Pre-Trip

First, I made errors in the booking. Our designations were wrong, and AL's birth date was wrong. I was so careless! Thankfully, the errors could be rectified. All I had to do was to visit the Air Asia sales and service centre. I went to the outlet at Abell Road to make the necessary changes, and by the time I reached home, I had received the rectified itinerary in my email. Phew! Happy. There were no charges as well.

Then I had to apply for visa on my own. PH told me that the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in Kuching is located at Level 2 of Wisma Naim, at 2.5 mile Rock Road. The very first time I went there, I merely enquired about the necessary documents that need to be submitted. I also collected the application forms for my friends.

After filling in everything and getting ready the essential documents, I went back to the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre to submit my application, Only that it got rejected because my designation in my itinerary was "Mr.". Wrong gender! What? Hadn't I got that rectified already? Upon scrutiny, I realised that Air Asia had amended for my friend but not for mine. Grrrr ....

So for the second time, I went back to the Asia Asia sales and service centre to change my designation. I had to give them a photocopy of my passport to prove that I was female .... and then paid an amendment fee of RM10.00. I had no choice but to do so. Otherwise, my visa could not be processed. Again, by the time I got home, my newly-corrected itinerary was in my email.

The next day, I went back to the Chinese Visa Application Centre to submit my documents. The lady accepted my documents and said, "We'll call you if anything is amiss." I made a face. "Would anything else go wrong?" I asked. She smiled and replied, "Just in case ...."

4 working days later, my visa was ready to be collected. I checked and paid RM88.30 for it. Yay. I was ready for my trip.

In case you are to apply for a tourist visa to China, these are the documents you need :
1) A completed application form
2) A recent passport photograph with blue or white background
3) A photocopy of the particular's page of your passport
4) Original passport
5) Flight itinerary details
6) RM88.30 for entry to China for 3 months