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Asked by Christina from united states | Jun. 22, 2023 12:25

About:240-Hour Visa-Free Transit

72 or 144 visa free transit

I am leaving from the U.S. All the flights have at least one stop before arriving in Beijing. Does the stopover country have to be part of the 53 countries on the 72 hr or 144 hour visa free transit?
For example: U.S.> Dubai (DBX) or Istanbul (IST)> Beijing > Brazil (GIG) > U.S.

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Answered by Borut | Jun. 22, 2023 15:46

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No, the countries that serve as your immediate points before and after your Chinese destination can be any country of this world including three Chinese territories: Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.

The only thing that matters, beside your citizenship (53 eligible countries/citizenship), is that your immediate points before and after your Chinese destination have to be in two different countries (or eligible territories).

You can fly:

Turkey (Istanbul) - Beijing - US (Los Angeles)
US (New York) - Shanghai - Hong Kong
Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) - Beijing - South Korea (Seoul)

I hope this has cleared all doubts about this scheme. The same rules are valid for both 72 and 144 hour visa free transit, but 72 hours is used in just several smaller Chinese cities. 144 hours scheme is more dominant.

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