My Chinese visa. I use Travel Document Systems in Washington DC to facilitate ordering my visas - I could have done it on my own, but imho, it's much easier to use a service. http://www.traveldocs.com. I sent my passport to Travel Docs on 5 December, the Russian visa was issued on 6 December & the Chinese visa was issued on 15 December. I got them back in via UPS today (22 December). Two weeks two days, not bad at all. I have a friend who visited China a few years ago and she did the visa for China on her own and it took a couple of weeks. Figure the Chinese one took just a few working days using TDS. Very very pleased with TDS.

My Chinese visa. I use Travel Document Systems in Washington DC to facilitate ordering my visas - I could have done it on my own, but imho, it's much easier to use a service. http://www.traveldocs.com. I sent my passport to Travel Docs on 5 December, the Russian visa was issued on 6 December & the Chinese visa was issued on 15 December. I got them back in via UPS today (22 December). Two weeks two days, not bad at all. I have a friend who visited China a few years ago and she did the visa for China on her own and it took a couple of weeks. Figure the Chinese one took just a few working days using TDS. Very very pleased with TDS.