China Transit Visa Hub

This guide is a useful starting point, but confirm your situation with official sources before you travel:

• 30-day visa-free entry covers ordinary...

Start with your route, not your trip length. A round trip back to your origin can only use the 30-day policy. Passing through to a third destination...

• Covered purposes: tourism, business meetings or trade fairs, visiting family or friends, exchanges and transit.
• Not covered: work, study or...

Start with the confirmed dates, then plan around the open ones:

• Confirmed by organizers: CIFF Guangzhou runs 18–21 March and 28–31 March, and...

Your passport's visa-free access and whether your purpose is allowed are separate questions. Check both before arranging treatment.

• UK, Canadian...

Confirm your entry route using official NIA visa-free transit guidance for your nationality and itinerary before booking anything.

• Match passport...

China treats airside stays, airport exits, 24-hour transit, and 240-hour visa-free entry as separate cases.

• Airside only: Up to 24 hours in the...

From October 26, Indian applicants must submit Chinese visa applications directly to the embassy or consulate in their consular district.

• New...

Visa-free entries jumped 24.1% year-on-year to nearly 9 million in Q3 2026, making up 77.5% of all foreign national arrivals. Foreign nationals...

Indian travelers select from 16 visa types based strictly on trip purpose, not ease of documents.

• L visa for tourism requires 3-month savings...

Decide your entry basis before booking by checking these key factors.

• Verify visa details first: valid-until date, entries remaining, and permitted...

iVisa launched a free weekly-updated Global Policy Tracker documenting 97 visa, ETA, and arrival-card changes across 61 countries since October...

A 12-hour Beijing connection rarely means 12 hours of sightseeing. Start by verifying your entry eligibility under 24-hour or 240-hour transit rules,...

Singapore passport holders enter mainland China visa-free for up to 30 days per trip under the mutual agreement effective since February 2024.

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Your inviting entity is the actual host tied to your visit—never invent one to fill a form field.

• Tourism (L visa): Select “No” or no-inviter for...

CIIE attendance creates no special visa exemption. Your entry depends on nationality, route, and policies like 240-hour visa-free transit for 57...

This Q&A separates practical tour booking from official visa and transit decisions.

• Booking & payment: Nothing sold on the site; inquiries lead to...

Multiple layovers outside China do not automatically confirm eligibility for the 240-hour visa-free transit.

• Confirm your immediate inbound and...

Shanghai processed 809,000 cross-border trips during the Oct 1-7 holiday, with Pudong and Hongqiao handling 763,000 of them. Nearly 60% of the 89,000...

The 240-hour window does not begin when your plane lands. It starts at 00:00 the day after entry, giving you the full arrival day plus ten full days...