Latest entry and exit policies and international flight plans in February 2023

Recently, some countries and regions have adjusted their entry and exit policies, and a number of international air routes to and from China have been reopened, which is very good news for some domestic tourists. The following small series will sort it out for everyone, let's take a look!

1. Adjustment of entry and exit policies. The Japanese Embassy in China resumed the examination and issuance of short-term visas for China.

According to the news of the China Embassy in Japan (65438129 October), the China Embassy in Japan will resume the examination and issuance of ordinary visas for Japanese citizens in China from now on.

According to the National Immigration Bureau, in view of the fact that the China Embassy and Consulate in Japan has resumed visa business in China, the National Immigration Bureau will resume issuing port visas to Japanese citizens from now on, and resume the 72/ 144-hour transit visa-free policy.

Some China embassies abroad collect the fingerprints of Chinese visa applicants.

Recently, the embassies of China in Angola, Gabon, Bahamas and Botswana have successively announced that they will collect fingerprint information from all applicants for Chinese visas and issue biometric visas.

The following persons are exempt from mining:

(1)1persons under 4 years of age or over 70 years of age;

(2) Persons who hold diplomatic passports or meet the conditions for issuing diplomatic, official and courtesy visas in China;

(3) Persons who hold the same passport and apply for visas at China embassies and consulates abroad within five years and keep their fingerprints;

(four) ten fingers are incomplete or ten fingerprints cannot be retained.

Some countries have extended temporary restrictions on immigrants from China.

According to Reuters news, on October 28th, local time 10, the French government issued a decree, requiring passengers entering from China to show their negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test certificates within 48 hours before departure, and forcing them to wear masks. Entry restrictions extended to February 28th 15. On 30 February last year, 12, the French authorities announced that they would strengthen the epidemic prevention restrictions on tourists from China.

On June 27th, local time/kloc-0, 65438, the Swedish government issued a statement, extending the requirement that China immigrants' COVID-19 nucleic acid test results must be negative to February of 18, which is applicable to third-country citizens above 12.

65438+1On October 27th, the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters of South China indicated that it would extend the suspension of issuing short-term visas to Korean citizens until the 28th of next month. Since June 5438+1October 2, the Korean government has suspended the issuance of short-term visas to China citizens, except for diplomatic, official, necessary business needs and humanitarian reasons.

Latest information on international flights in February Since June this year, the number of international passenger flights in and out of China has been increasing continuously. Recently, a number of airlines announced the opening or resumption of international flights. Passengers with travel needs should carefully compare and arrange their trips reasonably.

Air China

In the near future, Air China will resume its operations in Beijing-Bangkok, Beijing-Phuket, Beijing-Chiang Mai, Beijing-Geneva, Beijing-Melbourne, Beijing-Sydney, Chengdu-China Taipei and Wuhan-China Macau.

Southern airlines

Recently, China Southern plans to add a number of international and regional round-trip routes from Guangzhou to Hanoi, Urumqi to Baku, Shenzhen to Phnom Penh, and add a number of round-trip routes from Urumqi to Tbilisi, Guangzhou to Kuala Lumpur and Urumqi to Tehran.

Hainan airlines

Following the recent resumption/opening of three routes to and from Thailand, Hainan Airlines will soon open a new route to Southeast Asia. On February 22nd, Shenzhen = Phnom Penh will sail soon, with a round trip every Wednesday and July.

Xiamen airlines

Recently, Xiamen Airlines resumed the Xiamen-Ho Chi Minh route and Fuzhou-Sydney route, and plans to resume the Fuzhou-Bangkok route. At the same time, Xiamen Airlines has added several popular destination routes and intercontinental routes in Southeast Asia.

Shandong airlines

In order to meet the passenger demand, Jinan = China-Hongkong route will be increased from 65438+1October 3 1 to twice a week. Recently Shandong Airlines International &; Regional flight plan, including Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Jakarta and other routes.

Air France

From February 13, Air France will resume the direct flight service between Shanghai and Paris, which means that from February 13, all Air France flights in Shanghai will no longer need to stop in Seoul, South Korea. Due to the change of flight routes, the flight duration of Shanghai round-trip flights will be shortened, providing more convenience for travel.

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways recently announced that it will increase the number of flights from Guangzhou to Doha to four per week from February 15, 2023.

Turkish Airlines

In February, Turkish Airlines announced that it would resume the operation of the Istanbul-Beijing route and encrypt the Istanbul-Shanghai route. Please pay attention to the optimization and adjustment of the flight schedule of Istanbul-Guangzhou route.

Emirates airlines

Recently, Emirates announced that it will restart passenger services in Shanghai and Beijing, and the capacity of Guangzhou route will also be greatly improved to build a convenient air bridge for passengers.

Dubai = Shanghai

From February 2nd, Dubai's flight service to and from Shanghai (return flight technology stops in Bangkok) will be increased to four flights a week, which will be carried out on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, respectively, and will be carried out by Boeing 777-300ER three-cabin passenger aircraft.

From March 1, the Dubai-Shanghai route will be increased to once a day, and it will be changed into a direct flight service, which will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER.

Dubai = Guangzhou

From February 1 day, Emirates will further increase the passenger service from Dubai to Guangzhou, once a day, all EK362/EK363 will be changed to direct flights, and Emirates A380 flagship aircraft will continue to be used.

Dubai = Beijing

From March 15, Emirates resumed flights to Beijing. This direct service will be operated once a day and will be carried out by Boeing 777-300ER.

Mahan airlines

65438+1From October 22nd, the Tehran-Beijing air route will be resumed, with one flight every Sunday. From February 1 day, the number of flights between Tehran and Shanghai increased to 4 per week. Up to now, there are four direct flights from China to Tehran, with 9 flights in total, with Beijing-Tehran every Monday, Shanghai-Tehran every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Guangzhou-Tehran every Sunday and Shenzhen-Tehran every Saturday and Tuesday.

Source: China Overseas Chinese Network