What is the visa exemption for 72/144 hours transit?

With the development of time, people always find more and more problems about visas. Today, Xiaobian has encountered a problem, that is, what are the 72-hour transit visa-free and the 144-hour transit visa-free respectively.

For this question, let's take a look at it with Xiaobian! Let's increase our knowledge together!

Overview of transit visa exemption

Transit visa exemption is divided into 24-hour transit visa exemption, 72-hour transit visa exemption and 144-hour transit visa exemption.

Among them, the use conditions of 24-hour transit visa-free are as follows: foreigners who take a joint ticket to cross the border from China to a third country or region and stay in China for no more than 24 hours and do not leave the port can be exempted from visas.

In actual tourism, 72-hour and 144-hour transit visa exemption has a relatively more obvious effect on promoting inbound tourism. Since 2013, Chinese mainland has been in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing and other ports.

The 72-hour visa-free transit policy was implemented for citizens of 45 countries. Up to now, citizens of 53 countries can apply for 72-hour and 144-hour visa-free transit at different ports on the mainland. This policy has increased the opportunities for more foreigners to know about China and promoted the opportunities for inbound tourism.

The course is as follows:

From January 1st, 2013, tourists from 45 countries will be exempted from visas for 72 hours transit in Beijing and Shanghai.

Since August 1st, 2013, Guangzhou has granted 72-hour visa-free transit to tourists from 45 countries.

Since September 1st, 2013, Chengdu has granted 72-hour visa-free transit to tourists from 45 countries.

Since October 17th, 2013, Chongqing has been granted 72-hour visa-free transit for tourists from 45 countries.

Starting from 2014, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shenyang and Dalian will implement a 72-hour visa-free transit policy for foreigners holding third-country visas and joint air tickets in 51 countries including the United States, Britain and Australia.

Since January 1, 2014, Shenyang and Dalian have implemented 72-hour visa-free transit for foreign tourists.

Since June 1st, 2014, 72-hour transit visa-free has been implemented in Xi 'an.

From July 28th, 2014, Guilin implemented 72-hour visa-free transit for tourists from 51 countries.

Since October 1, 2014, Kunming Airport Port has implemented a 72-hour transit visa-free policy, and personnel from 51 countries can apply for a 72-hour transit visa-free entry into Kunming.

Hangzhou Airport in Zhejiang Province has implemented a 72-hour transit visa-free policy since October 21, 2014.

Wuhan was approved as a 72-hour transit visa-free city in February 2015.

Cruise tourists entering Wusongkou International Cruise Port were granted visa-free 72-hour transit at Shanghai Airport in May 2015.

Harbin Taiping International Airport Port started to implement the 72-hour transit visa-free policy for foreigners from 51 countries on August 1, 2015.

Nansha inbound cruise passengers can be exempted from 72-hour transit visa from September 2015.

From January 30, 2016, all open ports in Shanghai, Nanjing Airport in Jiangsu Province and Hangzhou Airport in Zhejiang Province will implement visa-free transit policies for personnel from 51 countries who hold valid international travel documents and set a date and seat for a third country (region) within 144 hours.

From August 1, 2016, the original 72-hour transit visa-free of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport was upgraded to 144-hour transit visa-free of Guangdong Province.

From December 28, 2017, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei provinces will jointly implement the visa-free policy for foreigners in some countries for 144 hours.

Since January 1, 2018, Shenyang and Dalian airports have implemented a 144-hour transit visa-free policy for some foreigners. Foreigners with visa-free transit can enter or leave the country at any port in Shenyang and Dalian, covering all administrative regions of Liaoning Province.

According to industry sources, in Shanghai alone, 100,000 foreigners enter the country through transit visa-free every year. In 2015, Beijing also launched GDS (Global Destination Distribution System) to increase the number of inbound transit passengers in Beijing and promote the 72-hour transit policy and products in Beijing that year.

72-hour transit visa-free

Foreigners who meet and meet the following three conditions can apply for 72-hour transit visa exemption: citizens of 53 countries who belong to the 72-hour transit visa exemption scope; Holding my valid international travel certificate and a joint flight ticket to a third country (region) with the date and seat confirmed within 72 hours; Transit from an airport that allows transit to a third country (region).

At present, the airports that implement 72-hour visa-free transit are: Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, Xi 'an Xianyang International Airport, Guilin Liangjiang International Airport, kunming changshui international airport, Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport and Harbin Taiping International Airport.

Qingdao Liuting International Airport, Changsha Huanghua International Airport.

144-hour transit visa-free

At present, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin and Liaoning have conditionally opened 144-hour transit visa-free to citizens of 53 countries (the same as the list of countries where the 72-hour transit visa-free policy is applicable), that is, citizens can be exempted from visas with their valid international travel documents and joint air tickets to the third country/region within 144 hours.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai: When transiting from Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai Railway Station and Shanghai Port International Passenger Transport Center, Wusongkou International Cruise Port or Jiangsu Nanjing Lukou International Airport and Zhejiang Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, you can choose any of the above ports for entry or exit.

And can stay in Shanghai, Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province for 144 hours without a visa;

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: When transiting from Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing Railway West Railway Station, Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Tianjin International Cruise Home Port or zhengding international airport and Qinhuangdao Seaports in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, you can choose any of the above ports to enter or leave the country, and you can stay in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province for 144 hours without a visa;

Liaoning: When transiting from Shenyang Taoxian International Airport and Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, you can choose to enter or leave from any of the above ports, and you can stay in the administrative area of Liaoning Province for 144 hours without a visa.

Ok, Xiaobian explained so much. Although not everyone will encounter such problems, it is good to have more common sense, and it is more troublesome to apply for a visa.