Originally Posted by Akiestar

Hi guys. We're booking one of my dad's business partners on CZ, flying MNL-CAN-AMS, and I was wondering if CAN is still "experimenting" with sterile TWOV. This is because he may have a nine-hour layover in CAN, and it would be good if he can go out of the airport to meet with another business partner. The sticky is kinda unclear on the matter, so I figured I should ask here.

Originally Posted by Akiestar

He's a Filipino passport holder, so he qualifies only for 24-hour TWOV. But at CAN, this means he can now go out of the airport, right? Or will Chinese immigration force him to return to the pre-departure area (or worse, will they have a queue which redirects people back to the pre-departure area without going through immigration)?

Originally Posted by moondog

CAN is the ONLY airport we've heard about that tries to keep transit passengers air side. But, he really can (no pun intended) leave the airport if he makes his objective clear.