MoonCarolCafe Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Of interest to those in So Cal: The Chinese Consulate has moved thier visa office to the 3rd floor of 500 Shatto. The new visa office is about 75 meters to the south-east of the consulate, on the opposite side of the street. Link to comment
Robert S. Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 What, did you just drop by there the other day? Link to comment
MoonCarolCafe Posted October 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 In there today to get a new visa, my old one is no good. The consulate hours are from 9AM to 3PM. Street parking is present, but most always taken. There is a public parking garage at the north end of the street, 1 building before the intersection. $1.75 per hour with a $7 max. This new office is far superior to the older one, lots of space inside. The old visa office had people lining up out the door (I used to work in the area). Link to comment
MoonCarolCafe Posted October 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 &^%#@*&^!!! I was back in there today, and left my sunglasses. I tried to get a multi-entry year-long visa, and was told that because my previous visa was a dual entry visa I could only get a new visa valid for 6 months. Then I flashed my little red book. A 1 year visa does not really save you money, but it does prevent the hassle of repeated trips to the consulate (and the attendant risk of losing even more sunglasses). Link to comment
robhon Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 &^%#@*&^!!! I was back in there today, and left my sunglasses. I tried to get a multi-entry year-long visa, and was told that because my previous visa was a dual entry visa I could only get a new visa valid for 6 months. Then I flashed my little red book. A 1 year visa does not really save you money, but it does prevent the hassle of repeated trips to the consulate (and the attendant risk of losing even more sunglasses).AH! I never knew I could use that little red book for anything so useful! Next time at the consulate you're going to see me waving that thing like a mean little Maoist. I've been to that consulate (in SF) so many times now, I think I have one page left in my passport. (Good thing too 'cuz the picture sucks!) Link to comment
bobmal99 Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 You can mail your Passport back to get pages added to it. Link to comment
robhon Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 You can mail your Passport back to get pages added to it.Yeah, I've already done that once. Now my passport is filled up again. It's getting pretty fat. Link to comment
Bob & Minglian Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 &^%#@*&^!!! I was back in there today, and left my sunglasses. I tried to get a multi-entry year-long visa, and was told that because my previous visa was a dual entry visa I could only get a new visa valid for 6 months. Then I flashed my little red book. A 1 year visa does not really save you money, but it does prevent the hassle of repeated trips to the consulate (and the attendant risk of losing even more sunglasses).I know you go to the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. Because I live in Portland I go to the San Francisco Chinese Consulate. In 6 weeks I go again and this time I plan to take my little red book. Great idea. I will also try for the multiple entry/multiple exit visa that's good for a year. I have another trip to China planned for December and we may take a day trip to Hong Kong. If I do the double entry/double exit which is good for 6 months, I use up the visa with my December trip. Then yet another trip to San Francisco for yet another visa. Yes, I'll try for the one year. I think if Los Angeles will do it, San Francisco will, too. Link to comment
robhon Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 The great thing about a multi-entry visa is, if you're going to HK, you can make an excusion into Shenzhen with out "wasting" an entry. Just watch out for those damned taxi drivers in SZ. Link to comment
Robert S. Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 &^%#@*&^!!! I was back in there today, and left my sunglasses. I tried to get a multi-entry year-long visa, and was told that because my previous visa was a dual entry visa I could only get a new visa valid for 6 months. Then I flashed my little red book. A 1 year visa does not really save you money, but it does prevent the hassle of repeated trips to the consulate (and the attendant risk of losing even more sunglasses).AH! I never knew I could use that little red book for anything so useful! Next time at the consulate you're going to see me waving that thing like a mean little Maoist. I've been to that consulate (in SF) so many times now, I think I have one page left in my passport. (Good thing too 'cuz the picture sucks!)I love my little red book. The use I have got from mine was this: I posed for a photograph while holding it over my heart with one hand while holding up my other hand showing the new wedding ring I had bought for myself now that I had come home to America. We had tried to buy one for me in Dalian but there were none big enough. I sent the photo to Ping and the VO saw it in GZ when he looked at a lot of her photos. It's good to know another use for it, to wave in the consulate while demanding a better visa, "I'm near same-same China people . . . " Link to comment
warpedbored Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Ok my curiosity has gotten the best of me. What is the little red book? Link to comment
robhon Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Ok my curiosity has gotten the best of me. What is the little red book?Ahhhh, you must be K-1. It's the little red marriage book that you both get when you marry in China. It's like a little thin passport with a picture of the lovely couple inside and a bit of writing saying that the marriage is legal by Chinese law. Link to comment
se_lang Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Ok my curiosity has gotten the best of me. What is the little red book?Thanks Warped, I was wondering the same thing, at first I thought they was talking about Mao's little red book Link to comment
Bob & Minglian Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Ok my curiosity has gotten the best of me. What is the little red book?That "little red book" is the Chinese marriage certificate. It's about the size of a passport and is a red book. On the top of the front cover it reads in both Chinese characters and Pinyin spelling, "Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo" and on the bottom it reads, "Jiehunzheng." Translated "People's Republic of China" and "Marriage evidence" (marriage certificate is "jiehunzhengshu"). Inside the book is a photo of both husband and wife together, certificate number, birthdates, ID numbers for both, actual date of marriage, and so on. It's a book not to be lost. Link to comment
MoonCarolCafe Posted October 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Wouldn't jiehunzhengshu be more like "marriage book", with jiehunzhengzher being closer to marriage certificate? Link to comment
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