Policy overviews

Each page links to the official source behind a verified policy record. Use the route's own conditions before treating it as an option for your trip.

• Thailand mutual agreement

  Ordinary passports; maximum 30 days per visit and 90 days in any 180 days.

• Singapore mutual agreement

  Ordinary passport mutual agreement; verify cumulative limits before travel.

• UAE mutual agreement

  Ordinary passports; short visits.

• Unilateral waiver: multi-country group

  Ordinary passport; business, tourism, visits, exchange or transit; no work, study or journalism.

• Unilateral waiver: Canada

  Ordinary passport; business, tourism, visits, exchange or transit; no work, study or journalism.

• Unilateral waiver: United Kingdom

  Ordinary passport; business, tourism, visits, exchange or transit; no work, study or journalism.

• Unilateral waiver: Russia

  Ordinary passport; eligible short visit.

• Unilateral waiver: Brunei

  Ordinary passport; eligible short visit; no announced expiry.

• 240-hour visa-free transit

  Third country or region; ordinary passport; confirmed onward ticket; at a listed port; stay within permitted areas. Maximum 240 hours.

• 24-hour port-area transit

  Third country or region; confirmed onward international flight, ship or train; remain in port restricted area. Leaving requires temporary entry permit.

• Hainan regional waiver

  Ordinary passport; enter through an open Hainan port; stay within Hainan; permitted short-stay purpose.

• Organized cruise group waiver

  Group of at least two organized and received by a China-registered travel agency; enter through one of 13 cruise cities; follow itinerary and leave on same ship; coastal provinces and Beijing only.