Answered by Borut | Oct. 07, 2024 23:39
In reality, this is very simple. The first and very important thing is that there is no 24 hour visa, but this is 24 hour visa free transit, so there is no visa involved at all.
It is your itinerary that qualifies you for 24 hour visa free transit. To simplify... If your entire transit time in China, counting from your scheduled arrival until your scheduled departure from China is shorter than 24 hours, you do not need any kind of visa and you do not need to enclose any documentation. Your flight itinerary that is within the frames of the 24 hour visa free transit rule makes you eligible to cross China absolutely visa free.
If your transit time is short and not so long, usually under 8 - 9 hours, you should count to spend that time airside. In this case, you will just walk from one to the other gate and you will not be a subject of immigration or customs control. You will just cross a security check between your two flights.
In case if your layover is a long one, especially if it is during the night, you can apply, immediately upon your landing, for a temporary entry permit to be allowed to exit the airport and to spend your time in a hotel. Here you are informed that the issuance of the temporary entry permit is not a passenger right, but a bonus offered by the Chinese authorities based on their discretionary decision. I wish you a nice journey.
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