Answered by ZUPAN
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Sep. 06, 2019 01:58
Part one:
OV, I'm glad you have noticed the back up plan that definitely works. It is called 144 hour visa free transit and is by far more safe than telling at check-in that you will apply for a VOA. In reality the airline can always deny your boarding because granting a visa is never certain. People could be turned away for some, even non unexplained reason. For that reason, you will have two options...
Your the first option should be to tell that you will apply for a VOA. If you are allowed to board the plane, fine. You will apply for a Shenzhen VOA upon your arrival and that's it. Of course, you will also cancel your ferry ticket and get a refund. In another case, if the airline is denying the boarding, you will just tell that you will travel to Hong Kong via Shenzhen by using 144 hour visa free transit and you will present your ferry e-confirmation. They cannot deny you a boarding in this case because 144 hour visa free transit is well mentioned in Timatic and you will direct them to that source.
So, after your arrival in Shenzhen, you will just approach 144 hour TWOV counter where you will fill out the blue form and you will get a sticker in your passport. This is not a visa, but totally free sticker that tells until when you are allowed to stay within Guangdong province. You are allowed to stay for 6 days. Anyway, since you are using 144 hour visa free transit, you will really have to exit Shenzhen by that ferry that you have bought your tickets for and immediately after you cross into Hong Kong, you will return back to Shenzhen and get a VOA on overland border crossing. In other words, you can even leave most of your luggage in your accommodation in Shenzhen because you will return during the same day or better to say within several hours back to Shenzhen.
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