Travelers come to the departure hall in Singapore Changi airport in Singapore on March 31, 2023.
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SINGAPORE– China will renew its 15- day visa-free entry for people of Singapore and Brunei from July 26, according to the embassies of both nations.
This follows a three-year suspension of visas as China embraced rigorous travel limitations under its rigid no-Covid policy, which ended in December in 2015.
Singapore people will have the ability to go into China without a visa for 15 days if they exist for service, tourist, household check outs and transit, the Chinese embassy to Singapore stated. It included that visas which have actually been provided to Singaporean people will still stand and those that have actually been asked for will be processed.
Singapore and China have actually long delighted in strong financial ties, with leaders from both sides satisfying this year.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong satisfied Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing inMarch Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was satisfied Chinese Premier Li Qiang while checking out Beijing inMay
The resumption of the visa-free entry policy “will facilitate people and business flows between our countries and pave the way for deeper bilateral cooperation,” Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a Facebook post.
“The news made me extremely happy and excited, I am planning more trips to China now,” stated 54- year-old Wang Guoliang, a Singaporean whose moms and dads and loved ones are presently residing in China.
“I applied for an emergency visa to visit China last month. It took me more than a week to get my hands on the $157 visa,” he informed CNBC. “This policy will be very convenient for my family and I. We will be returning to China in December during the school holidays.”
Travelers from a variety of nations currently take pleasure in visa exemptions, if they are checking out China for less than 30 days.
Among those nations are the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Maldives and Fiji, whose people require just make an application for a visa if they are checking out China for more than a month or for work, research study or migration functions.
Airline stocks were silenced on Monday following the weekend statement.
Shares of Singapore Airlines were greater by 0.4% at the start of Monday’s trading session, while Cathay Pacific shed 0.35%.
