What is the difference between visa-free and landing visa?

Friends who often go abroad or know about visas know it. Visa-free and landing visa said together, because it is very convenient. If you buy a plane ticket, you can go to your destination. In fact, there is still a difference between the two. Just because you don't need to apply for a visa again doesn't mean you won't have any worries. What do you know about visas and visas on arrival?

Visa-free VS landing visa Visa-free and landing visa are always put together. Both of them are destinations that you can go to by picking up your passport and buying a ticket, but they are still very different.

To put it bluntly, visa-free means "visa-free", which means that you can enter the country directly within a certain period of time without a visa from beginning to end. This is super understandable. It should be noted that the time limit for entry is limited, and most of the visa exemption is only for tourism. If you work or study, you still need a visa.

You don't need a visa when you leave the plane. When you get off the plane, you can submit the materials and fees and apply for a visa directly at the entry customs. Although the probability is not high, any visa form may be refused entry. Please also carry relevant certificates and documents with you, and carefully abide by the entry regulations of the destination.

be exempt from visa

As the name implies, you don't need to apply for a visa to enter the destination country or region, that is, you can freely enter and leave this country or region as long as you have valid identification (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".

1. Not all personal passports are visa-free. It is normal for some countries to implement visa-free group travel, such as Russia, and some countries are limited to holding diplomatic passports, official passports and ordinary business passports, such as Georgia. If China citizens travel to these countries with personal passports, they must apply for visas in advance.

2. Unilateral visa exemption. In order to promote the development of tourism, many countries or regions in the world unilaterally grant visa-free treatment to other countries, such as Saipan Island in the United States and Jeju Island in South Korea. Although these areas can be said to have left, the local immigration bureau still has the right to refuse you entry, for example, your travel documents are incomplete and you are suspected of immigration tendency.

3. Visa exemption is also conditional. It doesn't mean that you can come in and out as you like in China. For example, nine Indonesian ports can grant visa-free access to China tourists, and other ports can handle landing visa. Even visa-free ports are divided into visa-free and landing visa channel. If you go through the wrong channel, you can't enjoy visa-free treatment. For another example, San Marino is visa-free to China, but this country surrounded by Italy must go to Italy before it can enter San Marino. Then you must have a Schengen visa first. In addition, many countries have similar requirements for visa exemption. For example, the passport must be valid for more than 6 months and show the hotel reservation information of the return ticket, otherwise it has the right to refuse entry.

4. Visa-free transit. Some countries add the word "transit" before "visa-free". This does not mean that China citizens are granted visa-free treatment in this country, but they can enjoy visa-free treatment for a certain period of time by providing relevant travel certificates under certain conditions (mostly through transit to third countries), such as Singapore.

arrival visa

In addition to visa exemption, there is also a convenient visa policy, namely "landing visa", that is, you don't need to apply for a visa in advance, go to the customs of the destination country, and then apply for a visa according to the regulations and requirements, so you can be allowed to enter the country. There are many such countries, such as Maldives, Nepal and Thailand.

However, a visa on arrival does not mean visa exemption, nor does it mean issuing a visa upon landing. Visas can only be issued according to the requirements of landing visa and the destination country, such as the port of entry, invitation letter, address information, departure ticket, financial proof, etc. If it is not approved, it needs to be repatriated through the same channel.

1. Not all visas on arrival and China will be released at the border inspection. Because some countries are unilateral landing visa, they have not passed the border inspection in China or the approval of airlines, so there will be airports that can refuse to leave the country, such as Malaysia. Malaysia is not on the release list of China border inspection, so it needs an entry permit from a third country or region.

2. The visa on arrival is also qualified. There are many kinds in landing visa, which are free. You can sign them when you go there, and there are also various requirements. For example, landing visa and Myanmar apply for Yangon International Airport and Mandalay International Airport, landing visa and Iran need to provide invitations issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, and landing visa and Egypt cannot have white passports.

There are 1 visa-free countries for China, and1visa-free countries, including UAE, Barbados, Bahamas, Ecuador, Fiji, Grenada, Mauritius, San Marino, Seychelles, Serbia and Tonga.

2. Countries that unilaterally grant visa-free entry to China citizens mainly include French Reunion and South Korea (Jeju Island). ), Mariana Islands (Saipan, etc. ), Samoa and French Polynesia. Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territories), Turks and Caicos Islands (British Overseas Territories), Jamaica and Dominica.

Pay attention to details. Visa-free countries basically have one thing in common, that is, they need passports, and their stay in the country is limited, usually not more than 30 days and not more than 3 months at most. This needs everyone's attention, don't exceed the time.

These are some visa-free countries listed in Bian Xiao Railway Network. If you want to go to a country after reading it, you can apply for a passport to play.

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Bian Xiao saw in some previous comments about visa exemption and landing visa that the visa exemption we can enjoy now and the name of landing visa's country (region) look strange. We really need visas to travel to some big tourist countries that everyone thinks, but in fact, the visa policy is also developing to multi-year visas, which is a very good thing.

Bian Xiao thinks that there are good and bad destinations, and many places have their own characteristics, but many people don't understand them. For example, loneliness every year.

Planet, a traveler's bible, is the country (region) listed in the destination list for next year. I believe many people are hearing the name here for the first time. One of the meanings of travel is exploration and discovery. Don't reject or reject a destination because you don't know it, let alone look down on it. Of course, travel safety is still the first. I also wish you all a better time in a fun world.