We fly to Japan via Beijing .We will stay in Beijing for a day, take a sightseeing tour, spend the night in a hotel and fly off to Japan in the morning .I read that from 01 .01 .13 in Beijing can be 72 hours without a visa if the hands have tickets to a third country .And how can they prove that we have tickets to a third country if they are electronic? Show them a route receipt in which it is written in Russian? And do I need to register somewhere? On the way back from Japan we will also fly through Beijing, stay overnight at the hotel and fly to Russia .In Beijing we will stay less than a day .Tickets Russia - Beijing - Russia and Beijing - Osaka - Beijing from different airlines .I just want to make sure that we will not have problems without a Chinese visa..

Responds Larisa Barysheva
In your case, you can be guaranteed to take advantage of the 72-hour visa-free transit in Beijing both on the way there and back .To do this, you first need to warn the airline when registering for an international flight to Beijing that you intend to request a 72-hour visa-free transit, since airline employees must inform in advance the migration services of the airport of arrival .Secondly, upon arrival at Beijing's "Shoudu" airport and turning to the special immigration racks "72-Hour Visa-Free Transit" you will need to show:

  • electronic air tickets for international flights to / from Beijing (I draw your attention to the fact that itinerary receipts / e-tickets must be written in English !!!),
  • it is also advisable to attach a boarding pass for the next international flight (if available) and a tear-off coupon of the boarding pass from the previous flight,
  • valid passport, valid minimum 6 months from the date of the end of the trip, in which there are blank pages for the entry stamp, and a visa to the country of final destination.

It will be necessary to register at the hotel in Beijing. If you have booked a hotel in Beijing in advance, it will not be superfluous to present a booking confirmation when you check in for a flight and passport control in Beijing.

October 3, 2013

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