China Visa, best place to get it done?

[SonicYouth1]

Yes you need to fill in the entire form to get to the appointment stage. When I did this a couple of weeks back, I was able to get an appointment for the day after. So it seems that the shortage of time slots that occurred earlier in the year is no longer the case (for Chinese visas at least).

Thanks and how long did it take when you got there? I've got id/old visas/form/hotel booking - is there anything else they'll request copies of as standard recently

[qhank]

My appointment was at 10am and I turned up at 10:05. I was out of there at 11:30.

As to the documents just follow the document check-list from the Visa Centre and you should be fine. Make sure you bring photocopies of everything, especially your HKID. Oh there is now a new rule that says all HK PRs get 5-year visas and non-PR HK residents get 2 (if your passport would otherwise get less than 2).

[Dominic N]

I've finally decided to renew my China visa and was ready to get it done today at CTS with the hefty fee for UK passports

But I've just read about the compensatory arrangement, with a prior suspended visa (due to covid) you can get a visa for free effectively if the previous visa couldn't be used due to those restrictions. But if you apply for a new visa you give up this compensation. Question is, has anyone applied for this and who did you go through? I've just called a couple of agencies but no reply. I'm thinking would they even bother to help if it's a free visa? Then do I need to go to wanchai to do it myself?

Hopefully this info is useful for others too

Did you find out how to apply for this? I found this, but it doesn't say how to actually apply. And I can't find anything else about it, and had never heard of it before reading your post.

[Dominic N]

My appointment was at 10am and I turned up at 10:05. I was out of there at 11:30.

As to the documents just follow the document check-list from the Visa Centre and you should be fine. Make sure you bring photocopies of everything, especially your HKID. Oh there is now a new rule that says all HK PRs get 5-year visas and non-PR HK residents get 2 (if your passport would otherwise get less than 2).

Do they still have a photocopier there to just do it all there?

[SonicYouth1]

Did you find out how to apply for this? I found this, but it doesn't say how to actually apply. And I can't find anything else about it, and had never heard of it before reading your post.

You can apply for it, a few news articles I've found stated its just US passports but they told me directly that any passport can apply. If you had a multi entry but couldn't use it due to covid suspension (2020-2023)

[Dominic N]

Right, but how do you apply for it?

[emx]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67516777

[Morrison]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67516777

Hell, China, Yes !