a*******6
发帖数: 38 | | a*******6
发帖数: 38 | 2 Finally, I have sometimes to sit down and type this up. About two months
ago
, my dad and I went to NY to renew his Chinese passport since it’s
required
to submit it in person. I have heard friends who have successfully
renewed
their passports in the past from NY. I also have friends who live there
so
it would be a good choice to visit them while I was there. By the way, I
had
tried to call the consulate to ask questions before making the trip. No
one
answered the phone no matter when I made the calls. I decided to go
anyway
since my friend told me it can be done there from their past experience.
It
’s a major mistake. First, we waited for 2 hours just to get inside of
the
building. Once we were inside, we waited another one and a half of hours
to
get to the window. In the meantime, it’s totally chaotic. Our fellow
Chinese skipped the line and some people didn’t know what line they were
supposed to be in since it’s overcrowded. It was yelling and screaming
in
the building. When I got to the window, they looked at the form and the
passport. She told us we are in the wrong consulate. We have to go the
consulate in Texas. I said we came from a long way and is there a
possibility to let us submit it here since we are here now. She said no
and
would not talk to be anymore by calling the next person. It was no
service
or whatsoever. We ended up wasting 1k in NY (Flight+ other expenses).
Three weeks ago we headed to Houston and I made calls like the last time
but I got
the same result. Nobody answered it. I went to their website and tried
to
find the information but it’s not a good site and can’t find anything in
English version. It seems like they make it more difficult for people
who
are not very good at reading Chinese. Anyway, I made the trip like last
time
. I planned to stay overnight in Houston to make sure we get the things
done
. When we get there, the line was much shorter than NY. It’s a good
sign.
We waited it for 30 minutes. We finally talked to a female. She told me
the
photos are not acceptable. I said fine. We spend $20 at the consulate to
take anther set of photos. We get back to her second time, this time she
said we have to bring express mail envelope not the priority envelope I
brought. I said why I don’t need it urgently. She said “you don’t
question me” in Chinese. Basically, it means you don’t ask any
questions.
You do what I tell you to do. They take the way how Chinese government
operates in China and apply it in America. It does not work this way in
America. I don’t want to be in this terrible place any longer, so I went
to
the post office and pay $18.30 for express mail. When I come back to
her
the third time, she said she does not accept cash, credit card, debit
card
nor personal check. My internal fire is almost exploded. To make this
shorter, I went again to post office to get the money order. It took me
four
trips to get everything done. The females who work there are impolite,
unprofessional, and disrespectful. They seem to be nice to white
Americans.
It’s sad that they are discriminating their own people. It seems the
males
who work there are much nicer and helpful. I have been to dmv before,
but
the consulate makes the dmv 10 times worst. I am still upset over this.
I
have never been treated this way since day one when I move to America 15
years ago. Sorry about the long story. I feel like i need to let the
community know about this and not make the same mistake. | x*r
发帖数: 11073 | 3 安慰一下你吧,好在事情都办妥了,希望你们能尽快收到新的护照:))
感谢你跟大家分享这些!
【在 a*******6 的大作中提到】
: Finally, I have sometimes to sit down and type this up. About two months
: ago
: , my dad and I went to NY to renew his Chinese passport since it’s
: required
: to submit it in person. I have heard friends who have successfully
: renewed
: their passports in the past from NY. I also have friends who live there
: so
: it would be a good choice to visit them while I was there. By the way, I
: had
| m****6
发帖数: 8689 | 4 我就在芝加哥办过，记得那里的人态度还行，当然没有美国办事人员那么nice.
