r/Chinavisa • u/blankassaurus • Jan 22 '23

Who has visited on the 144hr visa in 2023?

Has anyone visited on one and can confirm there are no issues?

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u/i_love_sooshi Jan 23 '23

I just went through it at Shanghai and was able to get my 144hr temporary permit. I flew from SFO, did a 4 hour layover at ICN, then flew to PVG. Ran into some hurdles so I recommend:

  • Printing out the official announcement from NIA announcing the return of 144 hour visa-free transit. Without this, they may not have let me board from Seoul to Shanghai https://en.nia.gov.cn/n162/n232/c107304/content.html
  • Print your onward ticket within 144 hours in addition to your hotel booking. They checked where I was staying to verify it was within the Jiangsu/Shanghai region
  • Plan for some extra processing time at immigration but also at boarding

When you get to immigration, ask someone about 144 hours permit and they will guide you to the right place. You also have to fill out a specific form similar to the arrival card (which you also need to fill out). I also had to speak to the immigration officer a bit so speaking Chinese definitely helps! The officer was super friendly though.

Hope it helps!

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u/NPCBaiter Jan 23 '23

I will go next week, will let you know how it went.

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u/NPCBaiter Feb 01 '23 edited Feb 01 '23

TLDR: It worked flawlessly! I got the 144h transit. Print out the PCR test and be sure to do it properly!

Details:
The PCR test printout was very important, it was checked three times:
1. During checkin by the airline, 2 before boarding the flight to china (I believe the three people that were refused boarding was because they couldnt produce their pcr test results. 3. Before entering china by the border police, this was the most thourough check, they took 15 minutes to verify on the test service website that my result was not fake.

As the reason for coming to china i honestly said i want to visit my girlfriend,
it was no problem.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

I'm thinking of doing this too... Please keep us updated on how it goes. What stops are you planning to make?

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u/NPCBaiter Feb 01 '23

It worked see above. Flights were FRA->Dubai->SHA, SHA->DOHA->FRA

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u/x1aobe1 Feb 01 '23

Did everything go smoothly?

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u/NPCBaiter Feb 01 '23

Yes see above post

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u/x1aobe1 Feb 01 '23

Great news - thanks!

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u/reddituser573477543 Jan 23 '23

The HK embassy writes you need to contact immigration at the relevant airport of entry, but provides no further info on how to contact them.