Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Applying for visa at the Chinese Embassy

hi there! the past few days have been extremely frenzy - thus, I've not time to pen down my experience (continued from the previous post on china beijing visa).

Yeah. So few days ago (when the 4 working hour time line was due) - I went to OSK Investment Building, parked my car at the same place, even though somebody on the internet said it's only took him less than 5 minutes. Nevertheless, I remembered seeing so many cars being pulled by the DBKL trucks... and I've definitely no interest not to mention entertaining such thoughts of that happening to my dearie carie.

So after parking my car, I walked straight into the building. This time there were more than 3 times number of people walking around the building - commoners like me. However, the number of guards have reduced significantly - it wasn't like that day. So that's why, I got lost. I tried looking for the OSK Investment entrance, but somehow couldn't find it.

THen I remembered the bronze bull standing outside the building and went in the gate... only to be informed that that was the exit! Oh, all of a sudden my sense of direction came back alive! And I didn't know where the wisdom came from, I immediately found the right entrace to the building.

Anyway, so I got to the 2nd floor, and wow... to my surprise, this time the queue was at least 3 times longer than the previous'! So I lined up, and an elderly lady rudely interceded my queue... as I was practicing patience, gentleness, kindness.. I took no effort to make things straight with her. Let her be. When my turn finally came, I took a number ( I can't remember now) and after waiting for about 10 minutes, my number was called, and so I went to counter 14.. or 15? or 16? I can't remember anymore.

So I showed her my visa aplication receipt, paid RM58, and she told me to go to the next counter. The chinese lady at the next counter passed me back my passport... and of course, the visa was right in my passport. ;-)

So that was a very simple procedure - nothing to be worried of. No trouble - except for the traffic jam trying to get to Jalan Ampang.

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