Apparently directly I remove maintain visas to fear, too. After the Bali fiasco, I idea it couldn't larn whatever worse. I hadn't taken into concern human relationship China...
As I'll live on transiting inwards Communist People's Republic of China too spending 12 hours inwards Kunming both on the way inwards too on the way out, I needed to larn a visa if I wanted to rest at a hotel (I checked online - Kunming airdrome doesn't remove maintain 24hour lounges, entirely remove maintain metallic chairs or wooden benches nigh the open doors). So I went on their website to banking corporation tally procedures.
First of all, the rules remove maintain changed, cheers to the introduction of the 72-hour visa waiver if entering from Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong. In my case, the major transit volition live on inwards Kunming, hence this didn't apply. I looked farther downwardly too constitute the prices for dissimilar kinds of visas.
Let me only say, that already on newspaper (or on screen) it doesn't await fair. With my passport, visas prices ranged from nigh $30-120. For USA citizens, in that place was a storey charge per unit of measurement of $160. So, anyway, I figured I'd larn the multiple entry visa valid for half dozen months (who knows - a trip to Xian could live on nice) for $85. So I download the shape (4 pages) too additional shape every bit I'm non a Japanese citizen applying inwards Nihon (2 pages), fill upwardly them out too larn all the diverse papers (passport too resident bill of fare photocopies, photos, hotel too flying information prinouts) ready, too off I larn to the Chinese diplomatic mission - a 40-minute metro trip each way. Oh yeah, too the Chinese diplomatic mission inwards Tokyo is entirely opened upwardly betwixt 9-12:00 on weekdays.
Anyway, I larn in that place after beingness elbowed too jostled inwards the infamous Tokyo metro rush-hour too larn to the data desk too manus her my application. Now, every bit an innocent traveller, I seat that my principal role to view Communist People's Republic of China was to transit (I am staying two nights too 1 day). The lady at the data desk glances at my application too tells me they don't physical care for transit visas at the diplomatic mission too that I remove maintain to larn through a move means too they recommend i that is correct side past times side door. Does anything aroma fishy to you?
Well, I called the number they gave me which too hence redirected me to some other number. So I called that number too in conclusion talked to a adult woman who gave me directions to their 'office'. It was literally inwards the edifice side past times side door too I would hesitate to telephone yell upwardly it an office. Looked to a greater extent than similar I was inwards someone's apartment. Still non smelling fishy to you?
So I gave her my application papers, too she told me the full cost would live on $145. Excuse me? I was prepared to pay $85 non $145! I didn't fifty-fifty remove maintain the coin on me, too every bit it turns out I'd forgotten my former passport alongside my Japanese visa inwards it. So I decided this was a golden chance to brand my escape. I figured I'd only reapply for a Sightseeing visa - that wouldn't actually live on a lie.
So dorsum dwelling I go, I reprint the page of the shape I demand to modify, fill upwardly it inwards again, this fourth dimension maxim I'm visiting to sightsee. The side past times side weekday, I went to the diplomatic mission again. Went to (the same) lady at the data desk. She glanced at my application too told me they didn't physical care for sightseeing visas at the diplomatic mission too that I remove maintain to larn to a move means too they recommend i that is correct side past times side door. Sound familiar? So at this indicate I asked her direct what kinds of visas they did bargain alongside too she says they entirely give concern visas. Seriously?
At this point, I'm fed upwardly too starting to live on a piffling tight on the schedule to larn dorsum to go hence I only left too decided to larn to a move agent closer to home. So after go the same day, I caput off to the move means closest to my identify too give them my application. They seem totally confused nigh my request, faff to a greater extent than or less for xv minutes, too hence come upwardly dorsum alongside a cost schedule too enjoin me that I volition remove maintain to pay $160 dollars for a multiple-entry visa hence they recommend a double-entry i for $140, plus their service fee of $35 for a full of $175. Let me only solid soil clearly that I volition non live on going to Communist People's Republic of China i time again unless in that place are some major changes. I ended upwardly spending to a greater extent than on the visa lonely than on the tickets too hotel together.
And the best part? The move agent who was assisting me couldn't empathize why I was hence shocked. Why does the website tell $85 when essentially it ranges betwixt $145 too $175? I fifty-fifty overheard him asking a colleague if $175 was expensive for a visa. You tin jurist the answer.
Anyway, a calendar week later, my visa was issued, I got my passports dorsum too applied for the Cambodian visa (you tin apply direct on arrival, but I idea I should larn it inwards advance 1) to avoid whatever issues, 2) to exit of the airdrome faster). The shape is only a one-sided page, alongside a photocopy of your passport too resident card, a photograph too it's done for y'all inwards three days for $24.
Read to a greater extent than nigh the Communist People's Republic of China ordeal too banking corporation tally out some pictures!
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