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Asked by Joerg Roedger from deutschland | Oct. 22, 2019 08:14
About:24-Hour Visa-Free Transit

Passport Kyrgistan, travel to Gunagzhou

Hello.
I have a passport from Kyrgistan. I need to visit Guangzhou for less then 24 hours. If my inbound arrival time and my departure time is less then 24 hours, is that ok? (I would fly from Germany)

If not:
1) Can I fly in and out from Hong Kong and travel to Guangzhou? When do the 24 hours start? Flight times HKG? Or train times HKG train station?
2) If I fly into HKG and within 24 hours I fly out from Guangzhou (or vice versa): when do the 24 hours count? Train times or flight times?

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Answered by ZUPAN | Oct. 22, 2019 13:10
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Part one:

Joerg, Kyrgyzstan citizens can use 24 hour visa free transit, with the exception of Urumqi and Xiamen airports. Anyway, you are not allowed to use 24 hour visa free transit if your itinerary is:

Germany - Guangzhou - Germany

This is just a round trip or a visit to China, so in this case this option is invalid.

I can see that you have mentioned 2 other options. The first one is invalid because this is not a transit. Your second option is not convenient because if you go first to Hong Kong, you will have to fly from Hong Kong to Guangzhou to be eligible for 24 hour visa free transit. So, to conclude, your the best itinerary is to fly into Guangzhou and fly out from Hong Kong. Between Guangzhou and Hong Kong you can use a train:

Germany - Guangzhou - Hong Kong - Germany or any other country

Your flight from Germany to Guangzhou has to be nonstop. Before your departure from Germany, you will have to book your train ticket for Hong Kong. Please, have in mind that the only train that is eligible for visa free transit option is the one departing from Guangzhou East and arriving at Hung Hom railway station in Hong Kong. When booking this train, you should use some of reliable travel agencies that will insert your name on e-confirmation that you will receive on your email. When you have arrived on this website, you can also book this train exactly here, but be informed that you will have to book your ticket at least 7 or 8 days before your train departure day, to allow to the agency to deliver the real train ticket to your address in Guangzhou. For this reason, you will have to make a booking for an overnight in Guangzhou and you will supply the address of your accommodation for a ticket delivery.
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Answered by ZUPAN | Oct. 22, 2019 13:11
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Part two:

You will print out your flight tickets and your train e-confirmation and have those printouts with you as a proof for your transit. Also, you will declare in Germany that you will travel to Hong Kong via Guangzhou using 24 hour visa free transit. After a short inspection, you will be allowed to board the plane.

Upon arrival in Guangzhou, you will approach 24 hour visa free transit counter where you will apply for a temporary entry permit. You will present your train ticket and your accommodation confirmation and you will be allowed to exit the airport.

You have to leave mainland China by exactly that train you have bought your ticket for and the time when 24 hour visa free transit ends is scheduled departure of your train from Guangzhou East railway station. In other words, if your scheduled plane arrival is at 10:00 in the morning, you are allowed to take a train from Guangzhou the next morning at 09:59.

One more detail... To be allowed to perform this itinerary you will need a prearranged visa for Hong Kong.
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