Do I need a visa to visit Hangzhou?
Feb 22, 2010 | 10:25 am
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Do I need a visa to visit Hangzhou?
Attending an academic conference that starts in Hong Kong, but then has 2 days in Hangzhou. Does anyone know if I need a visa for this? If so, if attending academic conference, are there reduced rate visas?
thanks for any help!
thanks for any help!
Feb 22, 2010 | 12:21 pm
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In theory, you could fly HKG-PVG-XXX and take advantage of 48 hour visa free transit (which might get extended during Expo). Also, in the unlikely event you happen to have a passport from a country that has a visa waiver agreement with China (Japan is the only one that comes to mind), you'll be good to go as well.
Last edited by moondog; Feb 23, 2010 at 12:04 am
Feb 22, 2010 | 11:40 pm
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Good point, might work if you had one of the passports allowed this visa exception (US passport is one of them). It works to/from SHA as well as PVG, I think. So far, I haven't heard of any extensions to the 48 hours for the expo. But if they extended it to, say, 96 hours it would be even useful for a business trip.