Answered by ZUPAN
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Nov. 09, 2019 02:15
Jobel, this is a million dollar question. Unfortunately, we don't have an answer yet and, trust me, there are dozens of passengers who intend to use exactly this flight via Urumqi and Guangzhou and all of them would like to know definitely if this flight itinerary is eligible for 24 hour visa free transit or not.
So far, this flight was eligible for 24 TWOV, but also it had only 2 hours of layover in Urumqi and this was perfectly within the rules imposed by Urumqi airport authorities. Now, China Southern has extended the layover from 2 hours to 2 hours and 10 minutes and all the passengers have remained puzzled what will they do now. They simply don't want to go through the hassle of obtaining a Chinese transit (G) visa because this process takes time and money and all of that for just 10 minutes.
If you go to the bottom of this website, you will find a link to "More Questions & Answers" and there you will find the most visited thread that is focused exactly on this subject. In reality, we are waiting the very first experiences by the people who have decided to try to use 24 hour visa free transit on this itinerary. They are quite courageous, but they say that they are guided by their logic and by a discrete information that China Southern has special position in Urumqi airport along with the fact that the Chinese authorities turn the blind eye in the cases where the passengers using China Southern flights exceed the allowed 2 hours of layover in Urumqi.
Hopefully, we will receive those experiences very soon, so you can just wait and see if they will be successful. Also, I suggest that you joint the thread that is focused exactly on this subject under the link that I have mentioned.
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