From the getgo, I saw unhappy folks busting to ge...

From the getgo, I saw unhappy folks busting to get outta the place.You will queue with or without an appt.--extensively. Waiting room was full when I arrived on a weekday in the late morn; that hadn't changed when I left 90 minutes later in disgust. Had to endure incessantly loud chiming of queue #s for the duration.

Applic. dox should be immaculate or you'll be shooed off for a 2nd (or 3rd...) dose for willing masochists. Chinglish counter worker gamed me to reshoot passport-spec. pics in the kiosk while he'd process my applic., he claimed. At my return all was wrong, of course. 50 hkd wasted on that chicanery.

Opt out of their spider web by going to a reputable agency that doesn't strategize to flash-fill its waiting area. Case in point: Likely via a profit-sharing scheme, there are manned visa kiosks at HKIA arrivals that will attempt to steer you to CVASC. If your case isn't the bee's knees, you get a slip containing CVASC's addy. Throw it back in their face, son, then all will be well.