# I Want to Visit My Friend in China: What do I Need to do?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-visit-my-friend-in-china-what-do-i-need-to-do/819706 "2018-08-16T02:27:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-visit-my-friend-in-china-what-do-i-need-to-do/819706/1 "2018-08-16T02:27:32Z")

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I have a friend in Shenzhen. We’ve been talking about me visiting him in a month or so.

I’m a Canadian citizen (with passport), and born in the UK.

Apart from booking a plane ticket, is there something else I need to know, or do? Visa?

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-visit-my-friend-in-china-what-do-i-need-to-do/819706/2 "2018-08-16T02:42:02Z")

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Duplicate reported

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-visit-my-friend-in-china-what-do-i-need-to-do/819706/3 "2018-08-16T02:59:56Z")

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Closed duplicate.