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What procedures do Japanese people need to go to Lhasa?

Overseas tourists:

Need a confirmation letter to enter Tibet. I need to provide my passport (or Taiwanese certificate) and my visa or copy when I apply for a certificate. The contents include: name, gender, age, nationality, occupation, passport number, visa type and validity period.

Approval letter for tourist visa to Tibet

Why do foreigners need to apply for a "travel approval letter to Tibet"?

In view of Tibet's special ethnic traditions, cultural relics and ecological environment protection needs, as well as Tibet's traffic conditions, tourism service facilities and reception capacity, the government stipulates that non-China citizens, namely foreign tourists, tourists from Taiwan Province Province and overseas Chinese (except those holding China SAR passports or visiting relatives) must apply for the "Approval Letter for Foreigners to Visit Tibet" issued by Xizang Autonomous Region Tourism Bureau [TTB] before entering the country. At the same time, it also stipulates that

Who needs to apply for the "Travel Approval for Tibet"?

1, a non-China citizen ID card holder-a tourist from Taiwan Province Province, China;

2. Non-China passport holders-foreign passport holders.

Note: Overseas Chinese who do not have a China passport also need to apply for a "Travel Approval Letter to Tibet".

Note: The requirement that Hong Kong and Macao personnel must provide the "Approval Letter for Traveling to Tibet" has been cancelled. Hong Kong and Macao tourists can travel to Tibet by themselves with China SAR passport, Home Visit Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Compatriots (issued before 1998 and valid for 10) or Mainland Pass for Hong Kong and Macao residents.

About the visa to enter Tibet:

1. Only tourists with foreign passports and from Taiwan Province Province need to apply for entry visas, but mainland citizens and Hong Kong and Macao residents do not need to apply.

2. Procedures for applying for a visa to Tibet: You can apply for a visa to Tibet as long as you give a copy of your passport and your occupation to the travel agency that handles your travel.

After the visa to enter Tibet is processed, the travel agency will give you a confirmation letter to enter Tibet. Only with the confirmation letter can you buy air tickets and bus tickets and travel with a group.

If foreign guests and Taiwan Province compatriots want to join the new Tibet tour group, they can fax us a copy of your passport, and we can go through the formalities for you to enter Tibet. The fax number is as follows:

Fax: 028 85064040 Tel: 028 66002006 MSN: trip @163.com.

How to apply for a border pass to Tibet border? (Chinese and foreign tourists are required to apply)

To go to the border areas such as Alimedog, Zhangmu, Yadong, Dingri (Everest), Shiquanhe and Pulan, you need to apply for border permits.

(The following are domestic tourists)

If there is no special reason, I suggest you apply for a border card in your own place. Unless you ask for Tibetan on the border card as a souvenir, you have to do it in Lhasa. Xigaze, Linzhi and other places are also ok, but it is relatively troublesome.

If you want to apply for a border pass in Lhasa, an easy way is to pay the travel agency. Otherwise, you need to start a complicated authentication procedure.

Relevant regulations on foreigners' travel to Tibet

According to the regulations of the National Tourism Administration, foreign tourists, tourists from Taiwan Province Province and overseas Chinese (except those holding China SAR passports or home visit permits) are not allowed to travel by themselves during their stay in Tibet. No matter how many guests there are, you must travel in groups in an organized and planned way.

Any organized overseas travel team must apply to Tibet Tourism Bureau and its local office for a letter of approval to enter Tibet. For overseas individual tourists who wish to enter Tibet, Xizang Autonomous Region Tourism Bureau has set up offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Golmud to take charge of overseas individual tourists.

How to handle the "Approval Letter for Foreigners to Visit Tibet"?

Visa: Overseas tourists need to apply for a Chinese visa at the local embassy (consulate) of China, except countries that have concluded visa-free agreements with China.

Letter of approval for applying for travel to Tibet: Please submit your basic information (including name, nationality, age, gender, occupation and passport number), approximate travel time, travel intention, contact telephone number and other information through the local travel agency or directly to the offices of Tibet Tourism Bureau, and fax or email the passport home page and a copy of the visa to the office, and you will get the relevant confirmation procedures for entering Tibet within 2-3 days.

After receiving a copy of the guest's passport and visa, you can usually sign the "Letter of Approval for Foreigners to Travel to Tibet" immediately. Although it only takes 2 working days to examine and issue this approval letter for entering Tibet, please go through the application procedures as soon as possible in order to confirm the travel route, time, place and other related information, considering the arrangement and reservation of tourism matters related to the guests.