Guide to the correct use of APEC Business Travel Cards

How do I use the APEC Business Travel Card?

Cardholders are in and out of the country with a valid passport and a valid travel card when applying for a travel card. Cardholders can only enter or leave the country where their travel card application was approved (marked on the back of the travel card with the initials). Travel card-specific access is available at the main ports of each country that is eliopting for travel cards, which is usually identified as "APEC Business Travel Card".

How long can I stay at a time when I have a card to travel to each country?

The maximum duration of stay seamount to 60 or 90 days varies in each country, as follows:

60 days: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, China

90 days: Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Brunei, Mexico, Peru, Chile

If the travel card is valid for less than 60 days or 90 days, you must leave the country before the card expires.

What are the benefits of apec business travel cards?

Applicants who apply for one application, valid for five years, are allowed to stay for at least 60 days at a time. In addition, cardholders are generally provided with access to customs clearance in various countries.

I. Frequent lying overseas frequently asked questions

1, immigration suspected of the purpose of travel

For example, a single woman traveling to New Zealand, the entry slip is very casual, a lot of information is not written. At this time, the Customs will worry that she is single, will go overseas long-term settlement or engage in improper occupation, and will refuse her entry.

2, exit due to flight delay

Do you often encounter aircraft due to weather, unexpected events and other uncertainties delays, and be stuck in the airport, resulting in delays.

But if you enter Japan with an APEC Business Travel Card, for example, you go directly through the APEC-specific channel, eliminating the process of interrogation. Or when stuck at the time of departure, people with APEC cards can ask to leave the airport to find their own place to rest, and through mobile phones or other tools to obtain flight changeinformation and return to the airport to go through the exit procedures again.

Second, visa timeliness

There are two things to note here:

First, confirm whether a good visa is valid for a single time or more times, if it is a single validity, the first time you enter the country, the validity period is over.

Second, don't confuse the validity of your visa with the validity of your stay.

For example, if you have obtained a singapore visa valid for six months, but when you enter the country, the immigration officer gives you a seal for 30 days, so you can only stay for a maximum of 30 days after you enter the country. At this time you bought a round trip from Shanghai to Singapore, went to Singapore, feel That Singapore is too small, and want to go to nearby Malaysia, so you plan to return from Malaysia, then return to Singapore.

So you can only enter and leave Singapore once, and only for a maximum of 30 days, so the above operation is not feasible.

If you have an APEC card, you should not worry about the above problems, because APEC is 5 years valid, visa-free Singapore and Malaysia and other 16 countries, and many round trips, stay time of up to 60 days, other countries up to 90 days!

Third, visa association

For example, if you get a visa for a country that helps you get a visa for your target country, and usually you have a history of exiting the country, it's easier to apply to another developed country.

The same is true for those who hold APEC cards, with APEC cards, which greatly assists many countries in the visa pass rate! Reduce the risk of being denied a visa.

Want to come on a journey that says to go,

How easy is it?

1. Visa application time is too long

Every country to go to a visa, prepare information, and then make an appointment, almost all need 10 working days or more, some even up to a month!

2, security time is too long

Every time go abroad through the security queue is very long, such as the heart is very tired, but also wasted too long time.

3, the stay time is too short

Visas approved by countries to ordinary tourists, the validity period and stay period is generally not long, in case of an emergency, need to reschedule or want to stay in the local for a little longer is very troublesome.