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Be buggered!!!!! These questions have been answered many, many times before. Are people getting lazier lately, or what??? A simple search will bring up ALL the answers.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

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Vipul,

May I suggest you use the SEARCH function at the top of the ThornTree screen? Then type in keywords related to your interest, such as: Nepal Tibet permit visa. As 1. notes, there are many posts on these exact subjects. Please read through some of these, and you will find what you are looking for - and much more. If you really do not find all the answers there to your specific situation, then please return here and ask those specific unanswered questions.

-- Cat www.centralasiatraveler.com

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Also, you will probably want to post any remaining questions at the Tibet subbranch of the North-East Asia branch, which here at the ThornTree is a different subbranch than China. (If you don't like to use the SEARCH function, you could also wander through that subbranch.)

-- Cat www.centralasiatraveler.com

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B) and C) Any existing unused China visas will be cancelled when you apply to go to China (via Tibet Autonomous Region) from Nepal, and you'll be put on a group visa.
D) Permit-wise, it's a hassle.
Cheers!

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How many times and in how many places did you ask these questions?

Oh well. Some people obviously need a lot of help.

1. In Nepal you can only get a group permit/visa to enter Tibet. These are generally only good for a maximum of 21 or 28 days. They can NOT be renewed or extended in Tibet. They on rare occasion are issued to a group of one or two but only on request in Nepal. Travel independently from Nepal is difficult and discouraged by local government.

2. Any Chinese visa obtained in advance of arrival in Nepal will be cancelled/voided and your only option is as above.

3. Correct.

4. The difficulty is not the travel per se but the fact that the visa you are issued in Nepal is theoretically restricted to Tibet and to travel in a group. This means that when you cross from Tibet to the rest of China you will need to change your visa. Reports about doing this are varied. Some people have success and are given new visas for 30 days, others are given limited extensions which permit them to travel overland to the nearest border. You don't mention your passport so it is hard to give any advice regarding the cost of a new visa/extension.

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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Bio: i am presently warking as a tour leader with G.A.P Adventure in India & Nepal
Country: India

So maybe we're meant to assume he's from India??

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

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Hi! Ruth & westwood

thanks for ur suggestions. it seems that there are too many hurdles involved in making a overland journey from Nepal to China. instead, I am now thinking of catching a flight directly to Chengdu from Kathmandu or Delhi.

Do you know any reliable local budget tour operator in Chengdu who organize group tours to Tibet.

Secondly would the Chinese officials cancel my Chinese visa even if i try to enter Tibet from Chengdu.

thank you
vipul

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In Chengdu try Sims Cozy guesthouse, www.gogosc.com.
Entering Tibet from mainland China means entering on a permit, TTP, a supplement to your ordinary chinese visa. Your visa will not be cancelled.

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No, your Chinese visa will not be cancelled in Tibet if you enter from Chengdu. Tibet is part of China.

Chinese visas are only cancelled if entrance is from Nepal in which case you must get a specific limited type of Chinese visa issued to a group for 21-28 days maximum.

There are limited flights from Kathmandu to China. I don't think there are any direct to Chengdu.

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.