The operating hours of the SF China consulate can be annoying for some, and have lines. So if you're willing to pay someone else to do that hassle, you can visit the Visa Networks office at 870 Market, <a href="http://www.visanetwork.com">http://www.visanetwork.com</a> . The default info on their website refers to a business visa, just call them for info on the easier Tourist visa. They do adding pages to passports to. <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge trip to China<br>> From: <a href="mailto:cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com" target="_blank">cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com" target="_blank">maltman23@hotmail.com</a><br>
> CC: <a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br>> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:47:52 -0700<div class="im"><br>> <br>> On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 00:20 -0700, Mitch Altman wrote:<br>
> > Several people have contacted me off-list saying that they are<br>> > interested in a Noisebridge trip to China.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > The dates aren't set yet, but we will probably leave on 15-September,<br>
> > or so, and then come back about 10 days later. The dates really<br>> > depend on Mike, since his time is most limited (and he's the head of<br>> > the contract manufacturing company).<br>> <br>
> [...]<br>> <br>> > Since there is obviously considerable interest in this trip, I'll<br>> > create a wiki page for it when I have some time (which may take a few<br>> > days, as I'm leaving for Vienna in a few hours).<br>
> > <br>> > <br>> > Mitch.<br>> <br>> Do the Chinese just let you enter the country when you show up, or do<br>> you need to jump through a lot of hoops at a consulate to get a visa?<br>> <br>
> Getting a visa (and a valid passport to put it in) might be rather time<br>> consuming.<br>> <br>> What are your experiences with visa for China?<br>> <br>> Christoph<br><br><br></div>You need a visa to enter China. I've gotten them several times before. It is easiest to get a tourist visa, which is what everyone will get for this trip. To get the visa, we'll need exact dates (which we'll get soon). You can get a visa fairly fast -- as I remember, it took me two day: visit the Chinese consulate with all the paperwork, and the next day to go to the consulate to pick it my passport with the visa pasted in.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/" target="_blank">http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/</a><br><br><br>Mitch.<br><br> </div>
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