Tibet Travel Permits
1. Tibet Travel Permit Since "Tibet" is one part of China, you won”®t need to obtain any other Visa for it once you arrived in China. As it is an area not fully opened to tourists, you must obtain a "Tibet Travel Permit" before your departure to "Tibet Autonomous Region". Here are some major cities to get into Tibet : Chengdu£¬Chongqing,Beijing,Xian\Shanghai,Guangzhou,Lanzhou and Xining, though expensive Landcruiser trip from Yunnan to Lhasa is also possible and you can also find plane ticket to Lhasa from remote Zhongdian(Shangri-la of Yunnan). If you are going to take train or plane from the cities listed above, you must get the original copy of Permit. And also you should be wared that this "Tibet Travel Permit" is only effective in "Lhasa Municipality". Should you venture to other places outside Lhasa Municipality, you need to get another permit which is called "Alien Travel Permit".(There is a rumor in webs that the "Tibet Travel Permit" would be gone after train to Lhasa started, but so far the policy still not changed. Some may get suggested by other travelers that they were not checked when they travel to Tibet, but that just because they are very lucky. If you get caught without "Tibet Travel Permit", you can be taken to Police Station , fined and sent back to where you started your trip before.) 2. Alien Travel Permit "Alien Travel Permit" is easy and quick to get in Lhasa or Shigatze. you just need to join in a organaized tour by local travel agency for foriegn tourists or a private tour. An Alien Travel Permit is required for travel into certain restricted areas of Tibet (most of the Tibet Autonomous Region) and the tourist holds the permit. Normally travel agencies can help foreign tourists apply for the permit once they have arrived in Tibet.
3. Military Permit To travel to the southern and western bounderies of Tibet, apart from "Tibet Travel Permit" and "Alien Travel Permit", another "Military Permit" is also a must. Most of people going there to visit Mt. Kailash, Guge Kingdom or do the overland trip through Xinzang Road (the road lies between Xinjiang Urgur Autonomous Region and Tibet Autonomous Region) to Kashgar or travel in Nyingtri Prefecture. Since you are not allowed to travel by your own, the "Military Permit" can be only arranged by Travel agency and you have to join in a group or a private tour again.Just keep this in mind: Travel to Tibet or those restricted area in T.A.R without proper permit mentioned above, you can expect be fined, detained in police station or sent back to where you started your trip. If you made your trip without permit and problem, that doesn”®t mean that you are not required a permit, only because you are a lucky guy. Good luck and enjoy your trip All kinds of people can get Tibet permit through a travel agency except diplomats, journalists, and government officials who should travel to Tibet under the arrangement by the Foreign Affairs Office of Tibet Government.
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How to get the travel permits To get a permit you should submit the following documents to us.
a. Full name
b. Gender
c. Date of birth
d. Passport number
e. Nationality
f. Occupation
All these should exactly the same as what registered on your passport. And you need to tell us your real occupation because journalists and people who are involved in political matters could be revoked (they need more complicated procedure to get a permit). You need to apply for the travel permit at least 5-7 days prior to your entry date. Notice:
1. Generally it takes three days to get the Tibet permit if you could supply the full necessary documents. After having a permit, a travel agency could buy you the air tickets, and you can pass the check-in at the airport .2.The following details of the travelers are required for Permit: name, nationality, passport number, sex, date of birth and occupation.3.if you do not book any tour(Like Land cruiser with driver ,guide ) from us, we can not help you get the permits. No travel agency can provide "permit-only" service.4.Only the guide could hold the permit after you in Tibet. You are not allowed to bring with it and travel to anywhere you want because except Lhasa you need another permit named as "AliensӮ Permit". Otherwise if you are stopped by the police you will be sent out of Tibet or have trouble politically and economically. Furthermore, the travel agency which helped to get you the permit will also be in trouble.5. If you are coming to Lhasa from Kathmandu, youӨd better get China visa from Kathmandu because no matter youӨve already got the visa in your country or not, you must get a visa in Kathmandu, which is regulated in an official memo between China and Nepal. Other documents You need hold a valid passport with valid visa (issued by Chinese Embassy). If you are coming to Lhasa from Kathmandu, you`d better get China visa from Kathmandu because no matter you`ve already got the visa in your country or not, you must apply a Chinese visa in Kathmandu, which is regulated in an official law between China and Nepal. |
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