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Asked by Muhammad Haris Waheed from canada | May. 23, 2019 12:49

About:24-Hour Visa-Free Transit

Do i need to apply for a transit visa before or i will get it on the airport ?

Hey! I have a flight from Montreal - Beijing - Islamabad. Before going to islamabad, i have a layover of 22 hours at the beijing airport. I have a pakistani passport. Am i eligible to get the transit visa at the airport ?

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Answered by Haris Waheed | May. 30, 2019 07:31

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Thankyou so much for your reply. How do i apply for the 24 hours free transit visa? i have just contacted air china and they told me that you are not eligible for the free tranist visa, you need to get transit visa before leaving the airport. Im confused now.

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Answered by Joey | May. 30, 2019 19:02

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Hi, you misunderstand the visa free transit. You are eligible for 24 hour visa free transit. But if you want to go outside of the airport, you need 24-hour visa-free entry permit at the relevant counter.

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Answered by ZUPAN | May. 23, 2019 13:56

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Muhammad, your itinerary Montréal - Beijing - Islamabad is definitely qualified for 24 hours visa free transit. So, you should just use correct terminology because you will travel visa free and not on transit visa. In case that you plan to exit the airport, you will apply for 24 hours free entry permit and will enclose your accommodation confirmation in Beijing in hard copy along with your flight tickets. By the way, you should not have any additional landing within mainland China beside Beijing because otherwise you could end up spending more than 24 hours for your transit and this is not allowed.

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Answered by ZUPAN | May. 30, 2019 13:15

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Again, customer services of almost every airline company are totally clueless and useless about the subjects that are outside from their three or four usual questions asked by passengers. I can confirm you once again, in case that you have presented your travel itinerary correctly and you don't have any other landings within mainland China, you are perfectly eligible for 24 hours visa free transit. I repeat - perfectly. Trust me, because people working at the airport and with Timatic at their disposal will just print your boarding passes and wish you a pleasant visa free journey.

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Answered by ZUPAN | May. 31, 2019 02:54

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Again, customer services of almost every airline company are totally clueless and useless about the subjects that are outside from their three or four usual questions asked by passengers. I can confirm you once again, in case that you have presented your travel itinerary correctly and you don't have any other landings within mainland China, you are perfectly eligible for 24 hours visa free transit. I repeat - perfectly. Trust me, because people working at the airport and with Timatic at their disposal will just print your boarding passes and wish you a pleasant visa free journey.

Of course, Joey has probably seen the key problem in your query to Air China because you were mentioning transit visa. Well, as you can see from my first reply to you, I was always mentioning visa free transit. This is such a huge difference. Please, just use the phrase "24 hours visa free transit" and not anything else. Trust me, you will be just fine.

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Answered by John Doe | May. 31, 2019 20:20

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If you are traveling on a Pak passport then previous data points suggest that Immigration most likely will not let you out. Even those traveling on US/Canadian/NZ passports were refused entry when their transit periods were under 24 hours. Get a transit visa if you don't want to stuck inside the empty terminal for nearly a day.

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Answered by ZUPAN | Jun. 01, 2019 00:42

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It is true that nobody guarantees that he will be allowed to exit the airport in Beijing because the issuing of entry permit is always upon immigration discretion, but his itinerary is eligible for visa free transit without any doubt. Actually, now it is up to his personal choice whether he will decide to fly and maybe not be allowed to exit the airport in Beijing or he will apply for a transit visa that has its relevant issuing procedures and also has its relevant price and be certain that he will be allowed to exit the airport.

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