China Travel Guide II

[nutata]

Ay, thanks! Isip pa kami para kasing mas madali na lang with an agency than to do it ourselves.  Need to find lang matinong travel agency kasi sobrang taga nung iba. Complete naman kami ng requirements. Concern lang talaga is that siyempre it's not that easy nor cheap to go get tickets, accommodations, and leave from work tapos denied diba?  Haay.  Thanks again!  Update ako but we're leaving on the 21st of September.    Excited!

[mchristine519]

Kami ren.. we'll go to a travel agency nalang to have our visas processed. We'll be travelling to Shanghai on Nov 19-23. Our aim is to see more of Beijing kaya sayang dahil yung flight namin paalis via Cebu Pacific is 7pm ng Nov 19.. We'll be planning to take a train to Beijing the next day and arrive Sat night. Tapos tour na the whole day on Sunday. We plan to see the Great Wall, The Olympic Sites and Forbidden City. Kasya kaya yan ng one whole day?

[vhanya]

how many days/months before flight before we can apply for a visa? or is it anytime?

[sweety_paige]

^^Go to Uni Orient, malakas sila sa Chinese Emabassy or Panda Travel.

[islandkiss]

yep, usually mas madali ma-approve ang visa kapag travel agencies

[nutata]

sa bank certificate ba may minimum na kailangan?  alam ko kasi at least 50k, tapos may rumors na 300k minimum na daw?

[iluvescadasport]

^I think bank statement na. Yan ang hiningi sa tita ko. bank statement hiningi para at least alam yun mga transaction for the past few months. bank cert ata kasi mabilis daw gawan ng paraan, hiram pera lang tapos open account

[superbe]

just want to ask po, i already have a sticker type visa the last time i went to china but i got it in shenzhen and i only used it there. if im going to get a new visa now, picture na lang, ticket and hotel accomodation ang kelangan kong isubmit?

also im going on the 26-30th of october, kelan ako dapat kukuha ng visa?

thanks mga sis..i really appreciate all the info here.  pls keep it coming

[coldsiren]

sa bank certificate ba may minimum na kailangan?  alam ko kasi at least 50k, tapos may rumors na 300k minimum na daw?

ang sabi ng travel agent ng dad ko 50k tapos sabi ng isa pang travel agency 200k.
To be safe sa higher amount na lang sundin.
Sana makakuha kami ng visa.

[vhanya]

How much is the usual travel agency processing visa fees to China (Beijing)? Please suggest a good travel agency thanks!!!!

[speedbytes]

P1,900

[nutata]

@speedbytes, would you know the requirements for the bank cert/statement? thanks!

[speedbytes]

Nope sorry.

[coldsiren]

^I think bank statement na. Yan ang hiningi sa tita ko. bank statement hiningi para at least alam yun mga transaction for the past few months. bank cert ata kasi mabilis daw gawan ng paraan, hiram pera lang tapos open account

you're right. Bank statements na. Ano yung ginawa ng tita mo, as in yung original
documents yung binigay ng tita mo? Plan ko kasi bank certificate ng time deposit tapos isasama ko yung photocopy ng time deposit certificate ang bibigay ko kasi baka mawala ng travel agency yung time deposit certificate ko. 
pwede kaya na photocopy lang kasi natatakot ako na mawala yung original time deposit certidicate. Yung sa akin, isasama ko pa yung nso certified birth certificate kasi joint account ko yun with my mom yung time deposit namin.
Meron din akong personal bank account kaso hindi aabot ng 300k. since pwede ang car registration, isasama ko na din yun.
Bukod sa bank statements, original time deposit certificate pwede rin mag present ng original land title at car registration sa new requirements.

I was on the phone earlier with a uni orient agent, 500k na daw yung show money. For 1st timers diretcho na daw sa embassy kasi mahigpit na daw ang embassy ngayon.

