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Question: Asked by David from uk | Dec. 04, 2019 17:09

About:240-hour Visa-free Transit in Wuhan

IST - WUH - BKK

I am planning to travel through Wuhan. We will originally fly from Ukraine to Istanbul and have one day there in Istanbul. We will then fly from IST to WUH and then on to BKK. I have a UK visa and my wife has a Ukraine visa.

20 December 2019 IST to WUH 23:20 departure 13:20+1 arrival (9 hour flight)
Layover 9 hours 20 minutes
21 December 2019 WUH to BKK 22:40 departure 01:10 arrival (3:30 hour flight)

Total travel time 21 hours 50 minutes.

As I understand we can travel visa free with the 144 hour TWOV as we only have 1 stop in China. Is this correct?

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Answers (1): Answered by ZUPAN | Dec. 07, 2019 04:51

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David, both your wife and you are eligible for 24 hour visa free transit and you don't need any kind of visa. The reason why 24 and not 144 hour visa free transit is in the fact that your entire transit time in China will be less than 24 hours! Anyway, this is also just fine in your case. By the way, I assume that you though to write that your wife has Ukraine and you UK passports and not visas :)

You will print out your flight tickets and have those printouts with you. Also, you will declare at check-in in Istanbul that you will travel to Bangkok via Wuhan using 24 hour visa free transit. After a short inspection of your tickets, you will be allowed to board the plane. Also, keep in mind to ask at the check-in whether your luggage will be tagged all the way to Bangkok. I assume that this will be the case because you are traveling on a single (through) ticket by China Southern, but you should ask, just for a case.

Upon your landing in Wuhan, you will apply for a temporary entry permit at 24 hour visa free transit counter to be allowed to exit the airport if you want, of course. If not, you will just wait for your connecting flight at the airport. If you decide to make a short stroll in the city, your best transport option is very affordable metro (Line 2).

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