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TJones 63 posts

144 hour Transit Without Visa (TWOV) isn’t a visa (the clue is in the word “without”). It is definitely not a visa on arrival, which does exist and is something completely different. At check-in, it always helps to use the words “Transit without visa” when presenting your onward confirmed ticket from China, because these are the words that appear in Timatic. The agent needs to enter your third country as the “destination” and China as the “transit” to see the rules. If they enter China as the destination, they won’t see the TWOV rules.

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