[angelvenus]

elo sis, new lang po [textspeak!] [textspeak!].. need sana ur help po.. me and my hubby are planning to go to beijing, nkabili na [textspeak!] ticket kaso di ko lam na mahigpit na pgkuha ng china visa ngaun. so namomroblemA kami kasi 1 of the requirement is [textspeak!] sss id e we don't have one but mron kami sss number and updated [textspeak!] contributions namin. [textspeak!] kaya iprint lang [textspeak!] sss contribution namin? nong ngapply naman [textspeak!] sss id 6 months pa daw bago mrelease. sobrang windang na talaga [textspeak!].

Tapos don sa travel agency na napagtanungan ko [textspeak!] daw sila na magayos sa embassy kahit la kami sss id pero ang hinihingi nla is 7.5k eash so total naming dalawa is 15k.. sobrang mahal, nkakuha nga kami promo ng airline kaso sa visa naman kami nmahalan. guys, no ba sa tingin nyo ok lang ba kng mgbgay kami sa travel agency?

guys, also cud u help me sa october 3-10 kasi flight namin beijing. how is beijing at that time? pati may mga discounts or sales ba non kasi national holiday nila? guys, sna u could help nman. thank u in advance.

[mchristine519]

elo sis, new lang po [textspeak!] [textspeak!].. need sana ur help po.. me and my hubby are planning to go to beijing, nkabili na [textspeak!] ticket kaso di ko lam na mahigpit na pgkuha ng china visa ngaun. so namomroblemA kami kasi 1 of the requirement is [textspeak!] sss id e we don't have one but mron kami sss number and updated [textspeak!] contributions namin. [textspeak!] kaya iprint lang [textspeak!] sss contribution namin? nong ngapply naman [textspeak!] sss id 6 months pa daw bago mrelease. sobrang windang na talaga [textspeak!].

Tapos don sa travel agency na napagtanungan ko [textspeak!] daw sila na magayos sa embassy kahit la kami sss id pero ang hinihingi nla is 7.5k eash so total naming dalawa is 15k.. sobrang mahal, nkakuha nga kami promo ng airline kaso sa visa naman kami nmahalan. guys, no ba sa tingin nyo ok lang ba kng mgbgay kami sa travel agency?

guys, also cud u help me sa october 3-10 kasi flight namin beijing. how is beijing at that time? pati may mga discounts or sales ba non kasi national holiday nila? guys, sna u could help nman. thank u in advance.

Hmm.. Im having the same dilemma na tuloy.. is it true na 300K na ang bank statement records? I already been out of the country before..been to HKG and Macao 2 years ago.. will they still be strict to those who have travelled  outside of the country before?

[beautyline]

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Hmm.. Im having the same dilemma na tuloy.. is it true na 300K na ang bank statement records? I already been out of the country before..been to HKG and Macao 2 years ago.. will they still be strict to those who have travelled  outside of the country before?
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55K lang ang bank statement record na kailangan.. I just submitted my requirements for China visa last week.. Next week narin ang travel ko to shanghai.. Ask ko lang kung saan sa shanghai pwede makabili ng mga branded bags or watches na nakasale?

[vhanya]

^thats good news. over naman ang 6-digits, ano sila japan?

[angelvenus]

hi. sis beautyline. ano po yung mga requirements na pinasa mo? sss id talaga yung prenesent mo? pano kaya yung amin, wala kasi kami sss id.. sss number lang. pati nagpass ka nbi clearance? pag ba kukuha ka nbi clearance kelangan pa police clearance?  sana you could answer naman my question. thank you in advance.

[nutata]

Naiirita ako sa chinese embassy.  Grabe naman yung daming requirements na kailangan. Kahit sa travel agency ang aarte pa rin ng requirements. Daig pa ang Europe and US! 

@angelvenus, kahit SSS form E1 (the pink form) pwede, pero sabayan mo na rin ng print out ng contributions mo from the website kasi di sila nagbibigay dun sa SSS nung nagtanong ako.