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How to Apply for 24-hour Free Visa at Beijing Airport

How to Apply for 24-hour Free Visa at Shanghai Pudong/Hongqiao International Airport

How to Apply for 144-hour Free Visa at Shanghai Pudong/Hongqiao International Airport

How to Apply for 24-hour Free Visa at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

How to Apply for 144-hour Free Visa at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

How to Apply for 144-hour Free Visa at Beijing Airport

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How to Apply for 24-hour Free Visa at Beijing Airport

24-HOUR WITHOUT VISA, TWOV FOR ALMOST ALL COUNTRIES BY AIR, CRUISE OR TRAIN TRANSITING IN CHINA. 

COUNTED FROM THE LANDING TIME, MULTIPLE STOPS.


Starting: 00:00 am the following day after your arrival

Ending: Your flight departure time  

On Nov. 24, 2023, China decided to offer visa-free entry to travelers holding ordinary passports from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia from December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024. Citizens from those countries are able to enter China without a visa and stay for no more than 15 days for business, tourism, family visits and transit purposes. So if your nationality is one of those countries, you do not need to follow below instructions to apply for the transit visa, just please go to immigration directly. 


How to go through the 24 hours“visa free access” at Beijing Capital International Airport?

If wishing to leave the transiting area to explore the city during the layover, passengers are supposed to apply for a free temporary stay permit at the immigration counter upon arrival.


Please follow the instructions below if your flight is landing at Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3.

Step 1: When you get off the airplane please follow the sign “Exit, Baggage Claim”. Please record your fingerprints at Foreigner Fingerprint Self-Collection Area and will get OK Card from the machine automatically.  Keep walking until you see “China Inspection and Quarantine”. (Opposite the boarding gate E11)

Please DO NOT stop on the way, with signs such as: “ Transfer”. You might never be allowed to get out.

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Step 2: Please walk through the “China Inspection and Quarantine”, you need to fill a form “Arrival Card for Temporary Entry Foreigners” at the desk on the right side before line up at Temporary Entry Permit Application(For 24/144-hour Transit Passengers Applying for Leaving Airport), then you will get the “Visa-free Permit ” there(as the image below)

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Step 3: After you get the Visa-free Permit, please follow the Queue on the right side to get through immigration.

Step 4: After you pass through immigration, there is an escalator. Please take the escalator downstairs. Then you will see a little train station.

Step 5: Please get on the train, there are 2 stops please get off the train at the terminal station (T3 C).

Step 6: Get off the train at “T3 C”, follow the sign “Exit” you will see Exit “B“. Pass through the Exit “B”, there is a “STARBUCKS Coffee on the left. Our guide will be holding your name waiting for you there.

According to our experience, the location of “Visa-free Permit Stamp” might change. If you cannot find it, please do not hesitate to consult with the airport staff.



Please follow the instructions below if your flight is landing at Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 2.

Step 1: When you get off the airplane take an escalator up and please follow the sign “Exit, Baggage Claim“. Please keep walking until you see “China Inspection and Quarantine“.

Please DO NOT stop on the way, with signs such as: “Transit for international Flights within 24 hours”; “Entry Visa”;“Visa Application”. You might never be allowed to get out.

Step 2: Please walk through the “China Inspection and Quarantine” follow the yellow arrow on the ground “144-Hour Visa-free Transit“. At the “CHINA IMMIGRATION INSPECTION” there are several accesses for “Foreigners“, please go through those accesses and then you can get the “Visa-free Permit Stamp“.

Step 3: Continue to follow the sign “Exit, Baggage Claim“ then take an elevator down then you will see “CUSTOMS“, through the “CUSTOMS” you will see the “STARBUCKS COFFEE” right on the opposite side. Our tour guide will be there holding your name waiting for you in front of the “STARBUCKS COFFEE”.

According to our experience, the location of “Visa-free Permit Stamp” might change. If you cannot find it, please do not hesitate to consult with the airport staff.


NOTE: 24-hour TWOV is not available to passengers traveling on the following passports; Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.


Beijing 144-hour Visa-free Transit Policy

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julia Owen

2020.01.12

Hello We have an 11 hour layover in Beijing on 12 March 2020. We land at 14.45 and depart again the following day at 1.40 am. We'd like to take the Private Mutianyu trip. I have two questions: 1) is there still time to go in the afternoon - closing times etc? 2) What happens with checked luggage - we'll have two large cases and it wouldn't be appropriate to take them up the wall with us. Thank you Kind regards Julia

Hello Julia,


Good day!

Sorry to tell that your time is too late for visiting Mutianyu Great Wall.


But there are alternatives that you may be interested in.

Huanghuacheng Great Wall sunset tour: https://www.chinatoursnet.com/Beijing-layover-tour/Huanghuacheng-Great-Wall-Layover-Tour.html

Beijing Layover Night Tour: https://www.chinatoursnet.com/Beijing-layover-tour/lt-82.html

Gubei Water Town and Simatai Great Wall layover tour: https://www.chinatoursnet.com/Beijing-layover-tour/lt-37.html


In general, check-in luggage will forward to the final destination if you have a layover in Beijing. For handbags, you can store them in the private car.

Any questions, please feel free to let me know.


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