Even though I live in the Washington, DC area, and work in DC, I paid the fee for the FlyChina service to get my visa. What it saved me in time (not to mention cab fare or parking at the Embassy) was worth far more than the fairly modest fee. And they got my passport with visa back to me in less than 2 weeks--that's without the premium service fee.
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