Question

Asked by Ann Law from united kingdom | Jul. 16, 2019 06:22

About:240-hour Visa-free Transit in Beijing, Tianjin & Hebei

Cruise from Beijing

Does the 144-Hour Visa-Free Transit in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei apply for a 2 night stay in Beijing, an 8 night cruise departing from Tianjin and back to Tianjin, then a transfer to a flight from Beijing to Singapore?

Reply

Answers (4)

Answered by Ann Law | Jul. 17, 2019 01:18

0 0 Reply

Thank you Zupan. The full itinerary is:

Arrive PEK from Abu Dhabi 11/09/2019 08:50
Depart Tianjin 13/09/2019 on the cruise ship 17:00
Visit Japan and Russia (no stops in China)
Arrive Tianjin 21/09/2019 06:30
Depart PEK 21/09/2019 16:35

0 0 Reply

Answered by ZUPAN | Jul. 16, 2019 15:15

0 0 Reply

Yes in principle, but we miss several very important details of your itinerary to supply you with relevant answer. OK, I will write down several details that have to be fulfilled for you to be eligible for 24 and 144 hour visa free transit:

- Your flight from, assuming UK, to Beijing should not have any additional landing within mainland China and in the country where you will have your first port call, immediately after departure from Tianjin.
- Your cruise should not have as the first port call, immediately after Tianjin, a port in mainland China
- Your cruise should travel to at least two countries
- Your cruise should not have its last port call in the same country where it will have its first port call, immediately before your arrival in Tianjin
- Your cruise should not have its last port call, immediately before Tianjin, in mainland China
- Your flight from Beijing to Singapore should not have any additional landings within mainland China and in country where your cruise had its last port call, immediately before your arrival in Tianjin.

Basically, your entire itinerary should look something like this:

UK - Beijing (Tianjin) - South Korea - Japan - Beijing (Tianjin) - Singapore

If this is case, or some other combination within a cruise, you are eligible for 144 hour visa free transit during your first arrival in Beijing (Tianjin) and for 24 or 144 hour visa free transit during your second arrival in Beijing (Tianjin).

I encourage you to share your itinerary with us to determine whether all the conditions are met or not.

0 0 Reply

Answered by ZUPAN | Jul. 16, 2019 15:38

0 0 Reply

Just one correction...

Your cruise does not have to travel to two countries. One is enough. Apologies.

0 0 Reply

Answered by ZUPAN | Jul. 17, 2019 11:06

0 0 Reply

Great!

You are eligible for 144 hour visa free transit during your first arrival in Beijing and for 24 hour visa free transit during your second arrival in Tianjin (Beijing). So, you really don't need any kind of visa.

0 0 Reply

See more answers...

Related Questions: