What does "transit visa required" mean?

The need for a transit visa refers to the visa required for citizens to pass through a third country (region) when taking transportation after obtaining an entry visa to the country (region) after transiting.

On September 16, 2012, Beijing Vice Mayor Ding Xiangyang revealed at the World Tourism Cities Federation Beijing Summit that foreigners had just received approval from relevant national departments to achieve 72-hour transit exemption in Beijing. The policy will be announced soon.

Some countries stipulate that when passengers take transportation through their borders and stay no more than 24 hours or a certain period of time, they are exempted from applying for a transit visa (generally they are not allowed to leave the international airport). Some countries also stipulate that regardless of the length of stay or whether you leave the airport, you must apply for a transit visa. Transit visas, like entry and exit visas, have validity periods and length of stay.

Starting from January 30, 2016, at all open ports in Shanghai, as well as the Nanjing Air Port in Jiangsu Province and the Hangzhou Air Port in Zhejiang Province, passengers with valid international travel documents from 51 countries will be able to confirm dates and seats within 144 hours. Passengers traveling to a third country (region) with connecting tickets are subject to a visa-free transit policy.

A visa is an endorsement or stamp by a country’s sovereign authority on the passport or other travel documents held by its own or foreign citizens to indicate that they are allowed to enter or exit the country’s territory or pass through the country’s borders. It can also be said to be a An endorsement certificate issued to them.

In summary, a visa is a document issued by a country's entry-exit management agency (such as the Immigration Bureau or its embassy or consulate abroad) to express approval of entry to foreign citizens.

Visa and Passport:

Passport is the nationality and identity certificate of the holder, while visa is the permission certificate of a sovereign country to allow foreign citizens or its own citizens to enter, exit or pass through the country's borders.

Visas are generally endorsed on the passport, and some are endorsed on other travel documents that replace the passport. Some also issue separate visas. For example, the immigration visa of the United States and Canada is a piece of A4-sized paper. Singapore also issues a separate visa to foreigners. Generally speaking, the visa must be used at the same time as the passport to be valid.

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Notes

Myth 1: Past records can be erased by getting a new passport. After someone is refused a study abroad visa, they think that if they get a new passport, the refusal record will disappear. In fact, this is not the case. The new passport they apply for will indicate that this passport was forwarded based on the first one. When the visa officer sees this type of passport or checks past records, he or she will consider it a dishonest act to conceal the true past experience, and usually will not issue a visa.

Myth 2: "Living passport" must be easy to use. It is generally believed that before applying for a study visa in countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, if you have successful entry and exit records from third countries such as Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, your passport will be "live". The "live passport" will be useful for future applications. It will definitely be helpful to apply for visas for countries such as Japan and South Korea. However, countries like the United Kingdom and the United States will not use visas from other countries as a reference.

Misunderstanding 3: You are already studying abroad, but you want to apply for a transfer visa to a third country abroad. If there is no sufficient and real reason, applying for a third country visa in another country will be confusing and basically unsuccessful, because according to the main visa regulations of Western countries, you should usually return to the country to re-apply for a new study visa. .

Myth 4: The study abroad plan is unreasonable. I thought I could get a visa as long as I had an admission notice from a foreign institution. So, do you have enough knowledge about your study abroad plan? Is your study abroad plan logical? As long as there is a bad explanation, the visa officer will think that your attitude towards studying abroad is not serious, the purpose of studying abroad is unclear, and you have no need to study abroad.

Misunderstanding 5: Changing the country of application at will. If an applicant has a visa refusal record from another country and applies for a visa from another country in a short period of time, it clearly shows that your purpose of studying abroad is to go abroad, not to study. This kind of non-serious attitude towards going abroad will not be beneficial to your visa.

Misunderstanding 6: Applying previous or other country’s visa experience to apply for a visa. Usually visa policies change every six months or so, and different countries have different visa policies. Some people bring their relatives and friends’ visa application situations in the past, and the result is often rejected.

Misunderstanding 7: The attitude of giving it a try first. I went to apply for a visa without fully understanding the visa policy of the country I was applying for. As a result, my application was rejected because the document preparation was not complete and sufficient. After being rejected for the first time, it will be much harder to apply again than it was the first time.

Myth 8: There have been three visa refusal records. Such a refusal history will have a catastrophic impact on any future visas. In principle, applicants should not have more than three visa refusal records.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Transit Visa