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Asked by Eleanor from guam | Jul. 16, 2025 22:43

About:240-Hour Visa-Free Transit

China 240-hour Visa Free

I am a US citizen attending a World Dental Congress in Shanghai, China on 09/09-12/2025 but arriving on 09/06/2025 and departing China 09/13/2025. My flight details are from Guam-Manila-Shanghai, China, round trip.
Will i get the Visa free?
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Answered by Borut | Jul. 17, 2025 12:28

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Unfortunately, your itinerary is not eligible for 240 hour visa free transit and if you want to retain this itinerary you will have to obtain a Chinese visa in advance. As far as you know 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). Your itinerary has both of its immediate points in a single country - Philippines. If you could only introduce a third country or territory, that would make your itinerary an eligible one, for example: Manila - Shanghai - Hong Kong - Manila or Manila - Taipei - Shanghai - Manila. Hopefully you can do something about your itinerary because otherwise a visa obtained in advance would be necessary. Hope this helps.

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