If I have a multiple entry visa for China, do I need to provide an itinerary for the second and subsequent entries?
I know that when you submit your visa application you're generally asked for an itinerary, even if it's only the first night and the cities you'll be visiting.
Assuming the application is approved and you now have, for example, a 10 year multiple entry visa for China, can you just show up at the border for the second and following entries?
Or is it necessary to contact an embassy each time you plan to enter?
Best Answer
This mostly depends on your nationality AND ethnicity.
If you're a citizen of US/UK/Western EU, your visa issuance is typically a formality. Nobody at Chinese border crossing is going to care or ask about your itinerary, unless you come in a "Free Tibet" t-shirt or having a Falun Gong brochure in your hand. This is true for the first and all subsequent crossings. Note that you have to fill up the arrival card where you state your purpose of the visit and "intended address in China", so the typical questions the passport control officer could ask are already answered there. This is my typical experience for 6+ visits to China.
However more than once I've seen persons of likely Indian origin being seriously questioned by the Chinese passport control even when they had the US passport, and they had to show some papers (looked like hotel reservation, but I wasn't sure). So if you happen to be one, have the itinerary ready.
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