Direct visit mode
Can you enter China without a visa for this trip?
Use this page for direct visits. It screens China's current unilateral 30-day visa-free policy for ordinary passport holders and then tells you when to switch over to the transit route instead.
Visa-free entry checker
Keep the tool in direct visit mode for this page. If your trip is a true onward transit, the result will tell you to switch tools.
How to read the result
Use the verdict like a travel planning filter, not a final legal ruling.
If the checker says eligible
That means your nationality, trip purpose, and stay length line up with the current unilateral visa-free framework modeled here. You should still keep lodging, return or onward travel, and trip-purpose evidence ready for airline and border checks.
If the checker says not covered
That does not always mean you cannot travel. It usually means one of three things: your nationality is not on the unilateral list, your purpose falls outside the covered activities, or your stay is too long for the 30-day rule.
Most common forks
Choose the next page based on the real question you have.
Which countries are on the list?
Open the country list and filter by region.
I am coming from one place and leaving to another.
Use the transit checker for third-country route logic.
I need the practical deadline for my actual dates.
Use the stay calculator to turn entry and exit times into real timing windows.
Official source used for this page
The country list and the 30-day entry note on this page are based on the National Immigration Administration's list of countries covered by unilateral visa exemption policies, compiled according to information released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as of February 17, 2026.