Shenzhen visa - at the border?

[newbiekt]

UK passport is fine to get a visa at Low Wu too. You just go upstairs and fill out a form. If you are there by 10am it takes about 15 mins. It is more expensive though than doing it beforehand. I have done it twice in the past 6 months.

 

[howardcoombs]

Since others have mentioned the other crossings, let me add that this quick visa is *only* available at LoWu. You must already have a visa to go thru other crossings.
And I'll repeat : The rules change and they can change without any announcement. Just because UK/Canada is allowed today, there is no guarantee that they will be allowed tomorrow.

Strong suggestion ; Get your visas before you get to the border. Its cheaper, you have more choices of crossing points and you wont have to worry about waiting in line just to get rejected because the govt no longer likes your kind of passport.

HC

 

[starbucks2]

Thanks HC. On prices, for my passport anyway, getting a visa beforehand is double that which I would pay at the Lo Wu border. Perhaps it is cheaper for UK/Canadian passports to get it beforehand but certainly not the case for Australians/NZ'ders. I do understand that the rules can change overnight though.

Meanwhile, don't even get me started on the need to have a visa for China when I am a PR in HK ...

 

[hknanny]

French passport holders can not get one at the border since May2010.
US passport holders can not get one at the border since... forever...