You can get two different responses on two different days, with those kinds of regulations.

that is EXACTLY why it is frustrating. There is no transparency. Just like noone has confirmed or denied, do you need the CRC for the Shanghai visa, presumably you do, but at the same time it may not be necessary?

True, but that degree stuff can cause problems, if you are expected to get transcripts, notified copies posted out to China?

Who is the poster with a farmer for a wife? Can't be me, I don't even have a wife?