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Asked by Ahlden Maroney from usa | Jul. 15, 2025 13:59

About:240-Hour Visa-Free Transit

240 hour visa to chonqing

planning a trip to Chongqing, China in august 2025, flying from SFO to Hong Kong then to Chongqing. and returning to the U.S from Chongqing to Hong Kong then to SFO. is this an acceptable route?

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Answered by Borut | Jul. 16, 2025 02:26

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Unfortunately, your itinerary is not eligible for any visa free transit scheme. The basic rule of 240 hour visa free transit requires that the immediate points before and after mainland China are located in two different countries or eligible territories (eligible territories are Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau). As you can see your both immediate points are in Hong Kong. In order to make your itinerary eligible I suggest you to introduce nerby Macau. You can create in this way an eligible itinerary of the following types: SFO - Hong Kong - Chongqing - Macau - Hong Kong (Macau to Hong Kong by ferry or bus) - SFO or SFO - Hong Kong - Macau (Hong Kong to Macau by ferry or bus) - Chongqing - Hong Kong - SFO. I know, this is a bit od a hassle, but the itineraries as suggested guarantee that you will be eligible for 240 hour visa free transit. Hope this helps.

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Answered by H | Jul. 16, 2025 22:00

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We just did a similar route SUB - HKG - MFM - PVG - HKG - SUB and it worked.

A small note, do arrive earlier for the flight into the mainland. In our case, it is the flight from Macau (MFM) to Shanghai (PVG). Ground staff might need to do some special handling as we "don't have visa" to enter China.
Be ready with the documents needed. We printed our next flight (PVG-HKG) and our hotel reservations in Shanghai. The staff at that time only ask for our next flight (PVG - HKG).

Wish you have a smooth journey like we did. Cheers

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Answered by Borut | Jul. 18, 2025 00:34

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Thank you H for your kind feedback. Your first hand experience is really invaluable because it is a live example of something that we here elaborate theoretically. In reality you have used 240 hour visa free transit on a very creative route and enjoyed your visit visa free. Good for you and the reality is that the proximity of Hong Kong and Macau represents wonderful opportunity to enjoy 240 hour visa free transit in so easy way. Thank you once again.

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