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Asked by Zach from usa | Aug. 24, 2019 10:02

About:240-Hour Visa-Free Transit

Shanghai to Phillipines and back through shanghai

We planned a trip to Shanghai but noticed travel from Shanghai to Philippines is fairly cheap. Do we qualify for the 144 hour free visa if we leave before it expires to go to the Phillipines and then fly back to Shanghai a few days later for our return trip to the USA?

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Answered by Zach | Aug. 24, 2019 10:38

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Sorry for the Vagueness!
We would be arriving in Shanghai on December 5th

Fly from Shanghai to the Phillipines on the 8th at 1:00am

Fly back and arrive in Shanghai at 0:00 on the 13th

Spend 3 more days in Shanghai till our flight back to the US leaving on the 16th at 12:05pm

Also, we have US passports

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Answered by ZUPAN | Aug. 24, 2019 10:09

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Zach, could you please clarify your itinerary that will bring you to Shanghai and from Shanghai, but without this part with the Philippines... This is important because only in connection with your original itinerary it is possible to properly answer to your question that could potentially include the Philippines.

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Answered by ZUPAN | Aug. 24, 2019 13:25

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OK, now I know a bit more, but I will still have to make some assumptions because you didn't write where from you will arrive in Shanghai. OK, I will assume that you will arrive in Shanghai by a direct flight from US.

If I'm right, then we can talk about two visa free transits in Shanghai.

The first one:

US - Shanghai - Philippines

The second one

Philippines - Shanghai - US

Both of the transits are eligible for 144 hour visa free transit. You will have to declare at check-in in US that you intend to travel to Philippines via Shanghai using 144 hour visa free transit. You will tell practically the same story in the Philippines, but you will tell that you are traveling to US, also via Shanghai. Keep in mind to have your flight tickets in hard copy, i.e. the printouts of your e-tickets.

By the way, you should know that without your trip to the Philippines, you would not be eligible for any kind of visa free transit in Shanghai if your itinerary is as I have presented it above. It is exactly the Philippines that make you eligible for this visa free transit scheme.

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