Originally Posted by
ianmanka
It seems like TIMATIC has been updated. IATA Travel Centre TIMATIC lookup has the following verbiage for a US citizen transiting, with USA-PVG-HKG routing specified:
Originally Posted by
moondog
I realize that could be an abridged version of what airline personnel see (and where you can/can't go once your in China is out of scope wrt their purposes), but I didn't notice any mention of approved exit checkpoints?
ianmanka / moondog (I'm asking here rather than directly because I need to stick the asnwer into HKQSG FB) - is West Kowloon still mentioned anywhere in Timatic?
EF Timatic has been out of action since the seat maps fiasco. KL and UA Travel Docs show a very abridged verison of TWOV requirements. IATA Travel Web shows what ianmanka clunked. Honestly I think West Kowloon is a valid exit point but how to convince a LAX/SFO contracted check-in agent for CA/MU of this?!
Idiot me. It says right on the NIA announcement itself
https://www.nia.gov.cn/n897453/c1688948/content.html - "Guangdong Province (Exits available at all open ports across the province)"
Since this "all open ports" is not included in Timatic, I still book a cancellable onward connection from PRC, but that is for the overseas check in desk (which I am going to assume are not going to upload that information to the NIA) to complete their checks but definitely not for use.
(I'm still not sure where
ukdragon 's arrive PEK, leave in GD for HK ends up though. Obviously if
ukdragon arrives in Guangdong, leaving from GD to HK is OK).