Philippines Group Visa vs Individual Visa for Chinese Travellers: Who Can File, Visa-Free Options, and Leaving the Group

Is there still a Philippines group visa for Chinese tour groups?

Yes. The Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai resumed issuing tour group visas to Chinese outbound tour groups on 10 April 2023, but only travel agencies accredited with the consulate can file them. Individual travellers cannot apply for a group visa themselves.

That is what we found when we went through the consulate's visa page section by section in September 2026. The page says only travel agencies "currently accredited with the Consulate General" may submit tour group visa applications, and accreditation requires all three of the following:

1. The Chinese agency is accredited by China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
2. It has a current cooperation agreement with a Philippine tour operator accredited by the Philippine authorities.
3. The consulate has received a valid letter of endorsement from the Philippine side, and the agency's accreditation has been vetted and approved by the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of Consular Affairs.

The page then publishes the list of accredited Chinese and Philippine agency pairs, with the validity dates of their agreements, endorsements and accreditations. When we checked, the list was headed "ACTIVE" and included endorsement letters issued in 2026, so the arrangement is still running. The list changes as validity dates pass, so ask your agency to show where it appears on the current list before you sign up.

Some limits worth spelling out:

• Jurisdiction. The Shanghai consulate covers Shanghai and the provinces of Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Whether the embassy in Beijing and other consulates run the same arrangement, and with which agencies, is for each post to publish.
• Contacts. For questions about the tour group visa process, the page lists telephone (21) 6281 8020, fax (21) 6281 8023 and [email protected]; agencies asking about accreditation are directed to a separate contact on the same page.
• What the page does not say. It does not publish a minimum group size, the length of stay, whether the group must enter and leave together, or whether the visa can be extended in the Philippines. Rely on the consulate and your agency, not old forum posts.

For travellers, a group visa is not an easier visa. It is a filing route in which the agency takes responsibility for the whole group. Before joining a tour, be sure you actually want to stay with it; see guided tour or DIY in the Philippines.

Group visa vs individual visa: who files, what is submitted, and how free you are on arrival

A group visa is filed by an accredited agency for the whole group, and you follow the group itinerary. An individual visa is applied for by you, with a personal interview, and you plan your own trip. Neither is automatically better; they differ in who files and how much freedom you have after landing.

For individual applicants, the Shanghai consulate's checklist (as of 8 October 2024) asks for: a printed application form; passport original and copy; proof of employment or residence in China, such as an employment certificate, a business invitation, a temporary residence certificate and a copy of the employer's business licence; proof of funds, such as bank certificates or statements covering the last three to six months and property certificates; the Chinese national ID original and copy; a flight reservation or itinerary in and out of the Philippines, with a note not to buy the ticket yet; a hotel booking; a notarized invitation from a Philippine company or person with the signatory's valid Philippine ID; and a personal interview. The page says applications are filed online first, and on the appointment date the applicant brings the documents to the consulate for evaluation and interview. For what each document proves and which are most often rejected, see 9(a) tourist visa documents.

For group travel, the binding rule sits on the Chinese side. Article 16 of the PRC Tourism Law says outbound tourists must not stay illegally abroad, and those travelling with a group must not split off or leave the group without authorization. Article 55 requires tour operators who find such a case to report it promptly to the public security authorities, the tourism authorities or a Chinese mission abroad. In short, walking away from the group after landing is not a personal choice; the agency is obliged to report it.

The decision is simple. If you plan to stay with the tour from start to finish, a group visa is a normal route. If you plan to leave the group for meetings, friends or a longer stay, do not use a group visa at all; enter as an individual.

Do you need a visa at all? Visa-free entry, eVisa, individual and group visas compared

Start with how long you will stay and why. A short holiday that meets the visa-free conditions may need no visa at all; a longer stay, or one you may need to extend, calls for an individual visa before departure; a group visa is simply how an accredited tour files for its members.

