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    Tibet Travel Permits

    Tibet Permit 

                                      

    Tibet Permits include Tibet Travel Permit, Alien’s Travel Permit & Military Allowance. Tibet travel permit often be issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau (hereinafter we call it TTB) if you, as a tourist, go to Tibet only for a tour.A second permit or travel document is also needed after you arrive in Tibet and you want to travel to places out of Tibet Travel Permit limit (you should list these places in your itinerary before you apply your Tibet Travel Permit & it only takes around one working day to be issued). This is called Alien’s Travel Permit and the permit can only be obtained from Foreign Affairs Division, Public Security Bureau Tibet and your tour agency will help you get it when you are in Tibet. 

    All the application for obtaining Tibet Travel Permit should be submitted 15-20 days before your expected travel starting date. Your travel agency can apply for the permit for entering Tibet once you got your Chinese visa. Scanned copy of Chinese visa and information page of passport are needed to be sent to our tour agency once you confirmed your trip with us. Your travel agency will send a scanned Tibet Travel Permit to you if you travel by train to Tibet and original Tibet Travel Permits to your hotel in China if you travel by flight to Tibet since the original permit is required if you come to Tibet by flight rather than train.

    Different documents are required for applying your Tibet Permits in terms of the type of Chinese Visa that you hold.

    If you hold ‘L’ visa (tourist visa), please kindly email us clear scanned copy of your information page of passport and your Chinese visa around 25 days before you arrive in China and we can help you to apply your Tibet Travel Permit.

    If you hold ‘F’ (visiting) or ‘Z’ (business) visa, please kindly email us clear scanned copy of your information page of passport, your Chinese visa, and a recommendation letter from your company, and please be aware that if you hold business visa, then please send us your work permit as well.

    If you hold ‘D’ visa (permanent residence), please send us photo copy of your passport, Working Permit and Residence Permit.
    If you hold ‘X’ visa (student visa), please send us photo copy of information page of your passport, Chinese visa, the recommendation letter from your school with stamp for certifying your are currently studying in China and a scanned copy of your student ID card.
    Alien’s Travel Permit is need if you travel to regions below:

    Tsedang: Samye Monastery, Tomb of Tibetan King, Trundruk Monastery, Yumbulakhang
    Shigatse: Sakya Monastery, Mt. Everest, Rongbuk Monastery
    Gyangtse: Pelkor Chode Monastery & Kubum Stupa
    Ngari Region: Mt.Kailash, Lake Manasarovar, Tsaparang, Years, ect.
    Nyingchi Region: Basum-tso, Pomi, Rawo-tso, ect.
    Chamdo Region: Chamdo, Riwoche, Tengchen, ect.
    Military permit


    The third kinds of permit are called Military Allowance& Foreign Affair Permit which often can be issued by the concerning military offices & Foreign Affairs offices. If the places you will travel to under the military control, you have to get the permit and your travel agency will tell you which places you need to apply this kind of permit.

    Sensitive border, such as Mt Kailas, eastern Tibet, Mt. Everest…require a military permit and a foreign-affairs permit. These will also be arranged by our travel agency one month before you enter Tibet. It normally takes around 20 working days to get them all. Hence, you should inform contact your tour agency earlier and the sensitive areas you are going to travel to also should be listed in your itinerary.

    Please be aware that you need to send your itinerary before you apply Tibet Travel Permit and any traveler cannot book flight ticket or train ticket to Tibet without the Permit. And the permit will clearly lists every destination that you would Visit Tibet Trip and this list cannot be change once you arrived in Tibet. Hence, please provide every destination you would visit in Tibet before you make decision about your trip plan.

    For those who hold Singapore, Brunei and Japan passport is no visa required to visit China for up to 15 days for travel or visiting relatives etc. However, they still have to apply Tibet Travel Permit for travelling around Tibet Autonomous Region and photo copy of information page of passport and travel itinerary also should be sent to a local tour agency in Tibet. 

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