we landed from kix,having a cruise in 2 days…back to japan.

Question

Originally I am a frequent flyer and was using pudong transfer numerous of times. We booked a cruise from Shanghai to Tokyo in march, some of them can be via Korea, but not ours. So when we were boarding flight today from Japan to Shanghai to take a cruise back to Japan lady crew said - you need a ticket to a third country, so I booked the flight to honkong and then we went through immigration in China without question and got transit. However! Agent cancel our tickets so what if I will board the cruise ship to Japan after coming from Japan with transit 144 h visa? Thank you

Borut · Answer

Daryaa, it is logical that you were not be able to get 144 or 24 hour visa free transit by having an itinerary:Japan - Shanghai - JapanAs you can see, this is a round trip ticket and not a transit, so a lady that told you that you need a ticket for a third country was absolutely correct. It is also logical that you were granted a visa free transit in Shanghai since you have presented a ticket for Hong Kong. Now, I do not properly understand what agent cancelled your tickets and what tickets your are talking about? If I understand properly, you do not intend to proceed to Hong Kong and instead you plan to join the cruise that will return you to Japan? If I am correct, you are performing a breach of rules and you may be denied boarding. Also, you could be fined and after that allowed to board a cruise with some remark stamped in your passport that will prevent you from entering and/or performing visa free transit in China for a certain period. In any case, you were really supposed to proceed to Hong Kong and to immediately return from Hong Kong to Shanghai in order to catch your cruise to Japan. You cannot manipulate with the basic rules of visa free transit because the Chinese side will definitely react and some consequences will be inevitable.

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we landed from KIX, and having a cruise in 2 days…back to Japan. GOt our 144 transit visa! But what