The main routes for ordinary Chinese passport holders, based on the official information we checked:

• 14-day visa-free entry for Chinese citizens travelling for tourism or business for no more than 14 days, with limits including no extension, no conversion and designated airports. The conditions are covered in do Chinese passport holders need a visa.
• Visa-free entry with a US, Japanese, Australian, Canadian or Schengen visa. The Shanghai consulate's visa page reproduces the Philippine Embassy in Beijing's notice: eligible Chinese tourists may enter visa-free for an initial stay of up to seven days, extendable by 14 days to a maximum of 21, provided they hold a valid visa from one of those countries or the Schengen Area, a passport valid at least six months beyond the intended stay, a return or onward ticket, and no adverse immigration record.
• eVisa. In November 2025 the consulate announced a new temporary visitor visa application system from 1 November 2025, under which Chinese nationals residing in China could apply for a Philippine eVisa. That announcement described the eVisa as non-convertible, non-extendable and valid for a stay of up to 14 days, with entry only through Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila and Mactan-Cebu International Airport. Check the eVisa link on the consulate page and current official notices for today's conditions.
• Sticker visa (individual). The same announcement said conventional sticker visas continue for other categories of travel. This is usually the route for a longer stay or one you may need to extend lawfully after arrival.
• Group visa, only for members of a tour run by an accredited agency.

Whatever the route, two steps come before you fly. The consulate reminds all inbound travellers to complete the free electronic travel registration at etravel.gov.ph, no earlier than 72 hours before arrival; see our eTravel guide. You also need a return or onward ticket; see do you need a return ticket to enter the Philippines. Tour members who were in a yellow fever area in the six days before arrival should also read our companion guide to the Philippine yellow card.

The most common mismatch is entering visa-free or on a group visa and deciding after landing to stay a few more weeks. Visa-free entry cannot be extended, and the consulate does not say whether a group visa can, so your options will be thin. If your plans might change, prepare an individual visa before you go.

Left the group or overstayed on a group visa: consequences and what to do

Leaving the group is itself prohibited under Chinese law, and the agency must report it. Staying in the Philippines beyond your permitted stay is an overstay, and it has to be settled with the Bureau of Immigration before you can leave normally.

First, what is and is not on the record. The Shanghai consulate's page does not publish how it deals with group members who abscond or with the agencies involved, and we will not fill that gap. Three points are certain:

1. Article 16 of China's Tourism Law prohibits group travellers from splitting off or leaving the group without authorization, and prohibits staying illegally abroad.
2. Article 55 requires tour operators who find such a case to report it promptly to the public security authorities, the tourism authorities or a Chinese mission abroad.
3. In the Philippines, anyone who has not left by the end of the permitted stay is overstaying, and the Bureau of Immigration handles it under its rules.

If you have already left the group or overstayed, work in this order:

1. Stop and count. Note your arrival date, the arrival stamp, the date your stay ended, and how many days you are over. The count decides how the case is handled; see what to do when a 9(a) visa has expired.
2. Contact the tour agency or ground operator. Explain the situation rather than going silent, which only worsens the record and can affect others in the group.
3. Settle the overstay with the BI. The charges are made up of back fees and penalties, in amounts the BI currently publishes; overstays beyond six months need higher-level approval, see overstays of more than six months.
4. Check whether you need an ECC. Some foreigners need an emigration clearance before leaving; see what an ECC is.
5. Buy your ticket only after that. Do not go to the airport hoping for the best.

Two more red lines. Working after leaving the group means working without authorization on visitor status, which is far more serious than a simple overstay; see the consequences of working on a tourist visa. Ignore anyone who claims they can clear an overstay without the BI or guarantee you will not be blacklisted; blacklist types and removal are covered in lifting a Philippine immigration blacklist.

An overstay gets more expensive with every day, so sort out the arrival stamp, the day count and your status early. Send Yixing your passport page and arrival stamp for an assessment of the next steps →

This is not legal advice. If you are already overstaying, facing a blacklist or under investigation, consult a licensed lawyer.

Group tour, independent trip or a mix: match the entry route to your stay

For a short trip spent entirely with the tour, follow the agency's arrangements. If you want to break away, do business or stay longer, use an individual entry route from the start and hire a local operator for cars and guides where you need them.

People often ask how many people a group visa needs. The Philippine consulate does not publish a minimum, and we will not invent one. On the Chinese side, Article 58 of the Tourism Law requires package tour contracts to state the minimum number of participants for the tour to go ahead, so the contract tells you the threshold for your tour, and it should also say what happens if it is not met.

