144 Hr Visa Free Transit in Beijing

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#312860 24-May-2024 10:02

Hi, I have a trip planned to visit Hong Kong early next year and Iam thinking of going to spend up to 4 days in Beijing. Has anyone successfully been there via the 144 Hr visa free transit status or did you have to apply for a Visa. Have tried talking to Chinese Visa Center however, they advised that when I land at PEK, i can apply for the transit visa and it will depend on the person processing the visa to approve or reject the Visa.

Would be nice to get some certainty before i pay for hotels etc :)

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#3234092 24-May-2024 10:26

Transit Visa = NZ > China > Another Country all one one multi city ticket

so as long as you do that you are fine

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#3234107 24-May-2024 10:51

Unfortunately, my route is not as clean as that. It's pretty much AKL->Singapore->Cruise (Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong)->Beijing->AKL (transit via Seoul)

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#3234112 24-May-2024 11:21

t0ny:

Unfortunately, my route is not as clean as that. It's pretty much AKL->Singapore->Cruise (Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong)->Beijing->AKL (transit via Seoul)

When are you cruising?

We are doing the reverse in March next year - HKG - SYD via Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Bali, Aus.

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#3234214 24-May-2024 12:01

January :)

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#3234654 25-May-2024 17:10

Should be fine they just look at the country immediately before and after, in this case Hong Kong -> China -> South Korea.

Here's the timatic rules (what the airlines generally use at check in) for transit without visa in Beijing:

"Nationals of New Zealand with a confirmed onward air, cruise or train ticket to a third country within 144 hours, starting from 00:01 on the day following the day of entry. They must:
- arrive at and depart from one of the following locations: Beijing (PEK), Daxing (PKX), Tianjin (TSN), Shijiazhuang (SJW), Beijing West Railway Station, Tianjin International Cruise Home Port or Qinhuangdao Sea Port; and
- have documents required for the next destination."

Can check for yourself on https://www.united.com/en/us/timatic/ (Beijing should be set as a transit point not the destination)