No. get visa first, then buy ticket.

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• I called "China Tour", and they answered there is a policy chang -御用文人- ♀ (209 bytes) () 01/04/2013 postreply 18:22:10

• 谢谢！申请人去年回去过，美国护照上有记录．但是旅行社却坚持要先买机票，说是新改的．．． -御用文人- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/04/2013 postreply 19:03:57

• just got visa from Houston consulate on December 27th. No ticket -vkxn- ♀ (93 bytes) () 01/04/2013 postreply 20:16:38

• consulate requires only one of the three. -vkxn- ♀ (475 bytes) () 01/04/2013 postreply 20:25:23