Steps to Getting Tibet Travel Permit

What is Tibet Travel Permit?

From the year 2014, anyone can get Tibet travel permit, the restriction of same nationality and group size have been removed. If you are looking to travel to Tibet, you must apply for the permit. To get the permit, you need to follow important steps. The ones who are non-Chinese or Taiwanese passport holders, they have to get the travel permit in order to enter Tibet. Tibet Tourism Bureau or TTB is the only issuing organization that issues the permit. Individual traveler can travel to Tibet with the join-in-tour or even organized private tour. The permit for Tibet travel has two sheets. The first sheet is the approval letter from TTB which carries the anti-false label and a unique number to be located at the top of the page. In the second sheet of the permit, you will find the list of group. Both pages have to be stamped by TTB (Tibet Travel Bureau). Let us check out the procedure for obtaining the permit.

Approach Chinese Embassy for the Chinese Visa

This is the very first step whereby you need to procure the Chinese visa from the Chinese Embassy in the home country itself. After you obtain the Chinese Visa, you need to apply for the permit. To do this, send the scanned copy of the Chinese visa over the email along with the passport to the Tibet travel agency. Anyone who enters China must have the passport that is valid for 6 months. If you are looking for multiple entry visa, your passport must be valid for 9 months at least.

Designing the Tibet tour route

To get a permit for traveling Lhasa to Kathmandu, you need to design the travel route in details. Tibet travel route is usually not suggested to be mentioned when you are applying for the visa. It may happen that you wish to travel by train to reach Lhasa via Xining and then reach Xining by a flight. So, the travel route to be stated in the permit will be Xining-Lhasa-Xining.

Finding the tour operator online

You need to find the Tibet tour operator over the internet who can apply for the Tibet travel permit on your behalf. The tour permit may only be applied through an authorized agency. A dozen travel agencies may be accessed online that organize Tibet tours. Such agencies guarantee imperative tour. Choose the large travel agency to obtain the permit.

The next set of steps to follow

After you choose a suitable Tibet travel agency, you have to email the scanned copy of the passport and Chinese visa to it. Only with it, the agency can help to apply for the Tibet permit. To hand over the permit, the agency will send it to the hotel in China which you have reserved or have someone deliver to the airport if your schedule it tight. Note that Tibet permit copies can do if you are taking a train to Lhasa.

Besides arranging the permit, you need to prepare for the Tibet trip by booking the air tickets and train tickets as per the need. When traveling from Lhasa to Kathmandu, you should book the tickets in advance to get discounts.

Author's Note

The author of this article has an extensive knowledge in the field of lhasa to kathmandu and everest base camp tours.

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