can we use the 72 hour if our regular travel visa was rejected?

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Hi 😊 We are a couple from Denmark( one of the 53 countries)Our travel entry permit for China was rejected.Can we still use the 72 hour transfer rule?We fly from: Chiang Mai ( Thailand) - Beijing and from Beijing two days later to Doha.We have no criminal record, we have a print of our bank accounts, we have the address of the hotel we are staying at in Beijing, and of course the flight tickets.I dont know why we got rejected for the regular travel L, maybe because we arent married? Or maybe because we asked them to send the entry permit to a hostel address in Thailand ( because we were not at our home address)And one other question: If they reject us the 72 hour transfer policy, can we just stay at the airport for 2 days or are we sent back ? Best regardsSonja

John Doe · Answer

It depends on whether it was a formal visa refusal or merely a decision made by the application center after a review of your documents (meaning that your application was never accepted). Normally, the decision made by the VAC would not affect you from getting the 72-hour free transit because they do not have a record of you applying for the visa. As for the formal visa refusal, it is hard to say. However, if the immigration has decided to refuse you entry for any reason then you will be removed on the same day and have to pay for the flights out of your own pocket.

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Can we use the 72 hour if our regular travel visa was rejected?