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Wendy Wu Tours granted fingerprint-free visa role


Juliet Dennis juliet.dennis@travelweekly.co.uk


Wendy Wu Tours has been granted permission to process a specialist visa for China which bypasses new entry laws and avoids the need for fingerprints.


The ‘specialist visa’ for


China follows the introduction of complex fingerprint visa applications last September, which have caused cancellations and complaints from clients and increased the workload for the trade during ooking After loying the hinese


government endy u ours has been authorised to offer its visa when two or more holidaymakers are travelling on the same flight in and out of five hinese airports eiing hanghai honging hengdu and unming hangshui Its customers will not need


to visit one of ust three  hinese consulates – in London, Manchester and dinurgh  to get fingerprints taken prior to travel


WENDY WU: ‘Our visa will make a huge difference [for customers]’ £190


Cost of Wendy Wu Tours’ China visa


 customers must provide the


operator with a photocopy of their passport and pay around £190 for the visa and processing endy u ours passes details to hinese government authorities he fee is  for those ho visit a consulate


ounder endy u said ince the new visa [rules] came in, we’ve had complaints from people who had to go a long ay to a consulate and some wanted to cancel and go to apan instead ur visa ill make a huge difference elected clients and agents ill


be offered the visa from March 1, and it will be rolled out to all eligile customers y April  he operator is also offering a helpline for solo travellers, who will still


need to have fingerprints taken wendywutours.co.uk/agents/login


Links Travel & Tours creates agent portal and adds visa guide


Asia specialist Links Travel & Tours has included a dedicated section for agents on its ne esite The password-protected trade


area cannot be viewed by the public, and will feature incentives and offers nes training aids and promotional material o otain a passord agents


must complete an online form Those that do so could win a hamper in a monthly prize draw running until eptemer  Meanwhile, the operator has


a ne guide to help agents and their clients apply for China visas, offering instructions on ho to take photos, make appointments at one of three  consulates and complete the online form As the cost of the visa was originally included in prices for China tours, Links Travel & Tours has adjusted its website to show that this is no longer included and reduced prices accordingly Links Travel & Tours offers smallgroup guided private and tailor-made tours to China, apan ndochina ri anka and


outh orea linkstravelandtours.co.uk/ travel-agents


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