Visa Exemption to China

Vietnam Legal — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 02:58:32 +0000

Based on bilateral agreements signed or reached between China and foreign countries, foreign citizens of some countries who hold ordinary passports and meet certain requirements may visit China without a visa.

Country	Duration of stay	Effective date	Remark
San Marino	90 days	1985/7/22	Mutual visa waiver agreement signed on 1985/5/6
Brunei	15 days	2003/7/1	Unilateral visa waiver policy
Singapore	15 days	2003/7/1	Unilateral visa waiver policy Suspended from 1 July to 19 September 2008 for the security of 2008 Beijing Olympics
Japan	15 days	2003/9/1	Unilateral visa waiver policy
Seychelles	30 days	2013/6/26	Mutual visa waiver agreement signed on 2013/5/6
Mauritius	30 days	2013/10/31	Mutual visa waiver agreement signed on 2013/8/29
Bahamas	30 days	2014/2/12	Mutual visa waiver agreement signed on 2013/12/19
Fiji	30 days	2015/3/14	Mutual visa waiver agreement signed on 2014/11/12
Grenada	30 days	2015/6/10	Mutual visa waiver agreement signed on 2015/2/25

Citizens from 51 countries under the 72-hour Transit Visa Exemption Program with valid international traveling documents and a transit flight ticket with confirmed date of flight and seat for a third country (region) traveling within 72 hours can apply for the 72-hour transit visa exemption at the ports of entry of the airports in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shenyang, Dalian and Xi’an

24 Schengen countries in Europe
1. Austria	13. Latvia
2. Belgium	14. Lithuania
3. Czech Republic	15. Luxembourg
4. Denmark	16. Malta
5. Estonia	17. Netherland
6. Finland	18. Poland
7. France	19. Portugal
8. Germany	20. Slovak
9. Greece	21. Slovenia
10. Hungary	22. Spain
11. Iceland	23. Sweden
12. Italy	24. Switzerland
13 other European countries
1. Russia	8. Serbia
2. Great Britain	9. Croatia
3. Ireland	10. Bosnia and Herzegovina,
4. Cyprus	11. Albania
5. Bulgaria	12. Montenegro
6. Romania	13. Macedonia
7. Ukraine
6 American countries
1. United States	4. Mexico
2. Canada	5. Argentina
3. Brazil	6. Chile
6 Asian countries
1. Republic of Korea	4. Brunei
2. Japan	5. United Arab Emirates
3. Singapore	6. Qatar

A foreign citizen holding an ordinary passport issued by any of the following countries is exempted from a visa if he or she joins a tourist group (of 5 or more persons) organized by an international travel agency registered in Hainan with the approval of China National Tourism Administration to visit Hainan Province and his or her stay is no more than 15 days

1. Australia	14. New Zealand
2. Austria	15. Norway
3. Canada	16. Philippines
4. Denmark	17. Republic of Korea
5. Finland	18. Russia
6. France	19. Singapore
7. Germany	20. Spain
8. Indonesia	21. Sweden
9. Italy	22. Switzerland
10. Japan	23. Thailand
11. Kazakhstan	24. The U.K
12. Malaysia	25. Ukraine
13. Netherlands	26. The United States of America