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FYI there is a 240-hour Visa-free transit policy which applies if short visits through designated airports. It’s about 10 days, seems like a good option for short visits, Perhaos that is what @Jeff Chang is referring to.

http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/lsfw/zj/qz2021/202412/t20241217_11495647.htm

Another user on these boards posted about it his experience with it recently in a trip report, which is how I’m aware.

But there's 10 days in china for the trip, so it then becomes what time do you enter and not having any delays leaving so you don't exceed the hours. If it works for all the areas.

It's a 10 year visa, will I go to china again? Probably not but I'm also not going to potentially screw up the most expensive trip I'll probably take and I'll pay the few hundred and get a visa.

We're also going to add a post night to have more time at SDL so it wouldn't work anyway.

 

[Mathmagicland]

But there's 10 days in china for the trip, so it then becomes what time do you enter and not having any delays leaving so you don't exceed the hours. If it works for all the areas.

It's a 10 year visa, will I go to china again? Probably not but I'm also not going to potentially screw up the most expensive trip I'll probably take and I'll pay the few hundred and get a visa.

We're also going to add a post night to have more time at SDL so it wouldn't work anyway.

Thanks for clarifying as it relates to the duration for the Disney China trip. I was not intending to say a normal visa would or would not be required for that trip, so apologies for any confusion with regards to my response.

Rather, i was trying to help with clarifying the question being asked by the previous post, as there are times when the full visa might not be needed. Some folks, myself included, use these forums in non-Disney travel planning.

 

[sayhello]

FYI there is a 240-hour Visa-free transit policy which applies if short visits through designated airports. It’s about 10 days, seems like a good option for short visits, Perhaos that is what @Jeff Chang is referring to.

http://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/lsfw/zj/qz2021/202412/t20241217_11495647.htm

Another user on these boards posted about it his experience with it recently in a trip report, which is how I’m aware.

I wasn't aware of this. Thanks for the info. But it looks like it's only good if you are traveling *through* China to a third country (ie, transiting) so if you are going from the US to China back to the US, it wouldn't apply, even if it's less than 10 days. You have to have proof of transportation to a 3rd country for it to apply.

But there's 10 days in china for the trip, so it then becomes what time do you enter and not having any delays leaving so you don't exceed the hours. If it works for all the areas.

It's a 10 year visa, will I go to china again? Probably not but I'm also not going to potentially screw up the most expensive trip I'll probably take and I'll pay the few hundred and get a visa.

We're also going to add a post night to have more time at SDL so it wouldn't work anyway.

Besides which, as I said above, it's only good if you are transiting to a 3rd country. Since I assume you'd be returning to the US after your trip, it wouldn't work anyways.

Thanks for clarifying as it relates to the duration for the Disney China trip. I was not intending to say a normal visa would or would not be required for that trip, so apologies for any confusion with regards to my response.

Rather, i was trying to help with clarifying the question being asked by the previous post, as there are times when the full visa might not be needed. Some folks, myself included, use these forums in non-Disney travel planning.

Yep, it's good to know that this exists if it suits your travel plans.

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