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30 Days Visa-Free Entry to China for Australian & New Zealand Passport Holders

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30 Days Visa-Free Entry to China for Australian & New Zealand Passport Holders
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datafellows on 23/11/2024 - 09:11 visasnews.com (3272 clicks)
Last edited 24/11/2024 - 11:26 by 1 other user

Thank you Scrooge McDeal for the original 15 day deal.

Good news for travelers from the many countries benefiting from China’s unilateral visa-free policy: from November 30, 2024, visa-free stays in China will be extended to 30 days, instead of the current 15.

Also good news for me as I was planning a bit longer trip to China early next year and was dreading the visa application process.

These are now the current countries enjoying the 30 day visa free entry
Andorra Australia Austria Belgium
Brunei Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus
Denmark Estonia Finland France
Germany Greece Hungary Iceland
Ireland Italy Japan Latvia
Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Malta
Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand
North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal
Romania Slovakia Slovenia South Korea
Spain Switzerland
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Comments

          • Creamsoda on 23/11/2024 - 16:50
            +1

            @minzt: i believe what the world bank, Brookings Institution is saying not some xenophobe.
            https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/01/l…
            https://www.brookings.edu/articles/whats-next-for-poverty-re…

            • Telios on 24/11/2024 - 12:46
              -1

              @Creamsoda: You realise they consider earning $2 a day above the poverty line.

              With inflation and the cost of goods having risen rapidly - even in China - this figure is ridiculous in any second or first world economy.

              There is no way you could live in a modern Chinese city for this amount.

              You would be lucky to find a small apartment in any reasonable city for less than 2500-3000 yuan a month (~$600) which is already immediately $2 a day.

              • Creamsoda on 24/11/2024 - 19:27
                +2

                @Telios:

                You realise they consider earning $2 a day above the poverty line.

                There are matrix in how those organizations measure poverty. You wanna make an argument, go tell those world renowned organization to change how they measure poverty and how you can do it better?

                • ashtrayc2c on 28/11/2024 - 19:37

                  @Creamsoda: now why on earth would you encourage them to try to do something they clearly have no capacity for?

                  orrrrrr is this comment applying reverse psychology?

                  @Telios go apply to work for world bank and prove us wrong out of spite.

        • Euthyphro on 30/11/2024 - 06:03

          "30yrs ago", who governed China 30 years ago? It's the same Chinese Communist Party which brought the biggest famine in human history, starved 15 to 55 million people to death, and waged Cultural Revolution against Chinese culture and people.

          If the government is so good, why don't you go back and live there?

      • angilinwago on 24/11/2024 - 09:01

        It's people like you who are spreading false misinformed xenophobic notions online make them the "ccp lover/shill", i wouldn't criticise you if you are sticking to truth, not exaggerated half truth. Case in point, what if byd really is a better car than Tesla price wise? What if people really like byd more than Tesla? You can say that byd got to where it is only because of Tesla.

      • wintersnow911 on 24/11/2024 - 09:08

        do you have any evidence to support your claim? and would do you call australians living overseas "fled" from here?

  • mr_asstight on 23/11/2024 - 09:48
    +20

    China and its stupid internet firewall.

    • BOGANOZOI on 23/11/2024 - 16:41
      +5

      that's for protection of bogans otta wall, u believe or not.

    • SeVeN11 on 24/11/2024 - 00:44
      +1

      Travelkon fixes that.

      • Mugsy on 24/11/2024 - 07:24

        Works well too. Family members have had good success with both unlimited and that 15GB 180 day esim.

    • jdhau on 24/11/2024 - 21:11
      +1

      Step 1: get an eSim from HK (use three)
      Step 2: set up your own VPN using Outline for cases where you can use WiFi

  • housecat8 on 23/11/2024 - 09:50

    Great news, thanks.

  • franz87 on 23/11/2024 - 09:56
    +68

    The casual racism in these posts is embarrassing but unsurprising. Years of exposure to LNP/Murdoch propaganda does that to the brain.

