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All of us like things to be simple when we travel, but Chinese citizens normally need tospend months preparing lots of documents and doing some serious leg-work in terms oforganizing their paperwork ahead of their overseas holidays. Now here is the good news:China is trying to make its passport more valuable and to reach an agreement for visa-freetravel with many other countries.
"China hopes to sign mutual agreements with as many countries as possible, which willallow Chinese nationals holding Chinese passports to enjoy quicker and more convenientoverseas travel," said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to France inOctober last year.
"Visas are the key issue to the development of Chinese tourism," says Xia Lingen,professor of Fudan University, who specializes in the tourism industry. "Cumbersome visaprocedures result in many Chinese would-be travelers looking elsewhere."
Traveler says visa interview is harder than job interview
"This is my second time here." Wang Hua gave a forced smile outside the visa applicationcenter of the American consulate-general in Shanghai. It was her first attempt to traveloverseas, to visit her aunt in Los Angles. "I forgot to prepare some documents required forthe application because I didn't know the procedures." Wang opened her briefcase to showher passport, application form, property certificate, travel plan statement, ID card,personal resume, and other necessary documents.
"I booked an interview one month in advance," added Wang. "I arrived for my interview30 minutes early because I knew I would have to queue for a while. Also my English is notparticularly good, so I wanted to make a good impression to get a good interview score. Ifelt more nervous in the visa interview than during my job interview."
"The success rate for American visa applications is over 90% in recent years," says GuXiaolong, visa case officer of the American general consulate in Shanghai. "American visaapplication centers in China process 1.5 million visas a year for Chinese citizens. Withincreasing numbers of Chinese travelers, we have expanded our offices and simplified thevisa procedures, removed the booking fee, and shortened the visa processing lead time to10 working days. My view is that if the applicant is honest and well prepared they willsecure their visa without difficulties."
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