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Old Aug 10, 2023 | 9:23 am
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Originally Posted by wk989
Hi all,
On my last entry into China at PVG, I applied for and received E-Channel access. I have heard that when departing, if the name on your ticket does not *exactly* match your passport, the E-Channel will fail and you will need to be cleared manually. Unfortunately, I have a rather long name and many airlines are unable to print the whole given name on my ticket. Is this true, and if so, do you get head-of-line like with US Global Entry if the gate fails? Flying to ICN in a couple days and would really like the 30mins extra sleep if possible…
Thanks for any insight!
I don’t even bother to scan the ticket when leaving PVG or SHA. Just put your passport on the machine and see if it works.
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