APEC Travel Card - what is minimal valid duration for visa free entry

[HKGNZL]

I hold an ABTC but it has expiry on the card as 'August 2015'. I have just been asked to go to Beijing in July for a week. Previously I won't need a visa. I can't find out if there is a minimum valid duration of the ABTC for exemption of visa entry. My local chinese embassy said they do not know and referred me to an office in Beijing.

Does anyone have experience in similar situation?

 

[trippin_the_rift]

So long as you leave China before the visa expiry everything should be fine.

 

[HKGNZL]

Many thx. Just checking you mean before the ABTC expiry rather than visa (because I am trying not to get one). I am more worried if the airport immigration will let me enter. In fact my travel agent just told me CX needs to sight my card. I wonder if it is such a grey area that someone may decide not to let me through.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I hold an ABTC but it has expiry on the card as 'August 2015'. I have just been asked to go to Beijing in July for a week. Previously I won't need a visa. I can't find out if there is a minimum valid duration of the ABTC for exemption of visa entry. My local chinese embassy said they do not know and referred me to an office in Beijing.

Does anyone have experience in similar situation?

Is the APEC card endorsed with China on the back of the card which is "CHN"? As long as your APEC card is valid then there should be no issues whatsoever.

Are you perhaps confusing how long your passport should be valid for when entering another country?

Make sure you take a copy on your onward ticket back to Australia in case they want to see it at checkin or by authorities on arrival in China.

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Visa, Health & Passport:






Information as of  06JUN15 / 0528 UTC
National Australia (AU)         /Embarkation Australia (AU)
Destination China (People's Rep.) (CN)
China (People's Rep.) (CN)


Passport required.
- Passports and/or passport replacing documents must be valid
on arrival.


Visa required, except for Holders of an APEC Business Travel
endorsed  Valid for travel to CHN .
Visa required, except for A max. stay of 15 days for holders
of normal passports issued to nationals of Australia arriving
at Haikou (HAK) or Sanya (SYX) and traveling on an organized


Visa Issuance:
- Holders of normal passports can obtain a prearranged visa on
arrival for a max. stay of 3 months at Beijing (PEK),


- Holders of normal passports can obtain a prearranged visa on
arrival for a max. stay of 1 month at Chengdu (CTU), Fuzhou
(FOC), Shanghai (Hongqiao (SHA) and Pudong (PVG)) or Xiamen


(SEE NOTE 53943)
NOTE 53943: A visa and invitation letter is not required
for a stay of max. 5 days when arriving at and departing
from Xiamen (XMN). Passengers must remain in Xiamen city
for the whole duration of stay.
- Holders of normal passports can obtain a prearranged visa on
arrival at Chongqing (CKG), Guangzhou (CAN), Guilin (KWL),
Haikou (HAK), Kunming (KMG), Qingdao (TAO), Sanya (SYX),
Shenzhen (SZX), Weihai (WEH), Xi An (XIY) and Yantai (YNT),




- A visa can be obtained on arrival at Hangzhou (HGH), for
tourist groups of travel agencies belonging to the Zhejiang
Province, for a max. stay of 1 month. Fee: CNY130.-.
Visa required, except for Holders of normal passports issued
to nationals of Australia can obtain a visa on arrival for a
max. stay of 15 days at Haikou (HAK) or Sanya (SYX), if


Minors:
- Passport not required for children travelling with a parent


- An individual visa is not required for children travelling
on the passport of a parent or guardian, provided


Additional Information:
- Travel on a one-way ticket is accepted. However, visitors
are required to hold proof of sufficient funds to cover
their stay and documents required for their next
destination.
- Valid visas or resident permits in expired passports are
accepted if holding valid passport of the same nationality.
- When a visa is used, a round entry stamp is placed in the


- Passengers traveling to Tibet must hold a special Tibet
Entry Permit.
Warning:
- Passport number and nationality must match those stated on
the APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC).


China (People's Rep.) (CN)


Passengers arriving within 6 days after leaving or transiting


and not holding a yellow fever vaccination certificate are
subject to vaccination upon arrival. At the airport of Dalian
(DLC) passenger will be kept in quarantine for 10 days or
deported.


Exempt from Yellow Fever vaccination:
- Children under 9 months of age.
- Passengers transiting countries with risk of yellow fever
transmission provided not leaving the transit areas.
Recommended:
- Malaria prophylaxis. Malaria risk, including P. falciparum,
exists in Yunnan and Hainan. P. falciparum resistance to
chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported. Limited
risk of P. vivax malaria exists in southern and some central
provinces. There is no malaria risk in the urban areas.
Recommended prevention in risk areas: B; in Hainan and
Yunnan: C.


- AZERBAIJAN: 1st EUROPEAN GAMES, JUNE 2015