HONG KONG - This morning, I arrived on the morning BR flight and went to the CTS desk (Counter B08) at the airport here. I needed to get a visa to China (I’m on the 8am flight from HKG to SHA tomorrow)
I was prepared with a passport photo and was given a simple one page form to fill out. Because the time wsa before 13:30, for same day turnaround, I could expect to have my passport back - with visa - “19:00 AFTER” and written in Chinese, my receipt also says, “during office hours”
I asked, “why does this say after 7:00 pm?”
The 2 ladies looked at me and said, “pick up from 6:30pm to 7:00pm”"
I asked that my passport be sent to the branch at Tsim Sha Tsui, so I could pick it up there. One lady started to say that could not be done, but the other interrupted and said that would be fine.
I’ll be heading over there soon - let’s see what really happens.
Cost: HK$ 1,000 (I’m using a US passport) for a Single Entry, 3-month visa. I had lunch with friends and they laughed, as non-US citizens, they have paid HK$ 600 for Multiple-entry, 12 month visa! 