China-Visa needed?

bigfoot125

I read that you need a visa for China, is this by post or in person and does anyone know best place to apply, cost would be good also

thanks

Bob_the_Saver

bigfoot125 wrote: »

I read that you need a visa for China, is this by post or in person and does anyone know best place to apply, cost would be good also

thanks

If you are excluding HK & Macau try the Chinese Embassy as a starting point. Ours took about 5 days.

getmore4less

http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/visa/

http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/visa/fees/

littlereddevil

Trailfinders did ours for us, even though we hadn't booked through them

bigfoot125

i make this by post a total cost of £82, pricey!!!

Bob_the_Saver

bigfoot125 wrote: »

i make this by post a total cost of £82, pricey!!!

Stuff made in China's not as cheap as it used to be.

lady1964

bigfoot125 wrote: »

i make this by post a total cost of £82, pricey!!!

But, IMO, so worth it, it's a fabulous place to visit and stay, so much culture and so much more than we were expecting.

What time of year are you thinking of going?

Bob_the_Saver

One thing to be aware of, outside MAIN tourist areas English is not widely spoken and you'll end up drawing pictures and pointing at things, but that's what travelling is all about.
If you can make yourself understood at all using a phrasebook you're doing damn well.

lady1964

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

One thing to be aware of, outside MAIN tourist areas English is not widely spoken and you'll end up drawing pictures and pointing at things, but that's what travelling is all about.
If you can make yourself understood at all using a phrasebook you're doing damn well.

We had an English/Chinese pictorial dictionery type book that was brilliant. It has tons of different sections, some really relevant such as shopping, eating, drinks, transport, tourism etc, others not quite so relevant but for a cost of about £6 or £7, well worth paying for.
Another tip is to always have the name of your hotel written in Chinese to show a taxi driver, although worth bearing in mind that some can't read.
It would be really helpful if the OP could say where they are visiting and what time of year...

Bob_the_Saver

lady1964 wrote: »

We had an English/Chinese pictorial dictionary type book that was brilliant. It has tons of different sections, some really relevant such as shopping, eating, drinks, transport, tourism etc, others not quite so relevant but for a cost of about £6 or £7, well worth paying for.
Another tip is to always have the name of your hotel written in Chinese to show a taxi driver, although worth bearing in mind that some can't read.
It would be really helpful if the OP could say where they are visiting and what time of year...

Good tip, at least in practice the numbers are usually the same.

kingdavid2012

bigfoot125 wrote: »

I read that you need a visa for China, is this by post or in person and does anyone know best place to apply, cost would be good also

thanks

You can apply for your visa on the internet.

GuangZhou is also another recommandation.

Enjoy your trip!