Recently it's much easier to apply the Tibet permit, you can apply the permit without an organized tour.

contact to Xining office.
The cheapest way must be contacting to Lhasa office, but you need wait 4 days or more in Xining for the paper fax return to you. Actualy for entering Tibet you are using a copy of the permit.

Hello, we´re 4 friends who´d also like to enter Tibet from Bejing in August and are wondering if it´s possible to get a permit without an organized tour. Is the Xining office or the Lhasa office in Bejing or is it better to get a permit from another city like Chengdu? We´re looking forward to an answer, thanks from confused Annette
You can get a permit without a tour in Chedgu. I got mine though Sims Cozy Guest House. http://www.gogosc.com/index.asp<BR><BR>Good luck!

Does anyone know where you can get permits for Tibet in Xi'an? My friend and I live in Xi'an and were hoping to catch the train from Xi'an to Lhasa. I have asked the Bell Tower Hostel, who used to do permits and they said they can't do them anymore.
