What's the difference between the latest visa exemption in China and landing visa countries?

1. time: "visa-free" means that you can stay from one country to another for 7 days to 6 months without a visa. "landing visa" means that tourists do not need to apply for a visa to the destination country before departure, but submit relevant materials and apply on the spot after arriving at the border of that country.

As the name implies, visa-free means that you can enter the destination country or region without applying for a visa, that is, you can freely enter and leave this country or region as long as you have a valid identity certificate (passport). The biggest advantage of visa exemption is that it saves the process of applying for and handling visas, which greatly improves the convenience.

For example, countries that grant visa-free treatment to China include Serbia, Seychelles and Mauritius. However, visa exemption is not unconditional. Not everyone can enter and leave the country at will with their passports. They have demands. Before traveling abroad, we must first study the relevant policies and requirements of the country's "visa exemption".

The advantage of landing visa is that you don't need to apply for a visa in advance. You just need to bring your passport and ticket. When you arrive at the destination airport, you can queue up in landing visa with your passport, and then you can get a visa with a stamp, such as Thailand, Nepal and Maldives. However, a visa on arrival does not mean that you can get a visa when you land. Sometimes you need the requirements of the destination country, landing visa, for example, Y needs an invitation letter, hotel reservation information, round-trip ticket credentials, travel itinerary and so on.

2. Convenience: Simply put, it is more complicated for landing visa to apply for a visa after going abroad than to apply for a visa-free visa. There is no visa-free, you can enter the country directly with your passport, and you don't need a visa, which is much more convenient than landing visa.

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The relationship between visa and passport:

Passport is the holder's nationality and identity certificate, and visa is the permission certificate of a sovereign country to allow foreign citizens or their own citizens to enter, exit or transit.

Visas are generally endorsed on passports, some are endorsed on other travel documents instead of passports, and some are issued separately. For example, immigration visas in the United States and Canada are A4 paper, and Singapore also issues separate paper visas to foreigners. Generally speaking, a visa must be used at the same time as a passport to be valid.

As of July 1 1, 2065438, 65 countries (regions) have implemented landing visa or visa-free policies for China citizens. Include 10 countries that can exempt ordinary passport visa from each other, 16 countries that unilaterally allow Chinese mainland citizens to enter the country without visas, and 39 countries that unilaterally allow Chinese mainland citizens to apply for visas on arrival. Serbia and Montenegro in Europe has also started visa-free access to China.

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