its year 2014, my friend was traveling there and asked me to join, so i said why not, he told me to give him my passport, personal photos, national ID, and $650! wow that was alot of money and i was hesitate to pay that amount, but i worked extra to save and achieve my dream of visiting the great wall of china! the fee i paid included an invitation letter for the visa service. 

it took forever to get the visa! single entry visa valid for 3 months for 30 days stay!

i flew from vientain laos to bejing transiting in Kunming!

the funniest experience was when i land in kunming, a random city which i never thought i would access to china through it! because there was no direct flight from vientain to beijing.

when i landed in kunming, i handed my passport! the immigration officer stood up and asked me to chill on a seat. after a while a bunch of officers showed up hahahhahaha they were standing close to each others, one of them started speaking, guess what! he spoke arabic! i was shocked! and stood staring at him hahahha his voice was a robotic voice and asked me if i flew from baghdad, and some other questions. he was really nice person.

i explained all my story, and then he told me to wait. he left after a while, someone handed me my passport to proceed to catch my flight to Beijing!

thanks alot form the bottom of my heart

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nowadays, or specifically since 2018 all applicants should visit the chinese embassy visa center in baghdad to get their finger prints, i think once you scan your finger prints then its fine for the next 5 years and your next chinese visas. oh and also second time visa will be cheaper.

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here below you can find all the details by the chinese embassy in baghdad:

http://iq.chineseembassy.org/eng/lsyw/qz/

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China Consulate in Erbil:

tel: +964662103902 / +964662103903

email: chinaconsul_erbil@mfa.gov.cn

address: Gulan Street, opposite to Zaga Mall

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China Embassy in Baghdad:

address: Al Masbah, Arasat Al Hindiya, Sector 929 – Street 25 – House 33

tel: 07901912315 – 07901912305 

email: chinaemb_iq@mfa.gov.cn

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