144 + 22 hours in Shanghai

144 + 22 hours in Shanghai
May 26, 2017 17:16
JALABISO Points: Join Date: May 26, 2017 Status: offline	I will be landing in PVG from Japan on July 22th at 00:40 and will exit to Turkey on July 28th at 22:35. which makes my stay 144+22 hrs. In many sites I read: "the 144-hour free stay period counts from 00:00 of the day following passengers' arrival [...] If one arrives at 6:00am on July 1, the layover time counts from 00:00 of July 2 and the passenger should have a ticket with the scheduled departure time before 23:59 of July 7." According to this description I should be safe. But I wonder: is 00:40 the same as 06:00? Those arriving at 06:00 will stay 7 days and 6 nights. Arriving at 00:40 I will be there for 7 days and 7 nights. What if it has to do with the shifts hours of the immigration officers? does anyone have experience of doing 144+? thanks

May 26, 2017 17:16

JALABISO
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I will be landing in PVG from Japan on July 22th at 00:40 and will exit to Turkey on July 28th at 22:35.

which makes my stay 144+22 hrs.

In many sites I read: "the 144-hour free stay period counts from 00:00 of the day following passengers' arrival [...] If one arrives at 6:00am on July 1, the layover time counts from 00:00 of July 2 and the passenger should have a ticket with the scheduled departure time before 23:59 of July 7."

According to this description I should be safe.

But I wonder: is 00:40 the same as 06:00? Those arriving at 06:00 will stay 7 days and 6 nights. Arriving at 00:40 I will be there for 7 days and 7 nights.
What if it has to do with the shifts hours of the immigration officers?

does anyone have experience of doing 144+?

thanks

May 27, 2017 15:34

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I just realized that this site has the most controversial description here:
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/visa/free-transit-144hour.htm

"The layover time should be limited to 144 hours. However, the 144-hour free stay period counts from 00:00 of the day following passengers' arrival. That is to say, the allowed time to stay is actually a little bit longer than 144 hours. If one arrives at 6:00am on July 1, the layover time counts from 00:00 of July 2 and the passenger should have a ticket with the scheduled departure time before 23:59 of July 7."

Is this correct? what is the source, as I cant find this level of detail anywhere else.

for example:
http://sh-immigration.gov.cn/listPageEn.aspx?lx=40&id=4414
states that the visa validity - once issued - is calculated starting from the following midnight ( so indeed the validity could be >144). But it also says that I
"should provide the immigration officer with a valid international travel document and onward air ticket to a third country with confirmed date and seat within 144 hours upon arrival".

What I read is that the validity once issued could be >144, BUT if I show up with a return ticket for a date later than 144 hours, the visa WON'T be issued.
If this is the case,the example provided by travelchinaguide.com is misleading and should be corrected.

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