Chinese visas HELP

[RemaL]

My grandmother is doing a Cruse of Asia in June, she booked the holiday. And very happy with it.

then was told she needs to apply for a Chinese visa. OK they got some info, I don't know where from but just had a phone call asking that they will be charge £231 for 2 visas from this company. As I said I don't know who they have been dealing with, possible some company from the travel agents. They also said this included a charge of £91 handling fees WTF

I thought this was a hell of alot of cash, So after a quick google seen this place
http://www.travel-direct.com/visas/china

Costs £89 for both visas ( my grans going with a Friend)

Anyone know anything about this company or have a link to a reputable company who can sort out the visas for my gran

cheers

[v15ben]

Could try www.tlcsvisas.com though not sure how much cheaper they might be?

I personally went directly to the nearest Embassy (Manchester) and got it sorted out on the day. It is definitely cheaper, but a bit of hassle.

[RemaL]

Not sure if my gran want to go stright to the Embassy or not. but worth asking her

cheers so far guys and thanks for the link

Also anyone have any idea of the nearst Embassy to Bristol area? hoping it won't be London as thats the only one I found so far

Edited by RemaL on Monday 20th April 15:10

[v15ben]

Staff were pretty average in Manchester, but that is nothing compared to any railway station when you get to China

I stand corrected, but I think they have a northern Embassy in Manchester and the only southern one is London unfortunately.

If you have any questions with TLCS, just drop me an email as I book them pretty regularly

[RemaL]

cheers, seems rather straight forward. sort out and fill in correct forms, send off pasport and pic. jobs done. was just amazed how much this company wanted for 2 visas

[Deva Link]

RemaL said:

Not sure if my gran want to go stright to the Embassy or not. but worth asking her

cheers so far guys and thanks for the link

Also anyone have any idea of the nearst Embassy to Bristol area? hoping it won't be London as thats the only one I found so far

Just London, Manchester & Edinburgh, by the looks of it. Pity there isn't one in Birmingham as there is with India.

http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/lsyw/chivisa...

[RemaL]

Deva Link said:

RemaL said:

Not sure if my gran want to go stright to the Embassy or not. but worth asking her

cheers so far guys and thanks for the link

Also anyone have any idea of the nearst Embassy to Bristol area? hoping it won't be London as thats the only one I found so far

Just London, Manchester & Edinburgh, by the looks of it. Pity there isn't one in Birmingham as there is with India.

http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/lsyw/chivisa...

many thanks again. looks like throught the post/comany then for gran
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[RemaL]

just another thing the TLCS website wants £46 as a handling fee. the other website asks for nothing from what I can see apart from £69 for a single entry to china

Seens rather strange that one company charges £46 the next nothing apart from £9 more for the visa?

[v15ben]

Yes unfortunately TLCS do expect handsome payment for their reasonably minimal labours. I haven't heard of the other website you mentioned, but it does seem odd that they only want such a small amount for their services.