Hi, we already have a confirmed plane ticket to beijing this october 2009 and would like to apply a tourist visa either next week sept, although we already have the requirements except for the Hotel reservation / booking, is this necessary, i mean we can do a walkin on hotels w/o reservations just what we do when we're taking short vacations in hongkong and macau. If however we do make reservations on hotels its like only a week or less... thus acquiring a visa would most likely be a bit complicated if we waited for the hotel reservation. That is why we wanted to have our visas first then find a hotel or iteneraries at travel agencies which cost less.
Do you still have the office in Malate, Manila? i acquired my last chinese visa last 5 or 6yrs ago in this area... or should we visit the new address in makati mentioned above?