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G Visa - Transit

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

The G visa is issued to persons transiting through China. A foreigner may be visa-exempt if covered by a mutual visa-exemption agreement, if holding a valid foreign residence permit, if transiting to a third country or region on a through ticket and staying no more than 24 hours without leaving the port or staying within a State Council-approved specific area within the set time limit, or in other State Council-specified cases.

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  • https://en.nia.gov.cn/n147418/n147458/c155970/content.html
    (4) The G visa is issued to persons who transit through China;
  • https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741547/c1013311/content.html
    第二十二条 外国人有下列情形之一的,可以免办签证: (一)根据中国政府与其他国家政府签订的互免签证协议,属于免办签证人员的; (二)持有效的外国人居留证件的; (三)持联程客票搭乘国际航行的航空器、船舶、列车从中国过境前往第三国或者地区,在中国境内停留不超过二十四小时且不离开口岸,或者在国务院批准的特定区域内停留不超过规定时限的; (四)国务院规定的可以免办签证的其他情形。

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

To enter China a G-visa holder must present the passport and visa to the border inspection authority and be admitted after inspection. A visa-exempt transit passenger who needs to leave the port must request temporary entry from border inspection, limited to 15 days. The official source does not state whether a G-visa holder whose connection stays within the port may remain airside.

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Limits of the record
  • The sources do not say whether a G-visa holder whose connection stays within the port may remain airside.
  • https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741547/c1013311/content.html
    第二十四条 外国人入境,应当向出入境边防检查机关交验本人的护照或者其他国际旅行证件、签证或者其他入境许可证明,履行规定的手续,经查验准许,方可入境。
  • https://www.nia.gov.cn/n741440/n741547/c1013311/content.html
    第二十三条 有下列情形之一的外国人需要临时入境的,应当向出入境边防检查机关申请办理临时入境手续: (一)外国船员及其随行家属登陆港口所在城市的; (二)本法第二十二条第三项规定的人员需要离开口岸的; (三)因不可抗力或者其他紧急原因需要临时入境的。 临时入境的期限不得超过十五日。

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the Regulations (Art 6-7), Exit-Entry Law, visa notice (f5e749) and NIA transit page; none covers baggage or self-transfer. The 30-day extension material belongs to R5 and is answered there.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

The transit stay is the stay period marked on the issued G visa; where it is no more than 180 days, the holder stays in China for that marked period. The official source does not state overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

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Limits of the record
  • The sources state no fixed G-visa transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rule.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The G visa is applied for at a Chinese visa authority abroad unless the law provides otherwise, with the application form, passport, photograph and purpose-related materials, and an onward through ticket to the destination country or region with confirmed date and seat.

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