express lane in PEK for J arrival?
Oct 11, 2014, 6:29 pm
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express lane in PEK for J arrival?
Wondering whether there is an expedited arrival que for J passengers coming on Air China from HKG?
Thanks for your insights!
Thanks for your insights!
Oct 12, 2014, 8:47 am
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I never found the waiting time too long in Beijing. I once made it from siting on the plane to sitting on a taxi in 30 minutes.
When you pass immigration, there are several counter for "Foreigners" and others for "Chinese Nationals", My trick is, I always line up in the last line for foreigners, next to counters for Chinese. Their lines often go faster and you may get waved to that side, saving you a bit of time.
When you pass immigration, there are several counter for "Foreigners" and others for "Chinese Nationals", My trick is, I always line up in the last line for foreigners, next to counters for Chinese. Their lines often go faster and you may get waved to that side, saving you a bit of time.
Oct 12, 2014, 9:31 am
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I never found the waiting time too long in Beijing. I once made it from siting on the plane to sitting on a taxi in 30 minutes.
When you pass immigration, there are several counter for "Foreigners" and others for "Chinese Nationals", My trick is, I always line up in the last line for foreigners, next to counters for Chinese. Their lines often go faster and you may get waved to that side, saving you a bit of time.
When you pass immigration, there are several counter for "Foreigners" and others for "Chinese Nationals", My trick is, I always line up in the last line for foreigners, next to counters for Chinese. Their lines often go faster and you may get waved to that side, saving you a bit of time.
Oct 14, 2014, 9:32 am
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I never found the waiting time too long in Beijing. I once made it from siting on the plane to sitting on a taxi in 30 minutes.
When you pass immigration, there are several counter for "Foreigners" and others for "Chinese Nationals", My trick is, I always line up in the last line for foreigners, next to counters for Chinese. Their lines often go faster and you may get waved to that side, saving you a bit of time.
When you pass immigration, there are several counter for "Foreigners" and others for "Chinese Nationals", My trick is, I always line up in the last line for foreigners, next to counters for Chinese. Their lines often go faster and you may get waved to that side, saving you a bit of time.
Oct 21, 2014, 2:40 am
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Oct 22, 2014, 3:05 am
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An Italian acquaintance brought my wife and I into the domestic arrival line at VCE, seeing that the visitor line had about 300 Chinese awaiting clearance. After some loud Italian back and forth, the immigration officer got a stamp from the other line and passed us through.
Oct 22, 2014, 7:34 am
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An Italian acquaintance brought my wife and I into the domestic arrival line at VCE, seeing that the visitor line had about 300 Chinese awaiting clearance. After some loud Italian back and forth, the immigration officer got a stamp from the other line and passed us through.
Oct 22, 2014, 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by 747FC
An Italian acquaintance brought my wife and I into the domestic arrival line at VCE, seeing that the visitor line had about 300 Chinese awaiting clearance. After some loud Italian back and forth, the immigration officer got a stamp from the other line and passed us through.
Those "Chinese" in the line may have an Asian face but they probably held passports from other countries. I find that it is usually the case of at least half of the people in the "Foreigners" line.
Originally Posted by 747FC
An Italian acquaintance brought my wife and I into the domestic arrival line at VCE, seeing that the visitor line had about 300 Chinese awaiting clearance. After some loud Italian back and forth, the immigration officer got a stamp from the other line and passed us through.
Those "Chinese" in the line may have an Asian face but they probably held passports from other countries. I find that it is usually the case of at least half of the people in the "Foreigners" line.
Nov 10, 2014, 9:07 am
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Yes, that tells you something but not their nationalities. When traveling I play that "guess where they are from" game with my girlfriend all the time. You'd think my girlfriend is from south of China and she was born there but she is Australian. Tons of Chinese immigrate and some did not so long ago. so they fit all the stereotypes of a Chinese but hold a foreign passport, hence the explanation why they line up in the "foreigners" line at immigration. Their appearance will tell you that they are "ethnic" Chinese, not what passport they hold.
Nov 10, 2014, 6:28 pm
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Moondog is right, no special line for J.
I was in Beijing last week (pre-APEC although they already had a special line for that) and had to wait nearly 45 minutes. The Visitor line was long (flew from Newark on the UA flight) and no one on the China line. They did not wave anyone over. My colleague who is a China national was able to go first to the rest room and then she ended up waiting for me for a good 30 minutes.
At least we didn't wait for our baggage, they were already on the belt when we got there.
I was in Beijing last week (pre-APEC although they already had a special line for that) and had to wait nearly 45 minutes. The Visitor line was long (flew from Newark on the UA flight) and no one on the China line. They did not wave anyone over. My colleague who is a China national was able to go first to the rest room and then she ended up waiting for me for a good 30 minutes.
At least we didn't wait for our baggage, they were already on the belt when we got there.