Thorn Tree travel forum

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Your transit visa is only good for a limited number of days. If you overstay your visa you will probably have problems, but it might be possible to change your visa or get a new visa. There is a Mongolian consulate in Irkutsk and another in Ulan Ude, Russia. Visa processing usually takes about 5 days but can be obtained in less time for a higher price.

It will immediately be evident to the border guards that you have overstayed.

Train from UB to Beijing is about 100-120 USD per person in kupe/ 4 person compartment. Train travels once of twice a week depending upon the time of year. Whether there will be tickets available will depend upon when you are traveling. I usually recommend that people contact a guest house or travel agency in UB to arrange these tickets as there are so few options. OTOH it is possible to take a local daily train to the border, cross and catch a local train in China to Beijing.

Ruth

First check: Everbrite's travel pages, the New RU sticky,and New RU train sticky

Since I have taken the time to answer your question, it would be nice if you took the time to respond as to whether the information was helpful.

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hey, does anyone knows if its hard to get the transit visa? i have my onward ticket and my visa to china, and also can you do it upon arrival in Mongolia? P.S. im mexican. im going in the #004 train moscow-beijing, my worries are if i have to do the transit visa process before arrival beacuse im obtaining the train ticket when i arrive to moscow and i will not have enough days to do this process,
thanx to all!!