A mixed approach is often the most practical in the Philippines: book flights and city hotels yourself, and hand island hopping, private cars and inter-island transfers to a local operator with its own vehicles and staff. You avoid group-visa constraints and still offload the legs most likely to go wrong. For how to combine them by group size, days and destination, see guided tour or DIY; for questions to ask a local agency first, see choosing a Chinese-speaking travel agency in the Philippines.

If you plan to stay a while, do not wait for the last day to extend. Individual visa extensions are handled by the BI; see the 9(a) extension guide for the process and timing.

Do not want to be tied to a group schedule, but worried about handling several islands alone? Hand over just the car, the people and the transfers. Send Yixing your dates and places for a custom car-and-guide plan →

Who controls what: the consulate issues, the Bureau of Immigration governs every day after landing

A group visa answers one question only: can you get an entry visa. How long you may stay, whether you can extend, and what happens if you overstay belong to a different agency with a different rulebook. That mix-up is why people ask "how long is a group visa valid for" or "can a group visa be extended" and cannot find the answer on a consulate page. The page is not missing something; those questions were never the issuing step's to answer.

If you live in the Philippines and deal with relatives, staff or business guests who arrive with a Chinese tour, it helps to break the chain into links, each with its own owner and its own paper trail:

How the BI sorts visitors

When the BI FAQ answers "what are the types of temporary visitor's visa", it sorts by mode of admission, not by "group or individual". One class is non-visa-required nationals, which lists a 30-day initial stay, a temporary visitor's visa admissible for 59 days, a 30-day Visa Upon Arrival, and other arrangements. The other class is visa-required nationals, who are admitted on an entry visa. Ordinary Chinese passports are not on the Executive Order No. 408 visa-free list, and the eVisa portal's policy page calls nationalities outside that list "visa-required"; the 14-day visa-free entry for Chinese nationals is a separate arrangement published on that page.

One line is easy to misread. Under the 30-day Visa Upon Arrival item, the FAQ lists "Group Tour" together with a memorandum order. It sits inside the non-visa-required class, and the page does not say which nationalities it covers, what the conditions are, or whether it has anything to do with the tour group visa the consulate issues to Chinese outbound groups. We draw no conclusion from it, and you should not treat that one line as authority for how Chinese tour members are treated.

After landing, your evidence is the stamp, not the contract

The authorized stay runs from the day of arrival and is whatever the immigration officer granted at the port plus each later extension endorsement; see how visa validity and length of stay differ. The tour brochure and contract dates are commercial arrangements. Three practical steps:

1. Before departure, get the agency to state in writing which entry route your group uses: group visa, visa-free, eVisa or individual visa.
2. On arrival, look at the stamp and photograph the authorized stay.
3. Before changing plans, staying longer or changing status, check your status and options with the BI, rather than relying on a verbal answer from the agency.

For how the stay bands compare and what happens at the ceiling, see how long a Philippine tourist visa lasts.

Reading your stay: visa validity, authorized stay and tour length are three different clocks

Three numbers matter and none can stand in for another. Most group-tour trouble comes from treating one as if it were another.

• Visa validity is the window within which the visa can be used to enter. After that date it cannot be used to enter.
• Authorized stay is how long you may remain after arrival, as shown by the arrival stamp and each later extension endorsement.
• Tour length is the number of days the agency built into the itinerary. It may be shorter than the authorized stay, but it proves nothing about how long you were admitted for.

The official entry routes each publish different stay and extension rules. The table below lists only what the official pages say and marks the rest "not published":

The cumulative ceiling is a cap, not an entitlement: every extension is something you apply to the BI for, and which row a Chinese passport falls into is for the BI to determine.

Three common misreadings

First, borrowing another nationality's numbers. The familiar "30 days, then 29 more, 59 in total" comes from the BI's description for non-visa-required nationals. The official position for Chinese visa-free entry is no extension and no conversion. The two sets of numbers apply to different people.

Second, treating the tour length as the permitted stay. An itinerary of a given length only tells you how the agency planned the trip. The stamp is the evidence.

Third, forgetting passport validity. The eVisa portal's policy page requires the passport to be valid for at least 6 months beyond the date of departure from the Philippines, and the 14-day visa-free route asks for at least 6 months as well. If one member of the group falls short, it has to be fixed before departure. Finding it at check-in is expensive, because tickets and hotels are usually already issued.

