I keep getting an error message saying "we're sorry" on the zierer site; is anyone else having problems with their site?

For China visas with PANDA, I don't think we want to be without our passports while in Japan. Can we just walk into the Chinese embassy in Tokyo (or, for example, in Washington DC) and get visas "on the spot?"

Also, do we just need a "single entry" visa or do we need a "three entry" visa as we are stopping in Tiajin, Dalian, and Shanghai?

thanks

Marc, you may try calling Zierer @ 866-788-1100. Once you enter China, you can travel all over within China with one entry Visa but when you leave you can't return again without a double entry. I have no idea about walking into Chinese embassy to obtain?? (got ours through Zierer but they've always been helpful on the phone with questions).

We recently did China visas in New York. We delivered them on a Tuesday and were told they would be available for pick-up on Friday, 3 days later.

My understanding is that because all of our China ports are in succession, we only need a single entry visa. But so many people have posted in the past that the price difference is negligible between the single entry and the double entry and if for whatever reason, the Chinese officials have some issues with the visas, it's better to have the double entry "just in case".

Masaki

Unless I am wrong, you can't get the visa more than 90 days before your trip.

I believe Mitch is right about that. :)

Masaki

Just returned from the Tokyo-Hong Kong Cruise. You will need a single entry visa to enter China. The ZVS website became available 90 days
prior to the cruise.
We used ZVS and had our double entry visas within 10 days.
If you are doing a POST-cruise excursion back into China from Hong Kong,(i.e the Terra Cotta warrior excursion) you will need a double entry visa. One couple on our cruise erroneously assumed that their visas were covered by the ship. They were unable to go ashore in China on the cruise. China will not grant visas on short notice to tourists without visas, since the U.S. does not grant Chinese visas easily.

Thanks all. I guess the "90 day limit" probably caused the error for me. Not wanting to give up my passport, we will just get the visa at the chinese embassy.

Marc-By time we see you on PANDA, all the border guards on the continent will probably know you and Arlene. No problem, visas optional. How many tokens will you have stashed away by then?

By the way, the Peninsula Hotel website is now available for post-PANDA dates in Hong Kong. The dates are not clear yet on the discout sites yet but it doesn't look to me like they offer much of a discount anyway.