China Arrival Card Online: Official Website and Free Form (2026)
Where to complete the official arrival card, and how to avoid misleading websites.
Arriving, registering your stay, booking a train or paying with a foreign card? Find the practical steps, with links to the services that set the rules.
Looking for a specific problem?
20 articles across registration, arrival, payments and transport.
FEATURED GUIDE · REGISTRATION
Who needs to register after staying at a private address in China, which NIA service to use, and what the 24-hour rule means.
Read the registration guideWhere to complete the official arrival card, and how to avoid misleading websites.
What to check when a foreign passport cannot be verified.
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PRACTICAL GUIDES
Foreign passport rejected by the official China Railway system? Separate data-entry problems from account verification limits.
Check bank approval, merchant acceptance, identity steps and alternative payments when an overseas bank card fails in Alipay.
A safe checklist for matching passport details and checking a foreign bank card in WeChat Pay.
Understand the confirmed onward ticket, nationality and port requirements before attempting visa-free transit through China.
If a hotel says it cannot accept your foreign passport, how to ask for a supervisor, document the refusal and find an alternative.
Which power banks may be blocked at domestic China airport security, and why a clear CCC (3C) mark matters.
Immigration, transport and payment rules can change. We distinguish published requirements from suggested troubleshooting, and link to official services wherever possible.