Travel Permit for entering Tibet

How to get tibet travel permit?

Non-Chinese passport holders (including those of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and other countries) should get a Tibet Travel Permit in advance and furthermore, only then can you obtain the permit required to buy an air ticket in to Tibet.

How to get the travel permit for entering Tibet?

All kinds of perople can get it through a China travel agency except diplomats, journalists, and senior government officials who should travel to Tibet under the arrangement by the Foreign Affairs Office of Tibet Government.

To get the Tibet travel permit you need hold a valid passport with valid Chinese visa and should submit the following information by fax / email at least 15days prior to arrival in Tibet:

1. Full name appears on the passport;
2. Gender;
3. Date of birth;
4. Passport number & copy of passport;
5. Nationality;
6. Occupation;

If you are coming to Lhasa from Kathmandu, you'd better get China visa from Kathmandu because no matter you've already got the visa in your country or not, you must get a visa in Kathmandu, which is regulated in an official memo between China and Nepal.