We leave for Japan in less than two months, and the last leg of our trip is a three-day stay in Shanghai. But only if we get our Chinese visas before then!
I’ve found a lot of information online, much of it contradictory. It appears that you can no longer get visas by mail—you have to bring passports (and photos, and money, and confirmation of travel itineraries) in person to the Chinese embassy, or have someone do it on your behalf (friend, travel agent, etc).
Obviously, there’s no Chinese embassy here in Rochester. There’s one in NY, but I really can’t swing a trip there before we leave. There’s one in Toronto, and I could probably get up to Accordion City for that, but I don’t know for sure if US citizens can use the Canadian embassy for this.
So, I’m looking for voices of experience here. If you’ve had to get a Chinese visa from another city (post-9/11), and have advice, I’d love to hear it. Or if you know of a reliable service in NY (or another major city, like DC or LA) that will take our passports and money to the embassy, pick the passports back up, and mail them back to us, that would be great, too.
This is not something I want to trust to a Google search—but I am hoping to leverage the weak ties to world travelers that I have through this blog!
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