Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

group visa from nepal

Country forums / North-East Asia / Tibet

Hello,

I came to tibet via Nepal. For anyone interested: I was able to change my group visa to a regular Chinese visa in Xining. It also appeared to be possible in Golmud. I believe it is a regualr Chinese visa. Visa type is L and it is pasted to the group visa paper. Perhaps it is an extension of my group visa.

Viola.

How many days is your visa valid for?

What is your passport?

What did you pay for this "new" visa?

How long did it take?

Thanks for the information provided thus far.

Ruth

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details:

i received a 30 day visa
it cost about 160 yuan
canada passport
i received the visa the same day

also
i was asked "how long would you like". before i could answer he said "i will give you 30 days". perhaps longer is possible.

at the psb in golmud it was implied that there would be no problem receiving a visa as this was the first time. perhaps multiple requests result in denial.

at the psb in golmus i was told a visa take 15 minutes to process.

the psb in golmud experienced some technical issues so i had to travel to xining.

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Thank you for the details. It makes the information considerably more valuable to others with the details.

Ruth

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HI VIOLA. ARE YOU STILL AROUND?. Can you please give some info about how much you paid for the trip Kat-Lhasa?. how many people in the party and how long . thanks

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