144 hour visa exemption Shanghai
I was told to check with the Consulate first to make sure that we would qualify but now I am even more confused after speaking to someone at the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. I am planning to fly from the US to Hong Kong on American Airlines and staying in Hong Kong for three nights. Then I would fly from Hong Kong to Shanghai on Hong Kong Airlines and stay in Shanghai for three nights. Then I would fly on American Airlines back to the US from Shanghai. We had originally thought of flying to Hong Kong and then to Shanghai and back to Hong Kong and then back to the US but were told this wouldn't work. So now the legs are US-Hong Kong-Shanghai-US. I thought they were only concerned about the flights in and out of Shanghai and so Hong Kong would be point A and Shanghai would be point B and US would be considered point C. But the lady at the consulate said that it had to be one big itinerary and one ticket and since the US is my starting and ending point and I am stopping in Hong Kong and Shanghai, it won't be considered under the transit visa and I would have to apply for a Chinese visa. I am so confused. I tried booking through one company to have one itinerary but it seems strange that they only allow this if you aren't allowed to go home. Will this only work if we fly from US to Shanghai and then to Hong Kong and then home to the US? From what I have read on this forum, A and C can both be Hong Kong.
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