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Asked by El from mexico | Jan. 05, 2024 22:33
About:240-hour Visa-free Transit in Beijing, Tianjin & Hebei

My Route Work for 72 hour Visa or possible for the longer visa?

Hi. I am traveling with my wife from Mexico and want to stop in Beijing. Our plan is to stop over for hopefully 72 hours without having to apply for a visa. I would get there via China Southern flight from Japan to Beijing PKX on May 25 at 12:10am (midnight). The idea would be to depart Beijing at PEK airport on a flight heaving to Southeast Asia and leaving on May 28 at 12:35am. I realize that my stay would be 25 minutes longer than 72 hours, I wonder if that may be a problem? I was hoping that because I would've crossed Immigration at the airport by the time the 72 hours were up and that I would be fine, but I don't know if Chinese immigration might say I am not eligible for the Visa because my stay in China is 72 hours + 25 minutes.

Other couple questions.
1. Is arriving at midnight okay? I've heard that it can be not recommended due to the 72 hour Visa office operating hours?
2. Is arriving at PKX and leaving from PEK (different Beijing airports) allowed with this Visa?
3. Are foreign airlines allowed, or do only Chinese airlines work? My inbound flight would be a Chinese airline, but outbound will likely be a foreign one.

Thank you very very much!

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Answered by Borut | Jan. 07, 2024 23:52
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Actually, it is 144 and not 72 hour visa free transit when we talk about Beijing, so you should know that you are allowed to stay for 6 full days and not just 3. In other words, you can plan to stay even longer than you have initially planed. Also, I encourage you to use correct terminology because this is not a visa, but 144 hour visa free transit or in other words, there is no visa of any kind. It is important to mention that your itinerary: Japan - Beijing - Southeast Asia is definitely eligible for this visa free transit scheme, so you can proceed with your plans.

1. You can arrive at any time during 24 hours and you should not be afraid to do that because there will be an official that will know what to do in every time of day/night.
2. Yes, this is perfectly fine because using different airports within the same transit area is allowed.
3. All airlines on regular (scheduled) flights are allowed. Also, it is perfectly fine to travel on separate tickets and on unrelated as well on Chinese and non-Chinese airlines. So, you are fine with your choice. One more detail... You are encouraged to print out your flight tickets as well as your hotel booking accommodation to have that documents at hand in printout form. Basically, this is it.
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Answered by Sam | Jan. 09, 2024 21:43
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Please double-check that your flight from Japan to Beijing on China Southern does not have any other stops in China. If it stops in Guangzhou or Dalian, for example, you would not be eligible for 144 hours transit without visa.
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