[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge trip to China

Christoph Maier cm.hardware.software.elsewhere at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 04:14:47 UTC 2009


On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>         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.
>         
>         http://www.chinaconsulatesf.org/eng/
>         
>         
>         Mitch.
>         On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 17:13 -0700, David Yao wrote:
> 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,
> http://www.visanetwork.com . 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. 
> 

Anyone have experience what the visa situation is like for resident
aliens (of the German variety) based in San Diego?

Christoph







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