to Beijing and get it processed in 1 day?
Please say yes, please say yes.
And when's the Lunar New Year this month?
Cause I can see one day turning into four before my very eyes.  |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Two things to consider-
- you need to get a tourist visa to go to China( not automatic at the airport)
- they celebrate Lunar New Year too- though the big festivities with the dragons and such is two weeks later I think. |
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Badmojo
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
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| Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
Two things to consider-
- you need to get a tourist visa to go to China( not automatic at the airport)
- they celebrate Lunar New Year too- though the big festivities with the dragons and such is two weeks later I think. |
Thanks Peppermint,
I have my visa and am inquiring about hours during this time.
Do you know if it's in the same procedure there as in Japan?
I always thought most teachers went to Japan precisely because of the visa. |
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paperbag princess
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: veggie hell
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| Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| i don't know about china, but my partner tried to get his done in the phillipinnes and it didn't work. they aren't used to processing them the way they are in japan, so it might not work. call and ask them how long it will take. |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: Visa Runs... Beijing |
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| Badmojo wrote: |
I see the stickies on going to Japan. There's nothing about China.
So I ask: Does anybody know if I could go to Beijing and get it processed in 1 day?
Please say yes, please say yes.
And when's the Lunar New Year this month?
Cause I can see one day turning into four before my very eyes. |
Hi Badmojo, you will have to call the Korean embassy or consulate to get a straight answer (maybe) about this. My feeling tells me that it's not possible in one day. Most teachers do their visa runs to Osaka or Fukuoka in Japan, and therefore the process is streamlined.
One option you have, is that can check in with Turtlepic, who was inquiring if it was possible to have your E2 processed before you leave Korea, via Fed-Ex to an overseas consulate, and then leave and fly to Beijing and return on an E2. |
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Badmojo
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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Sadly, going to Beijing can't be done in one day.
Japan's the only place that has that ability. |
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tomwaits
Joined: 05 Feb 2003
Location: PC Bong
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it next -day service? If so get a 30 buck hotel for a night. I would think a day trip would be pretty dicey anyway. (I'm in China and things rarely go as planned here.) |
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