Originally Posted by
tauphi
You can however catch a train to Shenzhen, then exit via any one of the permitted land crossings such as Lo Wu.
Yes, by the rules that is a valid routing, but the reality doesn't necessarily match up given this firsthand account:
Originally Posted by
themoosieman79
I’d booked a flight with points to leave from CAN to HKG 2 days later but was planning on maybe leaving 4 days later straight to Singapore. But wanted to just get into the country and see
Then placed an 144 hour entry QR code in passport and repeatedly told me . You have to fly from this airport. You must leave from here. Do not go to Hong Kong by land. Do not leave from Shenzhen. It was perfectly polite and relevant but I was as if he’d read my mind as those were things I was considering.
Yes, the above poster already had an onward flight booked from CAN, but my interpretation was that immigration was insisting that if one enters via CAN then one must leave from CAN.
There was some further discussion in subsequent posts about verbally telling your plans at check-in, but I'd guess the chances of getting past the ticketing desk and onto the flight would be between 0 and 10%. Even upon arrival into CAN, I'd say they might want to see an onward ticket before granting you TWOV.