      • Telios on 23/11/2024 - 10:26
        +16

        Easier to just throw the word racist around instead of any critical thinking.

        The modus operandi of the CCP is terrifying.

      • angilinwago on 23/11/2024 - 11:13
        -7

        Are you by any chance from Hong Kong? It's just that the notion that "china is disliked by everyone especially its neighbours" is so commonly quoted by Hong Kong separatists it's getting a bit old. It can't be more wrong, you are full of sinophobia so you would to your core be against everything that had anything to do with china. The truth is it's a competitive world and if you look closely, studied world's culture and history, all countries at certain point of history disliked or still dislike other countries especially their neighbours, it's everywhere (in fact countries can do much worse than dislike, they can go to wars and commit genocide etc.). Apart from historical reasons (elephant in the room), China is especially competitive and it had to grow so fast, it's only natural it had upset its neighbours somewhat during the process.

        • spc12go on 23/11/2024 - 11:53

          I guess you must be from China.

          Ask that question to the boys’ parents that was stabbed to death. Or the parents of the kindergartener that was in the bus. Or the families of the three American teachers that was attacked.

          China promote hate towards other nations, alter history and misinformation to its citizens.

          Upset other counties along the way, lol just like how the foreign affairs person speaks at the press. China is the safest country in the world. All responsibility lies with others. China is perfect

          • TightAl on 23/11/2024 - 13:09
            -1

            @spc12go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8_YW8SkYBs&ab_channel=Danie…
            Why don't you see how your beloved Honkie insurrectionist treat woman.
            Classy as

          • FlyingMiffy on 23/11/2024 - 20:58
            +4

            @spc12go: And you must be a white dude from one of the english speaking countries. Slap yourself on the back with your insights! Every country promotes itself and prioritizes itself.

          • angilinwago on 24/11/2024 - 09:24
            +4

            @spc12go: What? There is a thing called statistics, look up murder/crime rate in china and in the usa, or rate of crime against foreigners etc, are you still in high school? All your arguments just sound very childish.

            "China promote hate towards other nations, alter history and misinformation to its citizens." It's such a xenophobic bullshit i don't even know how to respond to that.

        • Riceplate on 23/11/2024 - 12:37
          -7

          China is supporting the Russian war effort. You have no defence of this.

          • FlyingMiffy on 23/11/2024 - 20:59
            +7

            @Riceplate: And the US is supporting the Isreali murder of women and children… your point?

          • angilinwago on 24/11/2024 - 09:13
            +4

            @Riceplate: Would you say the samething about India or Europe? Europe is still buying Russians gas, and India's trade with Russia has grown 5 times since the war, Modi literally hugged Putin like brothers. Of course you haven't heard about all that. China is a merchant, it will sell to whoever will buy, by that standard, it is also supporting Ukraine's war effort by trading with them.

        • mustang87401 on 23/11/2024 - 13:12
          -1

          I am actually white and have no allegiance to anything related to China.

        • mustang87401 on 23/11/2024 - 13:13
          -2

          What about the organ harvesting in prison camps though? It’s not so safe if you look below the surface.

          • angilinwago on 24/11/2024 - 08:27
            +4

            @mustang87401: Aha, there it is, organ harvesting, the hallmark of a brainwashed misinformed sinophobe, say anything about china, prison camps, not free, censorship, dictatorship, treating its people badly etc i would agree. but the entire organ harvesting bullshit is a lie, invented by cult falungong, you can't find any credible source on the internet except from falungong, the ephoch times, or the bullshit tribunal, they are all the same organisation. Read a small section titled "bloody harvest" in this Washington post article should disprove all that.
            https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-the-fac…

            • ashtrayc2c on 27/11/2024 - 22:58

              @angilinwago: dont think they know how to read.

              not like the informations blocked… like how the actual riot footage in hong kong was blocked out of youtube when it was happening.

              but holy crap was it a good time to visit HK disney land. got fast track tickets refunded and resold regulat tickets. no queues at all!

              want to visit a tourist attraction? start a riot. save money. RIOT BARGAIN!

