conerning inconsistent visa issuing practices by chinese embassies

Question

I have in the past obtained without diffulty standard tourist visas fromChinese embassies in Cairo, Singapore and Timor Leste. I had plannedto visit Seoul, South Korea and obtain a visa there, but now I read it isimpossible for a tourist in Seoul to receive a visa from the Chinese em-bassy unless he obtains an ARC of long-term residency or goes through a lucrepitous travel agency. Can anyone find a reason-logical, illogicalor whimsical why this is so? Or will China be following the Indian pro-cedure of insisting that a tourist apply only in his home country?

Bryan · Answer

No reason for this. It's just a immigration rule. It's true that foreigners can apply for a China visa in a third country withour work visa or residence permit of the country before. However, the rule has been changed recently.

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