China Romance
All About China => Visas, Immigration and Emigration => Topic started by: Willy The Londoner on May 15, 2012, 02:05:25 am
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For information - The arrival hall at Hong Kong airport Stand OA7 has a visa office where you can renew your visa for Mainland China.
3 months visa cost 1000 HK Dollars about 80 GB Pounds, 130 US Dollars, 820 RMB.
The plus side is that you can collect the visa 5 hours later provided it was ordered before 11am.
This was done today by a Westerner who is visiting me later today. So is up to date info. So anyone flying into Hong Kong from Europe or North America without a visa can do same.
Willy
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Thanks Willy that is really good to know.
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Actually, it's before 9am ... then you get the visa before 3 pm ... mine was ready at 2pm.
They open at 7am and close 11pm.
And ... I think they charge USA citizens more, don't know why.
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For Chinese living in Hong Kong the US embassy is making applications for visa a little more easy, to a point. The applicant for even a tourist visa to the USA still need to go to the U S Embassy for a personal interview. However the big press conference on this was held yesterday to announce that payments for the visa could now be made at one of three 7-11 supermarkets in Hong Kong!!!!!
US Citizens still get 60 days to be in Hong Kong without the need for a visa. But the US spokesman said that at present there was no intention of allowing Hong Kong residents the same service.
Willy