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Guangzhou Forum: Gz to HK and back - visa requirements

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dylangmurphy
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“ Gz to HK and back - visa requirements ”
Jan 07, 2008, 8:25 AM

Travelling in China in February and will be based in Guangzhou for 2 weeks. Chinese embassy in London said that tourists cannot get unlimited entry visas, only business visas allow this. So I have a 2-entry visa.

The lady working at the counter in the embassey said that going from Guangzhou to Hong Kong and back again would not count as an exit and entry, for the purposes of my visa. That is that I could do it even with a single-entry visa.

Reading the Lonely Planet the advice seems to contradict this.

Anybody have any more information on this? Is it a similar situation if I wanted to make a short trip to Macau?

drumbrake
hong kong
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1. Re: Gz to HK and back - visa requirements
Jan 07, 2008, 9:53 AM

When you leave China for either Hong Kong or Macau you will use up one of your China visas.

If you go to Macau from Hong Kong, then you won't use your China visa.

dylangmurphy
dylangmurphy
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2. Re: Gz to HK and back - visa requirements
Jan 07, 2008, 1:53 PM

Can you extend the number of entries at immigration by paying? or anything like that?

What's the easiest way to get from macua or HK or vice versa?

Igor20
Mexico City...
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3. Re: Gz to HK and back - visa requirements
Jan 08, 2008, 12:57 AM

I know that you can buy a new visa in the GZ train station for multiple entries. An entrie counts from GZ to HongKong and back.

Greetings

bibimbob
Toronto
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4. Re: Gz to HK and back - visa requirements
Jan 08, 2008, 2:41 PM
Destination Expert   What's this?
for Tokyo

You take the ferry between HK and Macau. You can get Chinese visa while in HK (single/double/multiple) fast, for a price.

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