If you need to extend, check two things first

The BI FAQ says a temporary visitor's visa extension can be filed 7 days before the visa expires, and that a representative may file it if you provide a Special Power of Attorney (SPA). The same FAQ says non-visa-required nationals can extend up to 36 months and visa-required nationals up to 24 months. Which steps can be delegated and which need you in person is covered in whether a tourist visa extension needs you in person; whether it can be done online is in whether you can extend a tourist visa online; and how long to extend for is in how long to extend a tourist visa each time. Details are as the BI currently announces.

Which route fits you: a router for travellers, hosts and companies

Place yourself in one of the groups below first, then choose the entry route. A wrong classification wastes every step after it. Each item reads "if you are... then take this route", and only what the official pages and our checked library support is stated; anything not published is marked "as currently announced".

• If you are a family or senior traveller following the tour from start to finish then use the group entry route, leave the visa to the agency, and do three things yourself: check passport validity (at least 6 months beyond the date of departure from the Philippines), make sure your name is spelled exactly as in the passport, and complete eTravel. Extra preparation for older travellers is in extra preparation for older travellers on a tourist visa.
• If you are organizing a company incentive or inspection trip and some members need to slip away for meetings then handle them separately: members who stay with the tour use the group route; anyone who will fly alone or stay longer uses an individual entry route from the start. Splitting off after landing is prohibited by Article 16 of China's Tourism Law, and Article 55 obliges the operator to report it. Whether business activity is allowed on visitor status is covered in what a tourist visa does and does not allow.
• If you want to stay on after the tour to see family or friends then do not use a group visa, and do not count on the 14-day visa-free entry being extended (it cannot be). Get an individual visa before you leave; the order of steps is in how to apply for a Philippine tourist visa.
• If your group will enter through an airport other than Ninoy Aquino International Airport or Mactan-Cebu International Airport then the 14-day visa-free route is closed to you, because the policy page limits entry to those two. We found no official statement on whether a group visa has a port restriction, so ask the agency to state the entry route and port in writing.
• If the group includes Hong Kong, Macau or foreign passport holders then do not apply the group's route to them. Their visa-free and stay rules differ from those for mainland passports; check each person against what the authorities currently publish.
• If someone is only transiting the Philippines to a third country then note that the eVisa portal's policy page says Chinese nationals transiting to a third country must obtain a Philippine transit visa before entry. On a multi-country tour, ask at booking how the Philippine leg is handled, and rely on the current official announcement.
• If anyone in the group has overstayed before then be aware that the 14-day visa-free route requires no derogatory record with the BI, and the BI FAQ says overstaying is one common reason a foreign national ends up on the blacklist. Establish the record first; see whether a tourist visa overstay affects your next entry.
• If a group visa has been refused, or the tour cannot depart then start with what to do after a group tour visa refusal and then what to do when a 9(a) tourist visa is rejected to learn how to read the refusal.

If you cannot tell which group you are in, or the members' situations are mixed, send us the dates, the members' passport types and the intended length of stay for a first classification: Yixing visa and HR services. Approval rests with the competent authority; what we help with is document compliance and follow-through.

Where group visas get stuck, and why

The usual sticking points are not "did you hand in all the documents". They are whether the filing party is qualified, whether member details are consistent, and whether the whole group is being treated as one person. Each item below explains why it sticks rather than listing reminders.

Sticking point one: the agency's accreditation status moves

Why it sticks: accreditation needs three conditions to hold at once, and the list shows separate validity dates for the cooperation agreement, the endorsement letter and the accreditation itself. If any one lapses, the agency may not be on the current list. Being on the list when you signed up does not mean it is still there at filing. How to avoid it: ask the agency, before filing, to show where it appears on the current list, and get the answer in writing rather than a phone call saying "no problem".

Sticking point two: member details do not match the passport

Why it sticks: tickets, hotels and visa papers are all built from passport details. A spelling mismatch or a passport with less than 6 months of validity left shows up at the latest possible link, often a few days before departure, when tickets and hotels are already issued. How to avoid it: read the name list against the passports letter by letter, and again against the confirmation. The checking routine is in precautions for joining a Philippine group tour.

