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Will I qualify for 144 hr Visa Beijing

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Hi guys! So my husband and I are both US passport holders and we have tickets from Hong Kong to Beijing and then to Kathmandu but the problem is that it lays over in Hong Kong before going to Kathmandu ... will we still qualify for visa exemption?

I have been looking everywhere and it says that the origin country and destination countries have to be different... our origin in HK and FINAL destination is kathmandu but since it goes to HK first I am scared we won’t be eligible

Has anyone had experience with this or know the answer so I can rework the flight situation in time in case I don’t qualify .. we leave in 3 days

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Your itinerary, HK to Beijing to HK to Kathmandu, does not qualify. HK to PEK to HK is not a transit.

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I just wasn’t sure because my flight lays over in Hong Kong and I am not exiting the airport between flights.. I am just connecting to Kathmandu

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This makes no difference.

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Not eligible for Transit Without Visa. Since you have no time to get a visa, rework your flights. If you would change to HK - Beijing - Seoul - HK - KTM you could do up to 144 hour TWOV since the insertion of Seoul (or other 3rd country) as a buffer between Beijing and HK #2 is the key.

And please stop staying "144 hour visa" as there is no such thing, it is a visa exemption.

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Okay 144 hour visa exemption then.... would Macau to Beijing to Hong Kong work? My tix out of Beijing are unchangeable....

Thanks for the help

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Macau->Beijing->Hong Kong, eligible

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Yes this works.

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Yes, oddly enough, Macau - Beijing- HK is acceptable.

The reason I criticized your use of the words "144 hour Visa" is that there is no such thing, and if you repeat those words when trying to convince an airline to board you, it could cause confusion and a denial of boarding. The magic words are "Transit Without Visa" since that is what appears in the airlines' manual on passenger eligibility. I wasn't trying to be a mean spirited pedant.

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