Answered by Borut
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Jun. 19, 2025 23:40
Unfortunately, this is not possible because the basic rule of 240 hour visa free transit requires that the immediate points before and after mainland China have to be in two different countries or eligible territories (eligible territories are Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau). As you can see, both of your immediate points are in Hong Kong. The solution for this problem is to introduce a nearby Macau into your itinerary and to create your itinerary in this way: Hong Kong (by ferry to) - Macau (by direct flight to) - Chengdu (by flight to) - Shenzhen (by train to) - Hong Kong. Like this your itinerary becomes eligible for 240 hour visa free transit and you do not need a visa of any kind. Simply speaking, like this your immediate points will be in two different territories, i.e. Macau and Hong Kong. It is important to emphasize that you will have to buy your train ticket from Shenzhen to Hong Kong West Kowloon station even before you departure from Macau toward mainland China and to print out the booking confirmation that will be sent to your email inbox. You will have that printout with you at hand because you will be asked to present one in both Macau and upon your arrival in Chengdu. If you want to visit Shenzhen only, it is important to understand that in that case you will have to obtain a Shenzhen 5 days visa on arrival, but you cannot take a through (high speed train) to exit Hong Kong, but you will take a suburban train to Lo Wu / Luohu border crossing and apply for a Shenzhen VOA at Luohu visa office. The price is 130 CNY. After your stay in Shenzhen you can return back to Hong Kong by taking any border crossing and any mean of transport, high speed train included. Have a nice visit to China.
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