Sticking point three: one method for the group, but different members

Why it sticks: in one group, some hold mainland passports, some Hong Kong or Macau passports, some a valid third-country visa, and the published entry rules differ. If the agency handles the group in one stroke without checking each person, the problem surfaces at one member and then disturbs the whole group's arrangements. The tighter limits on leaving a group under a group visa follow the same logic: part of the itinerary involves documents or lists filed in the group's name. See what a Philippine group tour is.

Sticking point four: old records

Why it sticks: the 14-day visa-free route requires no derogatory record with the BI, and the BI FAQ says a Black List Order bars a foreign national from entering, with violations of immigration law such as overstaying among the common reasons. A member with a past overstay may be dealt with separately at the port even on a group trip. How to avoid it: tell the agency honestly before booking, and clarify your record first.

Sticking point five: supplementary requests and relaying the result

Why it sticks: whether the agency responded within the deadline when asked for more documents, and whether it passed the result to you accurately, are all things that can be checked. The worst outcome for travellers is often not the refusal but the reason not reaching them in time, so that by the time they learn of it the window for changing dates or transferring the booking has passed. How to avoid it: require written notice at every milestone: when it was filed, any supplementary requests, and the outcome.

After a refusal: separate the approval problem from the performance problem

A refusal in itself is not a breach by the agency, because approval rests with the competent authority. What needs sorting out is where in the paperwork and process things went wrong, in three parts:

• Notice: whether the checklist the agency gave you matched the current requirements;
• Preparation and checking: who supplied each piece of information, and who mistyped or left out a page;
• Filing and follow-up: whether it was filed on time, whether supplementary requests were answered in time, and whether the result was relayed honestly.

The money splits into four parts, described by structure only and without figures: official fees charged by the authority follow that authority's rules; third-party costs already incurred follow each carrier's and supplier's rules; the agency's service fee depends on whether the contract has stage bands; and anything not yet incurred is refundable. In the first 24 hours after a refusal, do three things: fix the reason in writing, tell the agency in writing to pause arrangements not yet incurred, and find out the last dates for changing or transferring. The full routine is in what to do after a group tour visa refusal; general causes of refusal are in what to do when a Philippine tourist visa is refused.

The downsides: when a group visa or group entry makes things harder

A group visa suits people who will follow the tour from start to finish and do not plan to change anything. If your plans have any give in them, it is the least flexible route. We say so because these costs rarely appear on the booking page.

It is not an easier visa

The value of a group visa is that the agency takes responsibility for the whole group. It saves you the running around and document preparation; it does not lower the approval bar. An individual visa gives more freedom at the price of more effort: you apply online, book an interview at the consulate, and assemble the document list yourself. The real choice is freedom against convenience, not which one is "easier to get".

Five places where trips are most often wasted

1. Paying the tour price before checking the list. The agency is not on the current list, the money is paid, and the filing party is not qualified.
2. An entry route that does not match your real plan. You enter on the group route or visa-free, then decide to stay longer, and your options are thin.
3. Entering through an airport outside the permitted ports. The 14-day visa-free route recognizes only two airports.
4. A passport with too little validity, discovered at the airport. The requirement is at least 6 months beyond the date of departure from the Philippines.
5. Assuming you can convert on the spot after landing. Neither the eVisa nor the 14-day visa-free entry can be converted. If you are thinking of turning visitor status into work status, read whether a tourist visa can be converted to a work visa first.

If you are weighing a group tour, going alone or a mix, and worry about which one has hidden costs, send us the dates, head count and places you want to visit: settling in and travel support. This is general information and not legal advice; consult a licensed lawyer for an individual case.

Eight questions to put to the tour agency before you pay

Because the agency files the group visa for you, the most useful thing you can do is ask eight questions before paying and insist on written answers. A clear answer gives you something to rely on later; an unclear one tells you a link may have a gap.

After the eight questions, do two more things: keep the agency's written replies together with the contract and the tour notice, and ask for a written day-by-day itinerary and a list of what is and is not included. When two quotes look far apart, it is usually because they cut the scope differently, not because one is cheaper. The logic of comparing them is in why group tour prices differ so much and what a Philippine group tour includes and excludes.

How to read the tour notice and contract is covered in how to choose a group tour by reading the notice and contract; how far an agency can act for you and what booking conditions apply is in how far group tour arrangements can be handled for you; and where to book and which party stands where, in where to book a group tour and what each party does.

