wanting to backpack around for 30 days

Question

Hi, My husband and I would like to enter china in November and stay for 30 days. We like to travel without bookings as we enjoying finding things once we arrive. However, due to tight visa requirements I don't know if this is possible? We will enter china via plane and exit via the Trans-Mongolian rail which we plan to buy in Beijing. To get an entry permit do we absolutely have to provide hotel bookings??? is there a way around this? We also do not know anyone in China ( we know a few people from Hong Kong) so how do we get around the invitation letter?Cheers.

Mary · Answer

Hannah, if you don't want to provide the hotel bookings and the train ticket exiting China, you have to submit an invitation letter. If you can't privide the invitation letter either, I have only one solution for you. You can book the round-trip tickets and hotel booking by a travel agency, and then use the booking orders to apply for the L type. Then you can cencel the bookings. By this way, you just need to pay a small amount of service fee to the travel agency.

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