Originally Posted by
dingobingo
Under the transit without visa rules one must depart to a country different to that from which they arrived.
Would the following be possible?
Book a return from Taipei to Shanghai and also a single from Shanghai to Hong Kong.
After obtaining the transit visa, cancel the HongKong flight and return to Taipei on the return ticket. Would this be picked up on departure?
What happens when its picked up on arrival.
Can't stress enough to pay attention to that bit about not returning to the same country.
I sat 15 hrs on a bench in front of immigration,
being constantly told someone is on the way even though they never
touched the phone, only to have to burn another 65K miles to get a ticket
home. There is a LOT of confusion there with their own Immigration Officers
about what can and can't pass, but its not worth the crap shoot.
Me and my entire family got sent back to the U.S right after landing in
Shanghai 
30 hours of flying in a day...SUCKED. Thought we were
able to connect in Shanghai to get to Beijing then over to HKG within
72 hours but found out the hard way that connecting in China
w/out visas isnt allowed but would have been ok if we flew
nonstop from the U.S to Beijing then over to HKG.
Yah a bit confusing.