Hello everyone!
5 weeks today and we will be off to China!
Just to confirm what we covered at the meeting on Tuesday,
I issued two additional pieces of paper which are necessary for the visa applications; one was a cover letter from the school confirming the names of all trip participants, the second piece of paper was the first page of the trip itinerary, this was missing from the pack issues last week.
You should now have everything that you need for the application. Please make your appointment online. You will be given a time to visit the consulate to submit all of the required paperwork.
Students who did not attend the meeting on Tuesday should see me ASAP in order to collect these documents and be able to proceed with the application process.
In a couple of weeks I will be asking you to confirm with me in writing that your child has received his/her visa, or at least if the application has been submitted.
Please do not leave it too late!
Thanks and best wishes
R. Irvine
P.S. I will try to organise for the cost of the visa to be refunded to you within the next 2 weeks!
Thursday 16 May 2013
Thursday 9 May 2013
China Visa application update
Dear all,
I have just received confirmation from the Travel Company with regards to the insurance information that you need to include on the application form;
Please read the following:
Fogg Travel insurance:
Master policy number SJUNS40097- 01 A&B
Insurance document info can be downloaded from NST website but if students have had pre-existing medical conditions they need to call 0845 1300198 to check this out.
Back in March we highlighted the need for you to contact the Insurance Company directly, if your child has any pre-existing medical conditions. Please do this if you haven't done so already!
I appreciate that you will now be eager to send off your application, but before you do so please wait for one more final document that I have been advised to share with you. In order to support your application you will need a letter from the school confirming that your child is A) going on the trip to China and B) is a pupil at James Gillespie's High School.
I have only been made aware of this today, so I have arranged for a letter to be drafted this morning and I will get it to you ASAP. Once you have received this document, together with the other paperwork that I issued on Tuesday, you should have everything you need in order to proceed with the VISA application.
I am still being told that it is taking approximately 4 days if you visit the Edinburgh Centre.
More information to follow shortly.
Thank you for your patience and understanding
Best Wishes
Mr. Irvine
I have just received confirmation from the Travel Company with regards to the insurance information that you need to include on the application form;
Please read the following:
Fogg Travel insurance:
Master policy number SJUNS40097- 01 A&B
Insurance document info can be downloaded from NST website but if students have had pre-existing medical conditions they need to call 0845 1300198 to check this out.
Back in March we highlighted the need for you to contact the Insurance Company directly, if your child has any pre-existing medical conditions. Please do this if you haven't done so already!
I appreciate that you will now be eager to send off your application, but before you do so please wait for one more final document that I have been advised to share with you. In order to support your application you will need a letter from the school confirming that your child is A) going on the trip to China and B) is a pupil at James Gillespie's High School.
I have only been made aware of this today, so I have arranged for a letter to be drafted this morning and I will get it to you ASAP. Once you have received this document, together with the other paperwork that I issued on Tuesday, you should have everything you need in order to proceed with the VISA application.
I am still being told that it is taking approximately 4 days if you visit the Edinburgh Centre.
More information to follow shortly.
Thank you for your patience and understanding
Best Wishes
Mr. Irvine
Tuesday 7 May 2013
China Meeting Tuesday 7th May 2013
Hello,
today we met at lunchtime and we discussed further the application process for visas.
I issued envelopes to each student which contain important information that is needed to support each individual application.
Please treat the contents of the envelope as confidential and do not make photocopies.
Once the application has been processed and the passport returned, if the support documents are also returned I would ask that they be brought back to the school and given to me.
It would appear that taking the documents along to the Edinburgh consulate is the quickest and cheapest way of applying. Please check the China Visa website for more precise details about the application process, although I believe you can apply online and then you will be given a date/time to go along to the centre. This is when you will take along the supporting documents that were issued today.
Today a question regarding insurance was raised and I am currently dealing with this. I will update the blog as soon as I find out about the insurance; e.g. if there is a policy number that you need on the application form.
If there are any more questions like this, please get in touch and I will do my very best to get you an answer as quickly as possible.
Some students did not attend the meeting today and I am out of school tomorrow. if your child did not attend my meeting today and therefore did not received the documents, he/she should report to me first thing on Thursday morning.
Thanks and best wishes
Ryan
today we met at lunchtime and we discussed further the application process for visas.
I issued envelopes to each student which contain important information that is needed to support each individual application.
Please treat the contents of the envelope as confidential and do not make photocopies.
Once the application has been processed and the passport returned, if the support documents are also returned I would ask that they be brought back to the school and given to me.
It would appear that taking the documents along to the Edinburgh consulate is the quickest and cheapest way of applying. Please check the China Visa website for more precise details about the application process, although I believe you can apply online and then you will be given a date/time to go along to the centre. This is when you will take along the supporting documents that were issued today.
Today a question regarding insurance was raised and I am currently dealing with this. I will update the blog as soon as I find out about the insurance; e.g. if there is a policy number that you need on the application form.
If there are any more questions like this, please get in touch and I will do my very best to get you an answer as quickly as possible.
Some students did not attend the meeting today and I am out of school tomorrow. if your child did not attend my meeting today and therefore did not received the documents, he/she should report to me first thing on Thursday morning.
Thanks and best wishes
Ryan
Friday 3 May 2013
China Trip - visa update
Hello everyone!
I have received documents from the Travel company, copies of which you will need to send along with the completed application form.
I have printed these this afternoon and arranged for copies to be made for each student. My plan is to issue these at the next meeting on Tuesday 7th May. I don't want to upload them here as they contain passport information.
I believe you can take the application and hand it in yourself, this might in fact be a slighter quicker and cheaper method than sending it by post. I think Mr. Warden mentioned this back in March as he has had the experience of applying for several visas in the past. I believe it only took him 4 days last year to get his.
I will confirm all of this on Tuesday. In the meantime, if you have any other questions that can't be answered on the visa website please email either myself, or Mr. Warden using the email address that he supplied on the letter that was sent out last Tuesday.
Best Wishes
Mr. Irvine
I have received documents from the Travel company, copies of which you will need to send along with the completed application form.
I have printed these this afternoon and arranged for copies to be made for each student. My plan is to issue these at the next meeting on Tuesday 7th May. I don't want to upload them here as they contain passport information.
I believe you can take the application and hand it in yourself, this might in fact be a slighter quicker and cheaper method than sending it by post. I think Mr. Warden mentioned this back in March as he has had the experience of applying for several visas in the past. I believe it only took him 4 days last year to get his.
I will confirm all of this on Tuesday. In the meantime, if you have any other questions that can't be answered on the visa website please email either myself, or Mr. Warden using the email address that he supplied on the letter that was sent out last Tuesday.
Best Wishes
Mr. Irvine
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