flight transit Beijing - Xiamen - Philippine

Debbie, how long is your total transfering time (the arrival time in Beijing to the departure time in Xiamen) in China?
If the total transfering time is less than 24 hours, you do not need it for the transfering. If it is over 24 hours, you need to have a Transit G type applied in advance.

hi.
we will arrive at beijing at 11:55 depart at 15:10 arrive at xiamen 18;10 depart at xiamen 20;15 arrive manila 22.30

we werent allowed to depart because of this.
but do we really need a visa? my family have the same journey on 25th of december.

Debbie, so your total transfering time in Bejing and Xiamen should be less than 9 hours. Then I don't think you need to apply for the Transit G type because you enjoy 24 hours free stay policy. However, you need to apply for a stay permit when you arrive at Beijing airport.

If you are still worried, you may call Beijing Airport Immigration Inspection at 0086-10-56095400 to confirm this.

is that so. because the staff at the airport said that we have to apply for a G type. i dont know if they check the total hours. of the transfer for them to not let me on the plane.but the thing is my flight was on dec.4. what do you think i should do now? also the beijing embassy. could we apply when we get there? or before we fly.
thank you verymuch.
im just really confuse now.with all that happened and the stress they gave us.

Hi
i just want to be clear. So you mean XIAMEN is NOT on the 72hrs. transit free visa. But is only on the 24hrs. Transit free visa. Which means we dont need a visa to transfer from beijing to xiamen to manila. We are planning to go to chinese embassy(london)just to be sure about it.
and for me to show the air china.

Thankyou

Debbie, Xiamen hasn't implemented 72 hours free transit policy. Even it has such a policy, you still can't enjoy 72 hours free transit. It requires that you just stop by one city intead of two. In your case, a transit G is ok. And you should apply for it in advance before you arrive.