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BOOK A HOTEL, DONT PAY, GET CONFIRMATION OF BOOKING. NO PROBLEM
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Go to another country that welcomes tourists might be a better option. :idea:
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Since my original post I have found it quite easy to obtain a tourist visa to China, getting a business visa is quite another story.
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StevePIraq wrote:Since my original post I have found it quite easy to obtain a tourist visa to China, getting a business visa is quite another story.
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I had a surprise invitation to go to China last week and the CH immigration office in BKK wasclosed for 3 days. So I went in on the in-transit visa. I booked BKK>PEK>HK>BKK. They now have a 72h entry for in transit passengers, no photo, no docs, no fee just show them your outbound ticket--very smooth. You have to be leaving to a 3rd destination, cant do it on a BKK> China>BKK ticket.
And boy are Chinese airports Immigratation and security, fast and efficient.
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oakdale160 wrote:I had a surprise invitation to go to China last week and the CH immigration office in BKK wasclosed for 3 days. So I went in on the in-transit visa. I booked BKK>PEK>HK>BKK. They now have a 72h entry for in transit passengers, no photo, no docs, no fee just show them your outbound ticket--very smooth. You have to be leaving to a 3rd destination, cant do it on a BKK> China>BKK ticket.
And boy are Chinese airports Immigratation and security, fast and efficient.
That is the perfect visa for transit or short stay and traveling on to a third country.

It has been around for some time. I used that visa some years back. I flew Bangkok to Beijing and within 24 hours I had flown on to London. It was over 2 years ago as I flew Thai two days before the MH370 went missing.
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