Intl to Intl transit at PVG - visa required?
#2
Join Date: Oct 2004
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When my parents flew from Europe to Seoul via PVG, they had to exit to landside and do the whole sequence ( health form, check-in, security and passport control ) to get to their MU gate. Dad as an old China hand had fixed multiple entry visas for both and as far as I understood this did at least make things a lot easier.
They were travelling with hand luggage only and according to what mom told me might not have made the cut otherwise. Of course the MU flight was an hour late after all, but that's a different story...
They were travelling with hand luggage only and according to what mom told me might not have made the cut otherwise. Of course the MU flight was an hour late after all, but that's a different story...
Last edited by mosburger; Nov 10, 2006 at 10:16 am Reason: sp
#3
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Originally Posted by B-HQC
Do you need a visa for intl to intl transits? Do you have to go through immigration? Is a 1.5 hr connection enough time?
-you have to clear immigration
-1.5 hours seems a little tight to me, but i would probably go for it... if the inbound flight: 1) had a reliable performance record; and 2) was not a peak hour arrival. keep in mind that check-in for your next flight could close as early as 60 mins out so that really only gives you 30 mins to run through the maze (but, then again, lots of airlines use a 45 minute cutoff).
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Originally Posted by B-HQC
Is the immigration in a specific transit area or do you go through arrivals/departures?