    • Pufff on 23/11/2024 - 10:19
      +1

      They don't understand irony and call others sheep too lmfao.

    • whyisave on 23/11/2024 - 10:39
      +10

      Years of exposure to LNP/Murdoch propaganda does that to the brain.

      Not only on the issue of China,…but every other thing,
      eg. Geopolitics (Mid-East, Russia, North Korea, USA, NATO, etc.), Covid, Mining Tax, Input Franking Credits, Indigenous Voice, Immigration, Nuclear Reactors, Toll Roads, etc.

      Decades, upon decades of "propaganda".

      • fromthehatch on 23/11/2024 - 13:56
        +4

        Yup, we now have CCP style media ownership and internet filters that have literally been copied by our government over the last 2 decades..

        What happens to a whistleblower in Australia?

    • spc12go on 23/11/2024 - 12:11
      -5

      Been critical of a political party is casual racism. You must have been exposed to the radioactive water from Fukushima. It’s only been a few months since they released the water. Better stock up on salt and stop eating seafood. But even the Chinese have started to import Japanese seafood again. After they declared it unsafe for human consumption.

      This is propaganda feed to the people by CCP

      • angilinwago on 24/11/2024 - 09:15
        +2

        How old are you? 8?

    • pokmo on 23/11/2024 - 19:02
      +7

      Anti CCP isn't necessarily racism. Ask any Taiwanese or Hongkonger.

      • Poor Ass on 23/11/2024 - 19:53
        +1

        There's plenty anti CCP in China too it's something you don't talk about

      • cheapskate101 on 23/11/2024 - 22:16
        +1

        Some Taiwanese think they are a different race. They think they are a sub race of Japanese. Bred to serve Japanese and Americans.

    • bombcat on 23/11/2024 - 19:10
      +2

      That's why the Chinese government offering free entry for these ppl to see some facts with their own eyes.

      • ashtrayc2c on 23/11/2024 - 22:25
        +1

        Na. That would be too convenient. Why would anyone want to formulate their own opinion from actual experiences? Lol

        Then again could be a budgeting issue.

      • minzt on 07/12/2024 - 16:06

        instead of letting its own people see outside of China. So their people can stay within the firewall but have a taste of how it's like outside, censored. How convenient

  • Buwwy on 23/11/2024 - 10:00
    +10

    Didn't realise it's already visa-free entry. Was such a hassle before. 30 days is great.

    • 11112007 on 23/11/2024 - 10:20
      +1

      Yep was a pain in the ass going to get a Visa!

      • Cyphar on 23/11/2024 - 10:37
        +1

        I'd mail my passport to the office and get it back within a week. Never found it a problem. Flat out refused to go in to the office personally after the first time. That was awful lol

        • 11112007 on 23/11/2024 - 10:40

          First time I went I waited around 3 hours in total. Last year when I did it, it was around 30 mins. But now it's 0 minutes which is great!

    • minzt on 23/11/2024 - 14:27
      -4

      Yeap, we will see more of this.
      China wants people from other countries to visit but not the other way round. CCP wants to keep its people inside of the firewall, otherwise it will get too hard to manipulate as their own people will then have access to outside information.

      • minzt on 07/12/2024 - 16:00
        -1

        not sure why i got downvoted when this is exactly what CCP is doing. It is so hard for its own citizen to go overseas (also why facebook, youtube, whatsapp, instagram, tiktok are banned in China) for a reason. They can only use weibo and wechat that is censored by CCP 24/7. Whoever downvoted me knows nothing about the CCP

  • Hamsahamsahamsa on 23/11/2024 - 10:03
    +5

    In Thailand I've encountered a scam where it's free/cheap to go someplace, but to return it costs an arm and a leg. Is this the same sort of deal where you'll be paying to leave?

