{"id":152,"date":"2013-06-30T05:03:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T22:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2013-08-11T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T03:49:53","slug":"visa-visit-62713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Visa Visit   (Gordon)  6\/27\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-153\" alt=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo-234x300.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo-234x300.jpg 234w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo-799x1024.jpg 799w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo-624x799.jpg 624w, http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo.jpg 946w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinese Consulate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Traveled to the Chinese Consulate in Houston to apply for Judy&#8217;s &#8220;Z&#8221; visa (the visa needed to work in China). \u00a0Arrived early so we could get the &#8220;rush&#8221; service and pick up the visa later the same day (according to the Chinese Embassy website). \u00a0After a quick trip to a Walgreen&#8217;s for copies (needed copies of some of the documents sent from China to Judy), we were able to complete the process and told we could pick up the visa the next Tuesday. \u00a0When we tried to pay for the &#8220;rush&#8221; service, according to the embassy website, we were told it no longer existed, and hadn&#8217;t for a year. \u00a0Guess I&#8217;ll return in a few days, when my paperwork arrives, and pick-up Judy&#8217;s visa, then I&#8217;ll get to travel back again when my visa is completed (assuming my paperwork arrives in time). \u00a0The Megabus and I are about to get well-acquainted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Extra fun moment of the day: \u00a0When we finished, we drove next door to Einstein Bagels. \u00a0As we left, we decided to walk back to the Consulate and get a picture at the front door. \u00a0Took two quick pictures, and walked back the 1\/2 block. \u00a0When we arrived, our car was in the process of getting towed. \u00a0Apparently when anyone walks off the parking lot toward the embassy, someone is watching a camera and contacts a waiting tow truck. \u00a0We were gone 3 minutes. \u00a0Driver unhooked us and turned us loose. \u00a0Whew! \u00a0That was close!<\/p>\n<p>Gordon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Consulate Traveled to the Chinese Consulate in Houston to apply for Judy&#8217;s &#8220;Z&#8221; visa (the visa needed to work in China). \u00a0Arrived early so we could get the &#8220;rush&#8221; service and pick up the visa later the same day &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=152\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}