{"id":36200,"date":"2026-03-14T16:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36200"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:06:35","slug":"here-are-5-ways-to-enter-china-without-a-visa-by-land-sea-or-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36200","title":{"rendered":"Here are 5 ways to enter China without a visa \u2013 by land, sea or air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/13\/1359ad42-8677-4281-ae9c-a6c7ebc48b6d_4ff983c4.jpg?itok=ndP8sP8g&amp;v=1773393863\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">China <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">announced visa-free entry<\/span> for Canadian and British nationals on February 17, allowing citizens of the two countries to cross the border and stay for up to 30 days with no more than a passport.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The move was just the latest expansion of China\u2019s visa-free policies, which have eased entry rules for citizens of dozens of nations over the past few years as part of an effort to boost tourism.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Immigration officials now allow travellers from dozens of countries to stay without a visa for up to 10 days on a transit basis, while a growing list of foreign nationals are permitted to remain for 30 days without a visa. There are also policies allowing citizens of other nations to enter China visa-free under certain conditions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The measures have proved highly popular with travellers, as obtaining a visa to enter mainland China often requires filling out pages of paperwork, paying more than US$100 and waiting days for the documents to be processed.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The National Immigration Administration said in January that more than 30 million foreign nationals entered China without a visa last year, a year-on-year increase of nearly 50 per cent.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Here are five ways for travellers to avoid a lengthy application process and enter mainland China without a visa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3346504\/here-are-5-ways-enter-china-without-visa-land-sea-or-air?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China announced visa-free entry for Canadian and British nationals on February 17, allowing citizens of the two countries to cross the border and stay for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[364,832,9007,3607,4483,414,2470],"class_list":["post-36200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-air","tag-china","tag-enter","tag-land","tag-sea","tag-visa","tag-ways","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}