    • John on 23/11/2024 - 10:10

      Very very slim maybe even non existent. I can only think a scam if you take a taxi and pay cash, they would ask you to pay more than you should. But if you book everything via Didi the price is all agreed and you pay in the app, so they can’t do it

      • Hamsahamsahamsa on 23/11/2024 - 10:12

        I was referring to ferry prices to leave some of the islands, not taxis, not sure if it's still the same but left a bad taste in my mouth

        • John on 23/11/2024 - 10:13
          +2

          I know how it is in Thai. Even in most SEA countries. But not China. China is much more in the level (safety wise) to Japan or Korea, if not higher. CCTV is everywhere, almost everyone there are afraid to commit a crime because they know they are always watched

  • Terry25 on 23/11/2024 - 10:03
    -5

    The economy there is not great, beware of your personal belongings and your life.

    • willz on 23/11/2024 - 10:38
      +24

      I can guarantee you that you don't have to worry about your phones or hand bags getting snatched off you in the streets like some of the fancy European cities lol.

      • syswong on 23/11/2024 - 11:10
        -1

        You have to worry about losing your belonging in europe vs losing your organs in China (and some Asean countries). I wonder which one people will pick…

        • etan on 23/11/2024 - 11:52
          +2

          Don't worry your stuff don't match Asean countries

        • buckster on 23/11/2024 - 12:21
          +2

          Yep lol my white kidney ain't gonna do them much good

        • sangohan on 23/11/2024 - 13:33
          +4

          losing your organs in China

          only in south east asia do you need to worry about that. Not in china, japan or korea.

          • minzt on 23/11/2024 - 14:29
            -3

            @sangohan: funny how you say it doesn't happen in China. Or have you only been reading their censored news..?

            • wookiegao on 23/11/2024 - 15:54
              +2

              @minzt: Just like you heard about gunshot in sydney. That's not a common situation unless you touch some gray business.

              • minzt on 23/11/2024 - 16:24
                -2

                @wookiegao: @wookiegao you just showed how little you know about CCP. Nothing happens there is on the news. You should be glad what happened in Sydney wasn't censored :)

        • BOGANOZOI on 23/11/2024 - 16:42

          sounds u lost ur brain in china

    • T-man on 23/11/2024 - 10:57
      +1

      You meant the EU?

    • crentist on 23/11/2024 - 11:42
      +1

      Thanks mum 🙄

    • spc12go on 23/11/2024 - 11:57
      -8

      You need to worry about getting stabbed or ram over with BEV, not your personal belongs.

      • MrThing on 23/11/2024 - 13:16

        good to see your using just the past 3 weeks as a sample for the entire safety of china

        • spc12go on 23/11/2024 - 14:00
          -5

          Stabbing started long before that.

          • kumquat on 23/11/2024 - 14:43
            +2

            @spc12go: You haven’t been to Mt Druitt

            • spc12go on 23/11/2024 - 15:04
              -4

              @kumquat: No I haven’t,and my friend was born and raised at Rooty Hill and he has never been stabbed.

              That aside the stabbing and etc here are not people projecting hate onto the society. It’s motivated by financial gain or criminal intension, unlike China. Those attack are hate towards the society because they wouldn’t dare to go after the government, therefore they pick easy target the innocent civilians.

              • angilinwago on 24/11/2024 - 09:31

                @spc12go: Again, statistics, the rate of those crime in china is still extremely low comparing to countries like usa, would you advise people to never to go to usa?

      • Ryk on 23/11/2024 - 19:05

        just the scam not "taxi" drivers on the Shenzen side of the border with HKG

      • angilinwago on 24/11/2024 - 09:39

        Ok, we know that you keep up with what's happening in china, can you stop the news refreshment now? It's getting old. Isn't it sad, you hate china so much yet your life still revolves around it? Do you spend more time consuming news relating to china than the rest of the world?

