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Q: Mongolia visa run

Has anyone done a Mongolian visa run recently? Thinking about crossing at Erlian... Yes

6 years 32 weeks ago in  Visa & Legalities - China

 
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http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/activities/offbeat-the-mongolia-visa-run

 

sorry these instructions are 4 years old but not much changing in an undeveloped border crossing. good luck. Don't forget to check on returning trains, twice a week will suck if you just missed the train. The schedule could have changed but i doubt this.

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Visa Runs Note: As of November 2015, Mongolian border authorities no longer appear to be permitting non-Chinese to enter and immediately re-exit. Fines for doing so range from 300 - 600 RMB. Going to Erlian is the most economical way for people living in Beijing to do visa runs. Round trip flights (if purchased in advance through sites like Qunar or Xiecheng) from Beijing to Erlian can cost as little as 500 RMB. From the airport take a taxi to GuoMen (国门), or tell the driver "Zamyn Uud", you will usually share a cab with 3 other people and you will be the last stop. Don't pay more than ¥20 (per person). Where the cab driver drops you off you can find waiting Mongolian cars (usually old, Soviet era jeeps crammed full of cargo), negotiate with them for a trip to the Mongolian immigration station, try not to pay more than ¥50 a person. The driver will take you across the gates and stop while he registers vehicle information. Go to the window at the right and purchase an entrance ticket for ¥5. Walk to your left (near the rainbow) and enter immigration control. Receive your stamp which declares you have exited China, if you have time buy some duty free items. IMPORTANT **** In the past travellers from here would enter the door at their left and re-enter China, without having entered Mongolia. This is no longer possible and they check every single stamp in your passport to make sure travellers have corresponding Mongolia stamps. Go outside, hop in the same car and the driver will take you across to the Mongolian checkpoint (about a 5-8 minute drive). This is the end of you're trip with that driver. Pay him the agreed upon amount. Go through Mongolian Immigration, forms are in English and Mongolian. Border patrol personnel on the Mongolian side speak minimal English and no Chinese. You are now in Mongolia. Go out the door in the back, and loop around to your left. Enter the building. Fill out your departure forms and walk back out side to a line of cars. You have now left Mongolia. Find one of those cars to take you back to the Chinese Border. Enter Chinese immigration, fill out your arrival card and get your stamp. You may be asked to open your bag along the way. You are now back in China. Find a Mongolian car to take you across the border. They drop you off at some Mongolian area with many different 3 wheeled cars, all of whom will try to ask you if you are interested in finding a prostitute. Kindly reply no and tell them your destination. Your Visa run is over.

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Word of caution to everybody who was inspired to make this crazy-ass trip: Mongolia only has this visa-free arrangement for a pretty limited number of countries: USA, Malaysia, Israel, Cuba, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macao, Ukraine, Laos. If you're not on that list, this trip is either going to be a) expensive or b) a big ol' disappointment at the border"

if your from the UK, your SOL(SHIT OUT OF LUCK) but this is China, everything changes, the first rule is there are no rules.

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http://www.smartbeijing.com/articles/activities/offbeat-the-mongolia-visa-run

 

sorry these instructions are 4 years old but not much changing in an undeveloped border crossing. good luck. Don't forget to check on returning trains, twice a week will suck if you just missed the train. The schedule could have changed but i doubt this.

ambivalentmace:

Visa Runs Note: As of November 2015, Mongolian border authorities no longer appear to be permitting non-Chinese to enter and immediately re-exit. Fines for doing so range from 300 - 600 RMB. Going to Erlian is the most economical way for people living in Beijing to do visa runs. Round trip flights (if purchased in advance through sites like Qunar or Xiecheng) from Beijing to Erlian can cost as little as 500 RMB. From the airport take a taxi to GuoMen (国门), or tell the driver "Zamyn Uud", you will usually share a cab with 3 other people and you will be the last stop. Don't pay more than ¥20 (per person). Where the cab driver drops you off you can find waiting Mongolian cars (usually old, Soviet era jeeps crammed full of cargo), negotiate with them for a trip to the Mongolian immigration station, try not to pay more than ¥50 a person. The driver will take you across the gates and stop while he registers vehicle information. Go to the window at the right and purchase an entrance ticket for ¥5. Walk to your left (near the rainbow) and enter immigration control. Receive your stamp which declares you have exited China, if you have time buy some duty free items. IMPORTANT **** In the past travellers from here would enter the door at their left and re-enter China, without having entered Mongolia. This is no longer possible and they check every single stamp in your passport to make sure travellers have corresponding Mongolia stamps. Go outside, hop in the same car and the driver will take you across to the Mongolian checkpoint (about a 5-8 minute drive). This is the end of you're trip with that driver. Pay him the agreed upon amount. Go through Mongolian Immigration, forms are in English and Mongolian. Border patrol personnel on the Mongolian side speak minimal English and no Chinese. You are now in Mongolia. Go out the door in the back, and loop around to your left. Enter the building. Fill out your departure forms and walk back out side to a line of cars. You have now left Mongolia. Find one of those cars to take you back to the Chinese Border. Enter Chinese immigration, fill out your arrival card and get your stamp. You may be asked to open your bag along the way. You are now back in China. Find a Mongolian car to take you across the border. They drop you off at some Mongolian area with many different 3 wheeled cars, all of whom will try to ask you if you are interested in finding a prostitute. Kindly reply no and tell them your destination. Your Visa run is over.

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Word of caution to everybody who was inspired to make this crazy-ass trip: Mongolia only has this visa-free arrangement for a pretty limited number of countries: USA, Malaysia, Israel, Cuba, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macao, Ukraine, Laos. If you're not on that list, this trip is either going to be a) expensive or b) a big ol' disappointment at the border"

if your from the UK, your SOL(SHIT OUT OF LUCK) but this is China, everything changes, the first rule is there are no rules.

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So just make a holiday out of it. Mongolia is much cheaper than Hong Kong. Canadians do not require visas to enter Mongolia for visits of less than 30 days.

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Better make sure you have an agency that can get you a visa, I personally know people who have failed of were only given 30 day L visa's

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