8 Night Singapore To Shanghai Cruise - VISA requirements

[cae1971]

Hi All,

 

I am a UK resident and I am trying to find a definite answer whether visas are required for the above trip.  Any help you can offer would be useful.

 

Royal Carribean referred me to visacentral.com and after entering my destinations of Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Shangai the website said that for China I can take advantage of their Visa free transit visa.  Is this correct?

 

Regards,

 

Chris

 

 

 

 

[John Bull]

Your nationality is relevant, your country of residence isn't.

Is Shanghai a port-of-call or your disembarkation port ?

 

Shanghai's port & international airports are linked for a transit visa.

That visa also allows you to stay a while in Shanghai (up to 144 hours rings a bell) and during that time you can travel anywhere in that province and a couple of neighbouring provinces.

 

Sorry, all a bit vague - not done it, it's just what I've picked up.

And that was mebbe  4 years back (certainly pre-Covid), things may have changed.

But it's certainly worth your while to research.

 

Here's one tolerably up-to-date website to get you started

https://www.china-briefing.com/news/chinas-72-144-hour-visa-free-transit-policy-extended-to-54-countries-norway-added/#:~:text=Foreign nationals holding a valid,number leaving for a third

 

But I suggest you search mainly on Chinese govt websites.

 

JB 🙂

Edited to add: You will need to prove onward travel plans (eg your airline ticket). That must be to a third country eg  back to the UK, and not to elsewhere in China or to the last country that your cruise visited

 

 

Edited January 18 by John Bull

[cae1971]

Thanks JB - Yes, Shanghai is our disembarkation port.  We fly back to London 2 days later so I "think" what you have said and my own research provides confidence that we do not need a Visa 🙂

[Aulanis]

Singapore =you need to do an on line entry card  details here

https://www.ica.gov.sg/enter-transit-depart

 If you have a UK passport it must have  at least 6 months left on it on the day you leave.     You do not need a visa.

I found the online card a bit messy  so would check  it out before you need to apply.

Whilst it sounds like a MUST have  if you have problems getting it done there are

facilities in the airport and people to help with them before you reach immigration,

But its  probably not something you want to do after long flight.

[Aulanis]

Another thing is you should take a copies of your passport and another

gov issued  picture id   driving licence  ?  .

Reason- whilst you may not need any visas  there will almost certainly be

others on the ship who do and the ship may collect all the passports and

get the visas  for a fee?    If they do that you need to make sure you are not charged

for one.   We were on Holland America  so no idea what R C  might do.