    • [Deactivated] on 23/11/2024 - 12:26
      +10

      China’s pretty safe. Europe isn’t exactly safer considering it’s full of Africans, Middle Easterners and South Americans. How pathetic the Dutch are that Rotterdam is controlled by Moroccan gangs.

      • May4th on 23/11/2024 - 13:51
        +4

        objectively China is safe precisely because of CCP over-reach. there's CCP surveillance everywhere, and last thing they want is to lose tourism dollar by having anything bad happen to tourists. so unless you are a political activist, you are much less likely to encounter violent petty crime compared to places like Paris

      • spc12go on 23/11/2024 - 15:29
        -3

        Western society and our values doesn’t allow the government to round them all up and sent them to labour/reeducation camp and break them down mentally. They have to be charged and prove guilty before sending them to prison, and released once they are done with their time.

        • FlyingMiffy on 23/11/2024 - 21:02
          +1

          Yeah it does. The pretense is what matters. You happen to accept the pretense for Australia's unilateral imprisonment of refugees on an island up north while China accepts the unilateral segregation of a minority group. Guess what? Both are on the simple grounds of national security. Come back once the world is perfect.

        • cheapskate101 on 23/11/2024 - 22:22

          The people in western society will round up Muslims around a beach and bash them. The government turns a blind eye. Freedom to bash people up.

    • cheapskate101 on 23/11/2024 - 22:18

      More dangerous in Australia. Try walking around at night alone. Well… Unless you are one of the rapists roaming our streets.

  • Furi8 on 23/11/2024 - 10:03
    +3

    Might have to disconnect from ozbargain when I'm there.

    • whyisave on 23/11/2024 - 10:41
      +3

      You will travel from Amazon to AliExpress

  • KARMAAA on 23/11/2024 - 10:04
    -7

    Wouldn't go even if you paid me, not because of the people, the people are lovely, but because of safety reasons and yes China is actually a pretty safe country crime wise, I'm not afraid of the criminals, if you catch my drift.

    • Ozybargdias on 23/11/2024 - 10:08
      +34

      You’re not important enough to be targeted by the Chinese government mate

      • KARMAAA on 23/11/2024 - 10:11
        -2

        Yeah probably not, still wouldn't run the risk.

      • TightAl on 23/11/2024 - 13:11
        +2

        Bro has $10k in the bank and 400k mortgage, he is thinking anyone in this world let alone a govt cares lmao

        • KARMAAA on 23/11/2024 - 13:53

          This is OzBARGAIN mate, I'm broke AF, if I wasn't I wouldn't be on here, trust me. The only thing I own are my parent's disappointment.

    • FOX on 23/11/2024 - 10:34
      -1

      No idea what you are on about, stupid or even crazy to think the CCP would just jail you, unless you know you had something they might be interested lol.

      • crentist on 23/11/2024 - 11:43
        +3

        They're after his narcissism

    • aec on 23/11/2024 - 12:41

      Hey criminal, just dont go! lmao! sb

      • KARMAAA on 23/11/2024 - 14:03
        +1

        Why call me a stupid c word and a criminal? Very rude and nasty!

    • MrThing on 23/11/2024 - 13:16

      I'm afraid of the Chinese food

    • angilinwago on 24/11/2024 - 09:44

      Millions of foreigners living in china, what makes you so special they want to target you?

  • vash12 on 23/11/2024 - 10:04
    +3

    This includes Hongkong and Taiwan ?

    • Albert10 on 23/11/2024 - 10:14
      +19

      Taiwan is not a part of China. And Oz passport holders don't need a visa to visit Taiwan.

        • NoApostrophePlurals on 23/11/2024 - 10:37
          +12

          *apart. Fixed that for you

        • Albert10 on 23/11/2024 - 10:43
          +15

          Taiwan is an independent country with its own government, military, and passport. The PRC has never ruled Taiwan, not even for one day. Can you prove it is?

          • Lbara on 23/11/2024 - 10:56
            -4

            @Albert10: So, why is Taiwan not part of the UN, is it because they don't want to join?

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