We are UK residents on a cruise from Hong Kong through Shanghai then onto Okinawa.

Philip, in principle, you can enjoy the 144 hour free transit, but if you enter and leave by the same cruise ship, the cruise may require you to provide a tourist L type or transit G type. You are advised to contact with the cruise company and confirm that.

Hi Philip, It sounds like you might be going on the same cruise as me and I am getting lots of different answers. From January this year , on the UK government website It says a visa is not required. And the Shanghai news says the same. one visa company says We don't need one and another says We do. Confused !!!!