解读中国的24小时/72小时/144小时过境免签政策(6)

同时，旅客需要持有72小时内已确定日期及座位的前往第三国（地区）联程机票。美国-厦门-香港地区，当时符合条件可以获得72小时免签，而根据过往旅客的DP，美国-厦门-美国，是不可以获得72小时免签的，但是美国-厦门-首尔转机-美国，是可以获得72小时免签的。也就是说只要A-中国大陆-B，A和B不是同一个国家（地区)，那么就能获得72小时免签。
Passengers who meet the 72-hour transit visa-free conditions shall apply to the relevant airlines, and the airlines or passengers shall declare to the border inspection authority in person. The border inspection authority shall allow them to enter the country temporarily if they meet the conditions for transit visa-free conditions after examination.
符合72小时过境免签的旅客，应当向相关航空公司提出，由航空公司或者旅客本人向边检机关申报，边检机关经审核符合过境免签条件的，允许其临时入境。
III. 144-hour transit visa-free
三、144小时过境免签
The 144-hour visa-free and 72-hour visa-free are much the same, except at different ports of entry. The 144 hours are still valid only for citizens of the 53 countries listed above. The 144-hour rule is exactly the same as the 72-hour rule, which requires passengers to travel from country A to the Chinese mainland and then to country B. The 144-hour visa-free period covers the following ports and areas of activities. Visitors are not allowed to leave the areas of activities in brackets: