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Don't worry the Brits are just as bad! A friend was supposed to be coming for two weeks over Spring festival to UK where I am at the moment. I sent her an invitation complete with a photo of my Brit passport etc. She has been working at a big University for more than 10 years and has plenty of money but the visa office had doubts that not only were we not really friends but had not even met! This is the third time that they have screwed up a visa for people that I have know, all genuine cases. At the same time Britain seems to be full of the dregs of humanity, war criminals, murderers, drug lords, you name it. The world is going mad!

Forums > Living in Kunming > Beware US Consulate Chengdu

If you think the Americans are bad you should try the British! I tried to assist a Chinese girl/woman who had a legitimate 12 month job offer from a very reputable charity in UK. The Chengdu British visa office lied to her and then got the visa price wrong. The application was handled by their Chongqing office and they messed up too. The manager there sent me not one but two e mails promising to sort the mess out and in the end he didn't and she ran out of time and lost the job. Another Chinese friend had a very good degree from one of the top Chinese Universities, his family was very well off and he had an offer to do his Masters at a top British University but ws turned down by the visa office. No wonder people make jokes about civil servants....they are a joke, a sick joke!