Shenzhen 144-Hour Visa-Free Transit (Now 240h)

Requirements for 240-Hour Visa-Free Transit

• Passeport ordinaire valide
• Conseil pratique : la validité du passeport doit couvrir tout le séjour et le voyage de sortie — certaines compagnies aériennes appliquent leurs propres règles ; en cas de passeport proche de l'expiration, à confirmer auprès de la compagnie
• Billet aller confirmé vers un pays tiers
• Réservation d'hôtel ou adresse d'hébergement
• WeChat Pay activé pour les paiements dématérialisés
• Applications essentielles téléchargées (WeChat, Alipay, Metro, Didi)

Two documents do the heavy lifting: a valid ordinary passport and a confirmed onward ticket to a third country or region (with seat and date). The old 72-hour and 144-hour tiers have been consolidated into this single 240-hour policy.

Entry Process at Shenzhen

1. Before boarding: your airline checks the onward ticket — have the third-country booking ready.
2. On arrival: go to the 240-hour transit inspection counter and fill in the arrival card.
3. At border inspection: receive the temporary entry permit; the 240-hour clock starts at the moment of entry.
4. During your stay: tourism, business, visits and family reunions are fine — work, study and news reporting still require a visa.
5. Before 240 hours are up: exit through any designated port in China — it does not have to be Shenzhen.

Permitted Area from Shenzhen

Transit sans visa de 240 h disponible. Entrée et sortie par n'importe lequel des 65 ports désignés répartis dans 24 régions de niveau provincial ; déplacements entre provinces autorisés dans les zones permises pendant 240 heures maximum (10 jours). Région : Guangdong.

Cross-province travel within the permitted areas is officially allowed — you can enter in one city and depart from another, as long as both are designated ports.

240h Transit Ports in Shenzhen