Tibet Travel Permit is the basic required permit to travel to Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR),every foreign travelers must need Tibet Travel Permit to enter to Tibet along with your Chinese Visa or Tibet Group Visa. though it seems very hard or confusing, in reality, it just takes few simple steps and your travel agency will do the rest.
Tibet Travel Permit is mainly obtained from Tibet tourist Bureau in Lhasa, Tibet,which stated the tourists information and confirmed itineraries.
Tibet Permit Types:
1: Tibet Travel Permit
2: Alien Travel Permit
3: Military Permit
The Military Permits as you can see from the word, this permits is related to military department, thus this travel document is mainly issued by the military authority in Tibet, in fact, this permits is compulsory for entering to any politically sensitive and border regions between China and neighbouring countries. The military permits are required for visiting following places in Tibet.
- Ali ( Far Western Tibet)
- Guge Kingdom ( Far Western Tibet)
- Gyirong ( New Border to Nepal)
- Lake Manasarovar ( Near Mt. Kailash in Far Western Tibet)
- Kailash ( Western Tibet)
- Nyima country ( Border country between Ali and Nakchu Prefecture)
- Cochin
Document Required for Tibet Permit:
1: Valid Passport
According to the latest Chinese regulations for foreign visitors, passports must have a validity of six months in order to apply for a Chinese visa. This requirement also applies when traveling to Tibet.
2: Chinese Visa
Visa is compulsory for entering to any country in the world, but in order to boost the tourism business, citizens of many countries are allowed to travel to China without visa
Visa free countries as follow:
Visa is compulsory for entering to any country in the world, but in order to boost the tourism business, citizens of many countries are allowed to travel to China without visa.
Maximum 15 Days visa- free:
Austria, Belgium, Brunei, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Malaysia
Maximum 15 Days visa- free
Austria, Belgium, Brunei, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Malaysia
Maximum 30 Days visa-free
Bahamas,Barbados, Belarus,Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Grenada, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Mongolia, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Suriname, Seychelles, Thailand, Tonga and UAE.
Maximum 60 Days Visa-Free
Mauritius
Maximum 90 Days Visa-Free
Armenia, Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Marino
Visa for Resident of China:
Those who are residing in China and want to travel to Tibet, then follow the below instructions for your convenience:
1. Tourist Visa: You just need to send a clear copy of your visa and passport through email, your travel agent will apply for your Tibet Travel Permit for you.
2. Student Visa: You just need to send us a clear copy of your visa and passport through email and in addition, a letter from your school stating the purpose of your visiting and a copy of student ID card in Chinese.
3. For any other types of visa, please feel free to Contact us for detail and more updated Tibet travel related information.
NOTE: For your kind information,while applying Chinese Visa from your residential country, never mention about traveling to Tibet, which will take longer period for obtaining your visa, instead, you can mention any cities in Mainland China,your Chinese visa is applicable to visit any cities in China. For traveling to Tibet,Tibet Travel Permit is must, but no need to worry as your Tibet travel agent will apply from Tibet as you can’t apply it from your residential countries
Tibet Group Visa
If you are traveling from Nepal to Tibet,Tibet Group Visa is the main document to enter to Tibet,as per the updated information, starting from 2023, Tibet group visa is issued to a group of at least 5 travelers, beside, all group members should have same itinerary of Tibet tour, all members must enter or exit Tibet and China on same date.
You can’t apply Tibet Group Visa by yourself, after receiving travel invitation letter from your Tibet Travel Agent( Tibet Roof Of The World) in Tibet, you can meet our representative who will apply it on your behalf, which will take 3-5 working days, as per your urgency, they will help you to obtain it but the cost will be different.
The Group Visa cost based on Nationalities & Urgency
| Nationality | Normal (5 working days) $ | Urgent ( 3 Working Days)$ | Extreme Urgent (2.5 Working days)$ | Services Fee $ |
| USA | 147 | 179 | 205 | 20-60 |
| Canada | 96 | 128 | 153 | 20-60 |
| Argentina | 65 | 100 | 125 | 20-60 |
| Brazil | 140 | 171 | 198 | 20-60 |
| Israel | 58 | 90 | 116 | 20-60 |
| Romania | 96 | 128 | 153 | 20-60 |
| Panama | 85 | 118 | 144 | 20-60 |
| Serbia | 35 | 70 | 95 | 20-60 |
| Uruguay | 65 | 95 | 115 | 20-60 |
| For Citizens of all other countries | 65 | 100 | 125 | 20-60 |
Steps to Apply for Chinese Group Visa
Group Visa allows only single entry to China which will be issued on A4 sheet paper with listing personal information of every group members, they won’t stamp on your passport, but if you have Chinese Visa, then it will be canceled at the border,
following 3 steps are compulsory for obtaining Tibet Group Visa:
- Our Nepalese Travel Agent Partner will contact you in Nepal.
- You just have to fill an application form and hand over your passport with visa and service fees based on your urgency and nationality which can be referred above table.
- Our Nepalese partner will return your passport and hand over you the Group visa once there are approved from Embassy in Kathmandu.
NOTE: This permits can apply only from Lhasa, Tibet, you don’t have to worry about it as your respective Tibet Travel Agency ( Tibet Roof Of World) will obtain such permits on your behalf and you just need to cooperate by sending your scanned copies of China Visa and Passport to your travel consultant.
If you want to know more details about Tibet Travel Permits, you can contact us at [email protected] Our professional travel consultants will reply to you with their extensive knowledge and rich Tibet tour experiences.