Indonesia with their recent rioting in Jakarta about the Presidential elections results + the elections themselves are probably delayed with approvals. Not sure who you could chase actually. HK Immigration just sends it out to all the countries for them to approve.
Yes Indonesia came through 2 weeks ago.
Now I am only missing China
Hello,
I applied for the APEC card on the 24th of April and received an acknowledgement of my application. Since then, it just shows my application is under progress if you go on the HK Online Application status enquiry portal.
And when I go to the ABTC site to check it says "Either there are no approvals for this application or you have entered an invalid application/passport number"
Is this normal or should I try to further investigate the matter? What should I do here?
I want to travel to South America at the end of July. Peru in particular so I am worried about how long this is taking.
There is nothing strange about this. The FIRST thing that happens is that HK processes the application. ONLY AFTER THIS do you get a number to check on the ABTC. You just have to wait to get that next number - it comes via a postcard like thing.
As you will see from the whole thread, these applications can take a LONG time. 6 months ahead of any travel is a good timeline.
Thanks for your reply. I got an application number (that VABL thing) on a postcard like sheet. That came around the beginning of may. However, I'm still experiencing the issue that I previously mentioned. If it is still normal at this point then so be it but I am just checking that.
I got two numbers. I thought the first one was it, and did exactly what you did, and it was not. The proper number came later on another postcard. (I think also with the ABTC website address for checking, but that might be my imagination. I don't have it in front of me).
I guess I will just wait it out and see what happens but in the mean time, I will probably have to actually get visas to visit these countries.