Visa Application for China

Aku tak pernah pegi China. So tak tahu menahu la mcm mana visa application processnya. Google je info and pegi ke website sini (click here)

Actually since kitorang transit jek, masa beli tiket tu airline kata tak payah visa. Tapi sebab masa pegi tu trasit 16 jam (kena overnight kat Guangzhou), so takut kang tak lepas pulak kang satu hal. Plus masa kak ani balik ke sini (took same airline and route), dia mmg kena keluar from the airport. But since kak ani pakai passport Canada so tak payah ada visa.

I asked around again and again (embassy, airline) and keep on getting different responses.

Mind you, nak apply visa ni pun ada kos nya jugak. Beratus la jugak utk 4 org.

But end up, kitorang apply je la jugak. Better be safe than sorry kan?

The China embassy tu ada kat building Bank of China Jalan Ampang. So dah download and isi form, sebelum pegi tu aku tergerak hati nak call and confirm all the documents. Mujor la call wei, sbb org tu kata kena bawak surat beranak utk budak2. Dlm website tu tak de pulak cakap!!

So ok, on the day, we went to Bank of China. Sampai kat sana, guard tu kata utk visa application kena pegi building lain (nearby area, tak ingat pulak nama building tu). Fineeeee..cabaran pertama...checked!!

Pegi la the second building. Sampai sana tengok mak aiiii BERATUS orang tengah tunggu! Cabaran kedua...checked!!

Patah balik la kot. Giler haper nak tunggu beratus orang.

So ada satu weekdays tu, aku pegi sorang naik train. Sampai kat depan pintu embassy tu, tudiaaa orang beratur mcm ular berlingkar2 baq ang! Ok tak pe, aku beratur and tunggu je la. Tengok2 orang ada yg pegang 2 keping gambar, this borang that I don't have and photocopy of passports.

Aku rasa nak nangis. Why tak de cakap kena ada semua tuuu?????

Then bila pintu bukak kat dalam tu ada tempat photocopy. So aku cepat2 made a photocopy of all the passports sambil muka tak malu minta org belakang jaga line.

Then suddenly I heard the guard bagitau kuat2

"Gambar kena ada 2 keping yaaa, must have 2 copies of photographs!!"

And like 1/3 of the people yang beratur tu semua went "whattttt" "awwwww!!!" "OMG!!!!"

Ok bukan aku sorang yang ignorant. Ntah mana pulak dpt info 2 keping aku pun tatau.

Cabaran ke tiga, CHECKED!

Balik la aku ke rumah naik train dgn perasaan hampa, marah, bengkek semua ada. Masa ni mcm nak kensel tiket pun ye.

So on the 3rd time I went, sebelum tu dah call berkali2 and make sure semua document ada. Alhamdulillah, kali ni cepat process. 4 days after dah dapat visa.

Lesson learned? Next time nak pegi Canada naik airline lain lah yang tak payah masuk China. Hahahhaha.

Rindu sangat!!