Taiwan transit ban on PRC citizens (ex-China)
Sep 12, 2023, 9:38 am
#31
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boat stuck or anyone else: we're planning to do the above. Re: #3, HK Immigration says "Holders of People’s Republic of China (PRC) passports who are in transit through Hong Kong to and from another country or territory may be granted a stay of seven days on each landing". I assume entering HK by land from Shenzhen is a qualified "landing" for this (transit) purpose; is there any official source that puts it in writing?
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經香港過境往來另一國家或地區的中國護照持有人，可於每次入境時獲准在港逗留七天而無須事先取得進入許可，但他們必須符合一般的入境規定，包括持有前往目的地的有效入境 證件及經確認事先已預訂前往海外的續程車／船／機票。
Sep 12, 2023, 3:12 pm
#32
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- PRC Citizen
- Living in USA
- Applied for Taiwan Entry Permit (入台證) at TECO Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in USA as a tourist
Sep 12, 2023, 5:59 pm
#34
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I don’t get it. Isn’t the whole point of the Taiwan Entry Permit to enter Taiwan?
Don’t businessmen in Mainland China also get Taiwan Entry Permits and then fly to Taiwan? Is there a separate Taiwan Entry Permit for business and leisure?
Don’t businessmen in Mainland China also get Taiwan Entry Permits and then fly to Taiwan? Is there a separate Taiwan Entry Permit for business and leisure?
Sep 12, 2023, 6:46 pm
#35
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No. Again, this is because the China side does not allow it. The government needs to issue a permit for its citizens to travel to Taiwan (colloquially called “大通证") but they're not issuing it for tourism purposes.
Sep 12, 2023, 9:41 pm
#36
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To go from China to Taiwan as a Chinese national, you need two documents. You need the Travel Permit from China to allow you to exit from China to Taiwan. Then you need the Taiwan Entry Permit (issued by Taiwan) to allow you to actually enter Taiwan.
Nov 22, 2023, 1:24 am
#37
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From the comments it seems going out of PRC is the only issue.
Of course we will use his PRC passport to get visa arrival in DPS to show we only transitted through TPE.
Any advice would be great. We plan to fly back on the 8th or 9th of February.
Nov 22, 2023, 8:21 am
#38
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Assuming you mean CKG (Chongqing) not CGK (Jakarta)
You can transit through Taiwan into China, no problem, you need to have the right document though (Taiwan Entry Permit) if you want to leave the airport. Separate tickets don't make a difference here.
If you wanted to fly CKG-SZX-TPE, for example, that would not be allowed without the two documents in #36. You could fly CKG-SZX-NRT and then a separate ticket NRT-TPE. Then could enter TPE if you have the Taiwan Entry Permit
You can transit through Taiwan into China, no problem, you need to have the right document though (Taiwan Entry Permit) if you want to leave the airport. Separate tickets don't make a difference here.
If you wanted to fly CKG-SZX-TPE, for example, that would not be allowed without the two documents in #36. You could fly CKG-SZX-NRT and then a separate ticket NRT-TPE. Then could enter TPE if you have the Taiwan Entry Permit
Nov 22, 2023, 12:00 pm
#40
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Assuming you mean CKG (Chongqing) not CGK (Jakarta)
You can transit through Taiwan into China, no problem, you need to have the right document though (Taiwan Entry Permit) if you want to leave the airport. Separate tickets don't make a difference here.
If you wanted to fly CKG-SZX-TPE, for example, that would not be allowed without the two documents in #36. You could fly CKG-SZX-NRT and then a separate ticket NRT-TPE. Then could enter TPE if you have the Taiwan Entry Permit
You can transit through Taiwan into China, no problem, you need to have the right document though (Taiwan Entry Permit) if you want to leave the airport. Separate tickets don't make a difference here.
If you wanted to fly CKG-SZX-TPE, for example, that would not be allowed without the two documents in #36. You could fly CKG-SZX-NRT and then a separate ticket NRT-TPE. Then could enter TPE if you have the Taiwan Entry Permit
When you mean the Taiwan permit I presume you mean the Taiwan side issuance. If so this is not an issue we do not need that as we have a way around that. My concern is just if the chinese immigration would have an issue for my son flying from Taiwan as far as they know just transiting.
My wife also said if we got him the hong kong permit then this may be an issue for him if he arrived back in say SZX. I can't see the issue personally if he takes the permit and his passport with us for the trip. She said they would expect him to only use the permit to re enter the mainland.
Nov 22, 2023, 5:30 pm
#41
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There shouldn't be a problem. Chinese immigration doesn't care that he arrived from, or transited in Taiwan.
Nov 22, 2023, 7:07 pm
#42
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Chinese immigration has recently started blocking people holding Chinese passports flying direct from Taiwan into China, without the requisite China-issued permit. This has been enforced by Chinese-owned airlines such as China Southern and China Eastern, where they will refuse to give you a boarding pass without the right documentation. It's apparently not an issue if you fly with a Taiwanese airline.
Nov 22, 2023, 7:21 pm
#43
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Chinese immigration has recently started blocking people holding Chinese passports flying direct from Taiwan into China, without the requisite China-issued permit. This has been enforced by Chinese-owned airlines such as China Southern and China Eastern, where they will refuse to give you a boarding pass without the right documentation. It's apparently not an issue if you fly with a Taiwanese airline.
Nov 22, 2023, 7:25 pm
#44
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Chinese immigration has recently started blocking people holding Chinese passports flying direct from Taiwan into China, without the requisite China-issued permit. This has been enforced by Chinese-owned airlines such as China Southern and China Eastern, where they will refuse to give you a boarding pass without the right documentation. It's apparently not an issue if you fly with a Taiwanese airline.
Nov 23, 2023, 8:11 pm
#45
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This is through the grape vine but I have heard of at least two unconnected cases who were both denied boarding by China Eastern flying to NKG. Both ended up flying to PVG instead.
So this issue could also be specific to NKG.
So this issue could also be specific to NKG.