Hi everyone, I am sorry to bother you, and I don’t mean to beat a dead horse.
I just wanted to ask which method is better for a US citizen applying for a mainland tourist visa, going through an agency in Taiwan or Hong Kong and letting them do it or flying to Hong Kong?
Also, what is cheaper and faster? Also, will you please share your experience?
You’ve been around here for a while. Did you do a search? There’s a ton of information including some I just posted a few days ago.
You can do it in Taiwan or you can do it in Hong Kong or you can do it in another country yada yada yada
Anyway, do you want cheaper or faster or easier or what are your preferences?
For the visa itself, HK is likely to be faster if you use a travel agency there. Whether it makes sense or not depends on where you want to go, how fast, and for what price.
That makes a lot of sense now. I was looking, and it costs 9500 TWD for one agency to obtain a tourist visa.
Checked this?
That sounds excessive. My last tourist visa was only around 60 USD.
9500 is about right. Chinese visas are insanely expensive these days and the government has started asking for more documents and refusing applications. Part of Xi’s China strength policies
Im not even sure if HK is still an option. As far as I know, you must wait at least one working day there, so will have to factor hotel costs into the equation
Well, if you think about it, 9500NT if just about the cost of a round trip plane ticket from TPE to HKG.
So, you’re paying for a plane ticket for your visa, instead of yourself. One good thing about it is, your visa doesn’t need accommodations in HK if the application process is delayed.
are these prices only for yanks?
Yes, the China Embassy charges US passport holders US$140/NT$4300 standardized around the world.
i mean for the whole service? ive got a visa before so i can remember roughly the price. i thought this was also an ARC holder thing