Originally Posted by
goofygoofygooberyeah
A few questions about my upcoming transit through PVG -
1. Any risk in not being able to get the 24 hour TWOV?
2. Will we likely be able to get an entry permit?
3. Anything we can do to maximize chances of getting that permit? (e.g. should we reserve a hotel?)
4. Will we need to collect our bags and recheck them?
Details of our trip -
- Separately booked tickets, SIN-PVG on MU arriving at 5am and then PVG-LAX on DL departing at 8.30pm the same day
- Mexican passport (no visits to Turkey)
This should be fine, but to increase your chances of getting the entry permit, reserve a hotel room and maybe jot down a few places in Shanghai that you're interested in possibly visiting. Obviously, neither exercise will bind you to any specific plan; the objective is simply to make a logical case for leaving the airport (though the 16 hours itself is presumably sufficient to convince most people).