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Asked by Max from usa | Aug. 15, 2019 19:59

About:240-Hour Visa-Free Transit

How often can one use the visa-free transit?

We are flying through Shanghai (PVG) in February and hoping to use the 144-hour transit. Have not purchased the onward tickets yet (currently only return/roundtrip from the US - Shanghai) but likely would look something like this: PVG-SIN and one month later TPE-PVG to connect back to the US.

Will we be eligible for the 72 hour, or perhaps even another 144 hour, on the way back? And if it matters, this would only apply to my wife...the rest of our family all has 10-year multiple entry visas for China. My wife, however, is a Macao PR and has a hometown pass which she normally uses to enter/exit PRC but we just noticed it is expiring and we did not have plans to return to Macao to get it renewed before this upcoming trip. Thanks!

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Answered by John Doe | Aug. 16, 2019 05:50

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You can use the visa-free transit as often as you want, although if the rest of your family have 10-year visas then immigration will simply admit you on the visa instead to save some paperwork. Your wife, however, would not be eligible if not holding a valid US or Portuguese passport (HK/Macau SAR passport holders cannot clear immigration in Mainland China without the card-like Home Return Permit so she must either get a Chinese Travel Document from a Chinese consulate or go to HK/Macau to renew her current HRP).

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Answered by Max | Aug. 16, 2019 09:13

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Thanks for your reply! I should have been clearer, my wife has a US passport so the visa-free transit question is relating to her and whether she will be able to receive it twice, approximately 5 weeks apart. So it sounds like that should be ok. In fact, she also has a Macau passport (we will need to check that it hasn't expired) so would she be able to use that instead of the visa-free transit?

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Answered by John Doe | Aug. 16, 2019 15:30

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If she travels on a Macau SAR passport then she would need to renew her Home Return Permit in Hong Kong or Macau first before they can allow her into the country. HK/Macau SAR passport holders cannot use their passports to enter Mainland China as they are considered Chinese nationals. However if she has an US passport then she's good to go.

BTW your wife may also hold Portuguese citizenship if she was born in Macau before 1981 or has a parent born in Macau before 1981. If that's the case then your kids are Portuguese as well.

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Answered by Max | Aug. 18, 2019 10:30

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Hi thank you so much! No, she was born in 1983 so unfortunately she isn't eligible. I have looked into that before haha. And her parents were born in PRC.

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