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Asked by Robert from usa | Jan. 01, 2024 13:58

About:24-Hour Visa-Free Transit

In Transit

Hello! American citizen, landing in Shanghai and wanting to take a connecting flight without leaving the airport to get out to destination Beijing. Would i be able apply for the 144 hour transit visa as i get to Shanghai or beijing? Would like to spend a couple of days in Beijing to then leave to hong kong or seoul. I will be leaving within 144 hours. Can this work? Thanks for the help!

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Answered by Borut | Jan. 02, 2024 02:39

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No, unfortunately, this is not possible without a visa obtained in advance. Simply speaking, you are not allowed to have two mainland Chinese destinations in a row when traveling on 144 hour visa free transit. In other words, when you arrive in Shanghai, you will be formally in a transit, but you will have to cross immigration because this is the immigration policy in/of China. It is similar to US where an arriving passenger has to perform immigration at the very first point of entry. Everything else is a domestic travel.

The only thing you can do is to try to adapt your travel itinerary in order to have just one landing in mainland China. For example:

US - Beijing - Hong Kong

or

US - Korea - Beijing - Hong Kong

That would be eligible for 144 hour visa free transit.

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