Shenzen Visa for Filipinos Question- HELP

[guest_1110]

Hi!

I'm planning to go to Shenzen this coming September via HK. I read that you have to get the visa from the boundary itself (HK-Shenzen).

Mahirap po ba makakuha ng Shenzen visa for Filipinos? We all know na may issue ngayon ang China at Philippines. I read that they don't issue Shenzen visa to UK and Americans. I've also read na medyo mahirap na makakuha ang Filipinos?

Anybody, help?

Thanks!

[istarbaks]

Palagay ko mahirap nga yan.... Saang bansa ba yang Shenzen?

[guest_1110]

China...

It's different from Beijing na pwede dito na sa Pilipinas kumuha. 'Pag sa Shenzhen, sa entrance mismo kukuha.

[commoner]

It's the same as Beijing and all other Chinese cities. You need to get the China visa in the Philippines. Hindi pwede sa border.

Mag Macau nalang kayo para wala nang hassle sa visa.

[guest_1110]

commoner, bakit sabi dito?

http://gohongkong.about.com/u/ua/tra...xperiences.htm

I've been to Beijing already. Okay naman yung visa. Pero that was almost two yearsa go. Wala pa issue between countries.

[commoner]

Call the China embassy. Sila ang magsasabi kung pwede ba kumuha sa Shenzhen o hindi.

Walang kinalaman ang Scarborough/Spratly sa pagkuha ng visa. Basta mabigay mo ang hinihingi nilang requirements bibigyan ka ng visa.

Kung meron man binibigyan ng visa sa Shenzhen, yan yung mga group tour na kung hindi kayo kumpleto hindi kayo makakabalik ng HK.

And this is from the link you gave me:

Very Recent Visit, should have listened.

Please list Philippine passport as one of the countries not allowed to get a Shenzhen SEZ Visa. We went there last December 23, 2011 and we were denied of a visa. The immigration official just said "This passport cannot get a visa here so you should go back to Hong Kong". It's a big hassle, since the trip to Lo Wu takes around 1 hour and then the departure from Hong Kong should be cancelled as well, so it took us around 3 hours just to get back to Hung Hom. Big waste of time. I should have listened to my fiancee and go straight to Mong Kok instead. I relied on your list, so it should be helpful if you updated it with the information I provided.—Guest Ishralene09

Forget it!

We were just at the border at Lo Wu station in HK yesterday and to our gross disappointment, they no longer issue visas for Shenzhen to PH passport holders at the border. After almost an hour on the MTR, we only got yelled at at the visa processing office on the 2nd floor. Since they're not at all tourist-friendly, all the visa guy could say, no, scream in his broken English through the window was "No Visa!" after taking one glance at our passports. Apparently, the procedure for securing their visa for us lowly Pinoys has changed and it's not posted ANYWHERE. We ended up wasting 2 hours and HKD 70 for the train ride back and forth. —Guest Kim

[guest_1110]

Haha, kaya ako nagtanong sa Pinoyexchange kasi sa mga reviews na nabasa ko about it! Parang umikot lang. ) Baka lang kas meron among you na nakapunta na Shenzhen via HK.

Pero thanks commoner, I'll probably call the Embassy of China about this.

[marilynmangubat]

mag apply ka na lang ng visa sa Chinese embassy para wala ng problema.

[pit bull]

kapag kasama ata kayo sa tour ng travel agency, di ba sila na mag-aasikaso ng Visa nyo? Yung mga officemates ko nag HK-Shenzen tour galing sa isang deal site, ang alam ko di na sila kumuha ng visa dito para sa China.

[guest_1110]

^ marilyn: Like I said po, iba ata ang Shenzen visa. I've been to Beijing. Yung Beijing visa, sa Embassy of China siya kinukuha. Yung Shenzen, sa border na mismo ng HK & Shenzen nakukuha. I'm wondering kung madali ba makakuha ng Shenzen visa. Kasi I read (see link) na kasama na rin ang Filipino nationality sa mga hindi nila binibigyan ng visa (like US & UK).

^ pit bull: Yup, kasi dun na kukuha ng visa mismo sa border. Kelan sila umalis? Okay naman yung process ng visa application nila?

[commoner]

Group tour lang ang pwede kumuha ng visa sa border. Kung hindi kayo part ng group tour at wala kayo kasamang tour guide hindi talaga kayo bibigyan ng visa.

[logan_triple]

Galing kami ng wife ko sa Shenzhen China 2 weeks ago. Sa Hong Kong kami sa first 3 days then our last day was at Shenzhen China. We took a train from Hong Kong to Shenzhen.

Part kami ng isang group tour. Pero di naman kami magkakasama. Yung travel agency na ang nag asikaso niyan. Tatanungin nila sa iyo kung gusto niyo mag China rin. Actually ng nasa Hongkong kami nag offer rin yung travel guide kung gusto niyo mag Shenzhen or Macau, sabihin niyo lang kung gusto niyo mag Shenzhen or Macau. may mga ibang Filipino na nag extend.

Sasakay kayo ng Train niyan from Hong Kong to Shenzhen. Madali lang ayusin yan ng tour guide. Pero mas okey kung sabihin niyo na lang sa travel agency niyo.

Ang Shenzhen ang bilihan ng mga murang kung ano ano. Yung mga kasamahan naming bekimon todo shopping dun, benta raw nila twice or thrice da price sa pinas.

[guest_1110]

Thanks po! So pwede pa pala.

Baka hindi na lang din siguro. Kasi yung isang kasama ko, kaka-galing lang Taiwan 1wk before HK Shenzhen namin. May narinig ako ayaw ata ng China kapag may visa ka pa from Taiwan.