Know you have to do the Antigen test within 48 hours of boarding and then you need to complete the Health Declaration form, can you also do this 48 hours before?

Just checking in with BA and it mentions that the health declaration QR code is only valid for 24 hours, which means I should apply until 24 hours before flight."All passengers, fully vaccinated and not fully vaccinated, have to present an �Exit/Entry Health Declaration Form� and present a QR code before departure.

The form can be obtained at ChinaPort website or from the WeChat app, this form is only valid for 24 hours. Passengers may refresh the ChinaPort website in case of experiencing issues loading it."


Doesn't sound right to me

I just posted about this today in a trip report thread...dumb place, I know, but we were discussing it:

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35448170-post22.html

I don't know exactly how long the QR codes remain active. The official guidance is that you shouldn't declare until within 48 hours of your flight, but maybe that's too long if your flight is really long.

I usually submit mine when I'm waiting to board my final segment to China; by then, I typically know my seat number, which is a required field. If the code expires before you get a chance to scan it, just generate a new one.

There is no way for anyone to verify exactly when you did your antigen test. You are simply declaring that you self tested during the 48 hours leading up to your flight.

Thanks for this just read your post.

I wondering is it supposed to be valid by the time you arrive or by the time you board?

If its by the time you arrive I'll have little chance and if its by the time you board I'll probably do it tomorrow morning as it looks like i need to upload the code to the BA website

Also one further question, If I'm doing this for my family (4 people) does the wechat app allow you to do this for multiple people? as my kids won't have a wechat account?

Thanks

Just generate a code when you need it for the BA site, and make a new code if it expires before you reach border control.

From what I can tell, you can only use the WeChat MP for yourself, but you could use the native apps or website for your kids. The website is a little more user friendly than the native apps, especially if your Chinese reading ability isn't strong, but the apps are better for regenerating codes. If you use the website to create codes and they expire, the kiosks are probably the easiest way to make new ones.

It's time-stamped and expires 24 hours after it was created. So it needs to still be alive when it's scanned after arrival. But if it has expired due to flight delay, etc no big deal. Just get a new QR code at the airport.

Remember you need a QR code on departure, too.

You can fill out the health declaration for family members in your own Wechat app. It's not linked to the Wechat account owner. Just take a screenshot of each QR code as it's generated.

You can alternatively use the web-based form here if you don't want to use Wechat.

Is there a way to do this without overwriting your own profile? I realize that you can presumably retrieve your record without much effort, but if you don't tinker with things, the update process takes less than 30 seconds.

Yes, you can view, edit or resubmit all of your previous submissions for multiple travellers.

That is still much more time consuming than using the "edit" option, and probably more time consuming than doing the kiosk upon arrival.

The app supports up to five users. After that the oldest user will roll off and you will need to re-enter the information.

It's best to fill out the WeChat digital health form (and get a QR code) ahead of time. So you bypass all those that haven't and go through customs quickly. Don't bother with edit, if anything changes just fill out a new one and generate a new QR code. Also, don't do it too early, do it when you're waiting for your flight. Just in case there's no delay of flight that made your QR code "expire" upon landing.

I wish China also has a website where you can digitally fill out the custom form online. Taiwan has that and it's so good to be able to do that, especially when you're traveling with big family. When we were in Taiwan the agent asked us "forms or online"? I told him we did it online and he escorted us to empty kiosks that was reserved for Taiwanese. Other Americans behind me wanted to follow through, same question, and when they show them their hand-filled form, the agent told them to stay in foreigner's line....

https://htdecl.chinaport.gov.cn/htde...dex/index.html

Says access denied and I don't have rights to visit. LOL

Well, that site (obviously) has a Chinese ICP license. Sometimes, those are fickle about IP addresses, but I have accessed it from outside of China in the past. I have no problems pulling it up from here (Shanghai):

I had issues opening that page with Chrome, but Brave (another browser) never gave me guff.