和他们打交道，材料要按网上说的准备好，一点都不要差，他们就不会刁难了。
下次有什么事，中文看不懂的话，上版上来问一下吧。
也谢谢你提醒其他人，不要跑错领事馆。去之前仔细确实他们的要求，他们的有些规则
好像会变的。 | m*****g
发帖数: 320 | 5 按区，只收money order，自己准备express mail信封
这些在网上都写的清清楚楚啊
至少DC使馆的网站中英文版都很清楚（DC还不给办回邮，要到楼上旅行社办）
电话确实从来打不通
出发前大概搜一下攻略，看看最近办的人有啥新update，省事儿又省钱
这年头"据朋友说"不比ccav靠谱多少
【在 a*******6 的大作中提到】
: Finally, I have sometimes to sit down and type this up. About two months
: ago
: , my dad and I went to NY to renew his Chinese passport since it’s
: required
: to submit it in person. I have heard friends who have successfully
: renewed
: their passports in the past from NY. I also have friends who live there
: so
: it would be a good choice to visit them while I was there. By the way, I
: had
| r****e
发帖数: 804 | 6 人家按规定干活也没错，你自己没做足功课也不用勃然大怒吧
想当初你来美国的时候去美领馆签证如果跨区照样被拒，
缴费方式，照片的要求都一样有规定。
当然老中服务态度是没那么nice,这个天朝人都知道了。
【在 a*******6 的大作中提到】
: Finally, I have sometimes to sit down and type this up. About two months
: ago
: , my dad and I went to NY to renew his Chinese passport since it’s
: required
: to submit it in person. I have heard friends who have successfully
: renewed
: their passports in the past from NY. I also have friends who live there
: so
: it would be a good choice to visit them while I was there. By the way, I
: had
| u****s
发帖数: 2186 | 7 貌似现在可以跨区申请美国签证了
【在 r****e 的大作中提到】
: 人家按规定干活也没错，你自己没做足功课也不用勃然大怒吧
: 想当初你来美国的时候去美领馆签证如果跨区照样被拒，
: 缴费方式，照片的要求都一样有规定。
: 当然老中服务态度是没那么nice,这个天朝人都知道了。
| a*l
发帖数: 1915 | 8 你的英文这么好，应该来美国很久了。为啥还这么血气方刚。 | m********2
发帖数: 125 | 9 有一点我个人觉得，很对， 海关呀，领事馆对老白特别友好，那个说话口气什么都不
一样的（说难听点，狗腿），对自己国人就扳起脸，态度高高在上的样子。不过中国几
百年下来都这样，电视剧里也这样， 比如店小2， 或是服务员对他们眼里觉得穿得好
的客人态度就好，如果穿得不好，打扮随便点就爱理不理， 还有的直接说这里你吃不
起吧什么的。 回国出门肯定必须好好打扮打扮， 销售员什么态度都会好很多。美国当
然也有这样的现象，但是没有国内那么严重。 | J******u
发帖数: 680 | 10 你中文不好,因为你在这里呆久了可以理解.但你爸爸的中文应该比英文好吧,那领事馆
的网站中文上写的要求他应该可以看懂吧.
至于态度吗,他们肯定是不会太好了,副总领事把警察都不当回事情,搞出那么大的外交事件, 何况对我们呢.
哦,LZ可能看不懂我们的中文POST哦,我们还是中文比英文利索.SORRY啦. | r*z
发帖数: 1679 | 11 //comfort
thanks for sharing.
搭车问，领馆今年啥时候来ATL？过期了，他们还收吗？还是必须去HOUSTON？
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| n***o
发帖数: 161 | 12 I cannot stop myself to support you. Houston consulate is chaos. We went
last year and swore that never go again. We even almost missed our flight.
We did call to know the preparations beforehand as they change the policy
all the times. We left message and after 2 days, a guy replied my call.
Thus, we were so happy and went. The outcome was we waited outside the
consulate for 2 hours to get a 'number' which told us to be back in the
afternoon though all the US citizens were 'welcome' inside efficiently.
After entering, we thought we were well prepared but it was not. All the
informations given by the guy from consulate was wrong. First, the amount
of money order was wrong. Second, the envelop was wrong. You know, in that
chaos, it was so difficult to approach the windows again after leaving. Our
flight was at 5pm. Anyway, we just run like crazy with my pregnancy to
kroger to change the money order and post office ( the post officer said,
consulate again!). I really don't understand why they do not post out the
requirements point by point on the wall or URL....after finish, we need to
stand in another line again to pay. This time thx to all the chinese 可愛的
同胞，we beg them for let us cut the line coz we need to catch flight and
the ppl in the front just give a hand. I really appreciate him very much.
Nevertheless, our flight was delayed and canceled in silence and in final,
we left on the next day with delta compensation.
For Houston, we hate the consulate but in love with the restaurants.
【在 a*******6 的大作中提到】
: Finally, I have sometimes to sit down and type this up. About two months
: ago
: , my dad and I went to NY to renew his Chinese passport since it’s
: required
: to submit it in person. I have heard friends who have successfully
: renewed
: their passports in the past from NY. I also have friends who live there
: so
: it would be a good choice to visit them while I was there. By the way, I
: had
| n*******2
发帖数: 10103 | 13 pat pat
LZ的运气可能不太好吧。我去年圣诞节去儿子办旅行证，老公RENEW加一份公证书。人
也是超多，排了一段时间里面出来一位男领事，挨个问办什么，指挥一下。到我这里，
看我抱个孩子，让我直接到一号窗口等他。大概5分钟左右他处理完LINE就回来了。先
交了儿子的材料，之后还交了老公的材料。看指示貌似是另一个窗口办公证书，本来我
说再排个队，男领事说不用另排，他给我处理.我是用CREDIT CARD付的钱，整个过程都
挺顺利的。BTW，男领事还说我的材料准备的齐。估计他们心情好了办事也容易。你刚
好遇到心情不好的女领事了吧 |
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