Visa at Pudong Airport?

Possible to get a Tourist Visa at the Pudong Airport?

Visa at Pudong Airport?

Are you coming from the US? If so, the airline won%26#39;t even let you on the plane at your point of origin without the proper visa. Airlines are subject to large fines if they let a passenger that does not meet a country%26#39;s entrance requirements onto a flight and they are denied entry. Therefore, they check your passport and visa carefully before you board.

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Visa at Pudong Airport?

What is your citizenship? Try your local Chines embassy for this query. Apply before you fly!

I think someone posted that you can stay in Shanghai for up to 48 hours without visa(mainly to lure cruise passengers to spend money in Shanghai)

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';For the convenience of foreign travelers who change flights between the two airports in Shanghai, with the approval of the department concerned, ....., all foreign travelers who are in transit through the Pudong International Airport and the Hongqiao International Airport within 24 hours can be visa-free and citizens of some countries can even enjoy this favorable treatment for 48 hours. No charge is required of such travelers while performing visa-free formalities.';

The problem with the above is that the airlines don%26#39;t really know about it. My in-laws ran into trouble with this last year. They thought they had a double entry visa for China and came to visit us in Shanghai, we all flew off to Thailand and then they planned to fly back to Shanghai, spend the night then fly out the next day. When we got to the airport in Ko Samui the agents discovered that they only had single entry visas and they were forbidden to even go to the international terminal in Bangkok. Thai Air and United insisted that they could not enter China and they ended up having to stay in Bangkok for 3 days until United could get them on a flight (Christmas/New Year time). No one even mentioned the 24 hour visa-free stay in China which they met the requirements for. Partly our fault because we didn%26#39;t know about it but it sure would have saved them a lot of hassle and money.

Your citizenship will be the key to determine whether you need to apply visa in advance or apply at PuDong Airport. If you are US citizen, you NEED to apply visa in advance (usually it takes about 7-10 days). If there%26#39;s no China Embassy in your area, you will have to send it via a travel agency along with your passport. Your US passport must have enough blank pages and need to be at least valid 6 months prior to passport expiration. Check online information by using key words China Embassy in United States

If you are Taiwan citizen who carries a special passport called ';Tai Bao Zheng';, then you are allowed to enter PuDong Airport and apply visa at the passport. ..be sure to have a passport photo with you. If the counter is not busy, you can get the VISA within 20 minutes. You can apply for a ';Tai Bao Zheng'; if you have a valid Taiwan passport and a valid Taiwan ID, and a passport photo, you can apply for ';Tai Bao Zheng'; and visa at the same time. The counter is located on the far right before the customs.

I did not edit my post. I meant if you have a Tai Bao Zheng, you can apply visa at PuDong Airport (not at passport)...sorry!