cruise from tianjin for 8 nights

Question

We arrive in Beijing from the UK on the 13th Sept and leave Tianjin later the same day, then we have an 8 night cruise and arrive back to Tianjin on the 21st Sept , we transfer to Beijing the same day for an overnight stay in Beijing nd depart Beijing on the 22nd Sept back to the UK Will we need more than the 144 hr visa and or could we get another 144 Hr Visa when we return to Tianjin after the cruise

ZUPAN · Answer

Part one:Geoff, you have left us without one very important information and that is where your cruise is heading after you leave Tianjin! OK, I will try to answer even without that detail assuming that you will depart for a cruise that will have some third country (or more of them) as a destination. If I'm right, your itinerary is the following one:UK - Beijing (Tianjin is in Beijing transit zone) - X countryX country - Beijing (Tianjin) - UKAs you can see, you are eligible in both occasions, the first time definitely for 24 hours visa free transit since you will be transferred to the boat during the same day and for the second time for 24 or 144 hours visa free transit. You can easily calculate whether you are eligible for 24 or 144 hours... You should just count the hours form your scheduled arrival by cruise in Tianjin and until your scheduled departure by plane from Beijing. So, if the entire time is shorter than 24 hours, you are covered by 24 hours visa free transit and if longer, just for one minute, you are covered by 144 hours visa free transit. Basically, this detail doesn't change anything regarding your rights and visa free transit. Now, I have to add several more conditions that your itinerary has to satisfy for you to be eligible:

ZUPAN · Answer

Part two:- Your flight from UK to Beijing should not have any additional landing within mainland China and in the country that will be your first destination by cruise, immediately after you leave Tianjin- Your flight from Beijing to UK should not have any additional landing within mainland China and in the country that will be your last destination by cruise, immediately before your arrival in Tianjin- Your cruise should not have as the first port call, immediately after you leave Tianjin, in mainland China- Your cruise should not have as the last port call, immediately before your arrival in Tianjin, in mainland ChinaI'm more than confident that your itinerary has met all the above requirements, but just check once more to be copletely certain.

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