24-HOUR WITHOUT VISA, TWOV FOR ALMOST ALL COUNTRIES BY AIR, CRUISE OR TRAIN TRANSITING IN CHINA. 

COUNTED FROM THE LANDING TIME, MULTIPLE STOPS.

Starting: scheduled arrival time

Ending: scheduled departure time

How to go through the 24 hours“visa free access” at Beijing Capital International Airport?

If wishing to leave the transiting area to explore the city during the layover, passengers are supposed to apply for a free temporary stay permit at the immigration counter upon arrival.

Please follow the instructions below if your flight is landing at Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3.

Step 1: When you get off the airplane please follow the sign “Exit, Baggage Claim”. Please keep walking until you see “China Inspection and Quarantine”. (Opposite the boarding gate NUMBER 11)

Please DO NOT stop on the way, with signs such as: “ Exit & Entry Certificate Service Office” and “Transit for international Flights within 24 hours”. You might never be allowed to get out.

Step 2: Please walk through the “China Inspection and Quarantine”, where you can get the “Visa-free Permit Stamp” at “24/144-hour International Transfer (Apply to Leave the Airport)” (Please see the picture below).

Step 3: After you get the Visa-free permit, please follow the Queue on the right side to get through the immigration (Please see the picture below).

Step 4: After you pass through the immigration, there is an escalator. Please take the escalator downstairs. Then you will see a little train station.

Step 5: Please get on the train, there are 2 stops please get off the train at the terminal station (T3 C).

Step 6: Get off the train at “T3 C”, follow the sign “Exit” you will see Exit “B“. Pass through the Exit “B”, there is a “STARBUCKS Coffee on the left. Our guide will be holding your name waiting for you there.

According to our experience, the location of “Visa-free Permit Stamp” might change. If you cannot find it, please do not hesitate to consult with the airport staff.

Please follow the instructions below if your flight is landing at Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 2.

Step 1: When you get off the airplane take an escalator up and please follow the sign “Exit, Baggage Claim“. Please keep walking until you see “China Inspection and Quarantine“.

Please DO NOT stop on the way, with signs such as: “Transit for international Flights within 24 hours”; “Entry Visa”;“Visa Application”. You might never be allowed to get out.

Step 2: Please walk through the “China Inspection and Quarantine” follow the yellow arrow on the ground “144-Hour Visa-free Transit“. At the “CHINA IMMIGRATION INSPECTION” there are several accesses for “Foreigners“, please go through those accesses and then you can get the “Visa-free Permit Stamp“.

Step 3: Continue to follow the sign “Exit, Baggage Claim“ then take an elevator down then you will see “CUSTOMS“, through the “CUSTOMS” you will see the “STARBUCKS COFFEE” right on the opposite side. Our tour guide will be there holding your name waiting for you in front of the “STARBUCKS COFFEE”.

According to our experience, the location of “Visa-free Permit Stamp” might change. If you cannot find it, please do not hesitate to consult with the airport staff.

NOTE: 24-hour TWOV is not available to passengers traveling on the following passports; Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

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