Is it currently possible to obtain a China, Hong Kong or Macau visa while in Taiwan?

[qwert_zuiop]

@boaz25

Let’s say that you are a German citizen, you would send your passport to an agency in Germany that would do the application on your behalf and then send the passport with the visa sticked inside back to you.

I actually did this once while being on a student visa in the US: Sent my passport to an agency in Germany which then applied for a PRC visa in my name and sent my passport (including the visa) back to the US. Worked flawlessly (though I was a bit uncomfortable being in the US without the passport which also contained my US visa…).

[yyy]

Thread title changed to be inclusive of discussion.

[Steve4nLanguage]

@izzy

I have done it twice for visitor visa to China, but that was before 2019, so maybe regulations changed.

In December 2018 I went through Lion Travel Agency in Taoyuan to get Chinese visitor’s visa (a ten-year one at that). I know they had to send off my passport and it took about two weeks. I’m guessing Covid, maybe among other factors, has changed all of that.

[izzy]

the first time I did this, the visa sticker showed it was issued in HK. the second time (same agency ) the visa was issued in San Francisco
dont ask me why and how it made sense to send my passport to SF for a Chinese visa.

[Steve4nLanguage]

@izzy

the first time I did this, the visa sticker showed it was issued in HK. the second time (same agency ) the visa was issued in San Francisco

I just looked at mine; it was issued in HK. Perhaps it was prudent of me to get the ten-year one but, honestly, I don’t really have any desire to visit China again.