Answered by ZUPAN
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Apr. 15, 2019 12:40
You don't need a visa. You are perfectly within the legal frame for 72 hours free travel.
I do understand that you are confused by the above quoted statement, but in reality, after you have arrived in Shanghai, you will request this 72 hours free travel (transit) in order to be allowed to exit the airport at the relevant counter. This type of wording, like request, is just a way of expression of bureaucracy, nothing else. After your request is approved, again a way of expression of bureaucracy, you will receive a stamp in your passport that confirms that your 72 hours free travel is approved. It is free and also it is necessary to receive this stamp because it tells to your accommodation provider and to Chinese authorities that you have entered the country legally. In other words, this stamp works as a replacement to visa sticker.
The latest part of confusing chapter means that a visitor to China, if having a single or even double entry visa to China can opt for 72 hours visa free travel in case that he does not want to use his single entry on that particular occasion, but sometime in the future. For example, one can travel from Thailand to Mongolia via China and it is normal that he does not want to use his single entry at that occasion even if staying for a couple of days because he will return after Mongolia back to China for a real visit lasting several weeks. You have to understand that most other countries can obtain mostly single or double entry visas while UK, US, Canadian and several more citizens, can obtain multi year and multi entry visas for China.
To conclude, while applying for 72 hours free travel, you are not applying for a visa, but just for s stamp in your passport. Of course, by showing your booked accommodation beside your ticket to Osaka, your request will be approved very fast.
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