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Simplified China Tourist Visa Requirements for U.S. Citizens: A Boost for Tourism
January 24th, 2024Preparing for a Trip To China
July 27th, 2022
So you're planning a trip to China? Be prepared- you won't make it there if you overlook these three steps!
Step 1- Passport, Please
To travel to China, you need:
A US passport, valid for at least 6 months after you plan to travel. If you applying for a one year multiple entry visa, you need to have at least a year left on your passport.
Enough blank visa pages in the back to accommodate all of the visas and stamps you'll receive on your journey.
The appropriate Chinese visa.
If you need a new passport or more pages, this must be taken care of before you apply for your Chinese visa. You can do it by yourself, but if you're on a deadline, an expediting company like RushMyPassport cuts through the red tape and makes the process simple and quick.
Step 2- Getting a Chinese
New Chinese Visa Rules for 2014
February 6th, 2014
Travel Visa Service: 4 Countries Worth The Money
December 17th, 2013
Applying for a travel visa for one of the countries on this list? You'll probably want to seek professional help with the application process from an experienced group of experts.
India
Currently, India's visa system is complex and can be confusing, even if you're just going as a tourist. In fact, the US Department of State notes that "Indian visa regulations change frequently, often with little advance notice, and changes may be poorly advertised and inconsistently enforced."
With 16 different types of Indian visas to choose from with varying requirements, and a sometimes nit-picky application process, it helps to have a professional visa expediter to guide you through the process and act as your advocate.
China
With an alphabet soup of different visa types, you need to make sure y
Chinese Visa Requirements to Visit the Temple of Heaven
June 5th, 2011
As if you needed another reason to get a Chinese visa, UNESCO has one more for you: This month's featured World Heritage Site is located in Beijing and dates back to the Ming Dynasty. For almost 500 years starting in 1420, Chinese emperors worshiped at the Temple of Heaven, a staggeringly beautiful complex of temples and altars built according to Taoist principles. Here, the emperors performed prayers and ceremonies to ensure bountiful harvests and favorable weather for growing crops.
UNESCO calls it "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world’s great civilizations."
The Temple of Heaven stopped being used as such in 1911, when the ceremonies were forbidden by the
