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Asked by Zofia Nanova from slovakia | Oct. 08, 2019 15:00

About:72-Hour Visa-Free Transit

Changing an airport in Shanghai

Hi,
I would like to very kindly ask...I have a flight from Europe to Shanghai SHA and than from Shanghai PVG to Philippines. Is it possible to change an airport with 24 or 72 hours transfer visa? Thank you very much for help :)

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Answered by Zofia Nanova | Oct. 08, 2019 21:43

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Thank you very much for your quick reply.
Yes, you are right, there is one more stop in Bejing, so flight is Prague - Bejing - Sanghai (SHA) and than my next flight is from Snaghai (PVG) to Cebu. So still is it ok to change airport without any problems?
Thank you and have a nice day :)

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Answered by ZUPAN | Oct. 08, 2019 15:42

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Zofia, the simple answer is, yes. You are allowed to use both Shanghai airports within any kind of visa free transit. Anyway, I sincerely doubt that you will fly from Europe to Hongqiao airport because it does not have flights from/to Europe. Only Pudong (PVG) has flights from/to Europe. You have probably messed this up because sometimes an airlines and some other entities use an acronym SHA also for Shanghai as a city, although IATA code for Hongqiao is really SHA.

I would suggest you to present your flights here and we will be able to offer you a correct and reliable answer.

By the way, 72 hour visa free transit has been replaced in Shanghai by 144 hour visa free transit a couple of years ago. Today, Shanghai has 24 and 144 hour visa free transit schemes.

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Answered by ZUPAN | Oct. 08, 2019 23:24

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Zofia, now the situation is clear. Anyway, since you have two landings in two different Chinese transit areas (Beijing and Shanghai), you should be aware that you are allowed only 24 hour visa free transit! If your itinerary exceeds 24 hours of length, you will need a transit (G) visa obtained in advance.

One more detail... To transfer safely (to catch your onward plane in time) from Shanghai Hongqiao to Pudong airport, you need at least 4 hours between the flights! You will take a shuttle bus line 1 at T2 in Hongqiao airport directly to Pudong airport.

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