A before-and-after checklist: from registration to exit clearance

Walking through entry and exit in time order works better than memorizing a long list. At each stage ask one question: can my current status support what I am about to do?

Who needs an ECC

The BI FAQ divides the ECC into ECC-A and ECC-B. The one relevant to visitors is ECC-A, and the categories listed include holders of a temporary visitor visa who have stayed in the Philippines for 6 months or more, and holders of a temporary visitor visa who have received an Order to Leave. The same FAQ says an ECC can be applied for at least 72 hours before departure, and that once issued it is valid for 1 month but can be used only once. An ordinary short tour usually falls outside those categories, but people who have overstayed or received an order to leave are the exception, and whether one applies to you depends on the BI's record of you and its current announcements. For general background on the steps before leaving, see the section on leaving in what to do when a 9(a) tourist visa has expired.

Two reminders about timing

First, do not push everything into the last week before departure. Extension has to be filed before expiry and an ECC has to be applied for in advance, so both fall at a point that is "not yet the last day". Second, for the overall order of steps and which can run in parallel, see the order of steps for a 9(a) tourist visa, and for how long each stage takes, see how long a 9(a) tourist visa takes. This is general self-checking guidance; details are as the BI currently announces.

Official sources and last check

The added material in this guide is based on the official pages below. We report what we read, and anything we could not read is stated as "as currently announced by the authorities":

• Bureau of Immigration: frequently asked questions, used for visitor classification, the extension filing window, the Special Power of Attorney, the ECC and blacklist entries;
• Bureau of Immigration: temporary visitor (9A) extension page, used for the initial stay, the first extension and the cumulative ceiling;
• eVisaPH: Philippine visa policy page, used for Chinese visa-free entry, the 7-day arrangement extendable to 21 days, the port limits and the transit requirement;
• eVisaPH: frequently asked questions, used for eVisa processing time, and the rules that it cannot be extended or converted;
• eTravel: Philippine electronic travel registration system, which states that it is free;
• Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai: visa page, used for group visa accreditation conditions and the list, and the individual visa process.

How the check went: the consulate's visa page refused access during this re-check, so the group visa accreditation conditions and the individual-visa checklist are carried over from what was verified earlier in this guide in September 2026, and readers should rely on what the consulate currently publishes. The BI's online extension service page needs a login to show its details, so we did not read them; for the extension procedure, rely on the BI's current announcements. China's Tourism Law provisions should be read from the officially published text.

Last checked: September 2026. Group visa conditions, accreditation lists and arrangements at each post change often; rely on what the authorities currently publish.

What Yixing does, and what it does not do

Yixing is a Manila-based travel agency and visa consultancy for Chinese-speaking clients. We are not a Chinese outbound tour operator and we do not file group visas at Chinese consulates; our work is on-the-ground travel, transfers and immigration status advice in the Philippines.

YIXING TRAVEL CONSULTANCY INC. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and accredited by the Bureau of Immigration, the Department of Labor and Employment and the Philippine Retirement Authority, and our team speaks Mandarin, English and Filipino. The work relevant to this guide:

• Local arrangements for independent and mixed trips: cars, drivers, Mandarin-speaking escorts and inter-island transfers, see custom car-and-guide trips, plus airport pickup.
• Tourist visa extension advice for individual visitors who need more time, see visa extension services.
• Overstay and blacklist advice, starting with an assessment of the right order of steps, see overstay and blacklist help.
• Long-term status planning for people who will work or live in the Philippines through work or residence visas, see Yixing visa and HR services.

What we do not do:

• We do not file group visas at consulates in place of Chinese agencies, and we do not sell group visa places.
• We do not help anyone leave a tour group or stay on after leaving it.
• We do not promise any visa, extension or entry outcome; admission and departure are decided by immigration officers under the law.
• We do not offer ways to clear an overstay without going to the BI; overstays are settled with the BI under its rules.

If you are comparing tour agencies, two checks are most useful: ask the agency to show its entry on the consulate's current accreditation list, and read the contract for the itinerary, the minimum group size and what is and is not included. If your plans change after arrival, a local agency with a physical office can take over; see seven questions to ask a Philippine travel agency.

This guide is based on the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai's visa page as checked in September 2026, China's Tourism Law, and public information from the Bureau of Immigration. Group visa conditions, accreditation lists and arrangements at each post change often; rely on what the authorities currently publish.