Tibet Travel Information

Tibet travel information

Tibet travel information provides detailed information about the Tibet entry permit and about visas.  There are two kinds of permits for traveling in Tibet:

• Entry permit (TTB permit)
• Alien’s travel permit (PSB permit).

TTB Permit – Tibet Entry Permit (Tibet visa)
When you fly from any city to Lhasa, you will need to show this permit when you check in at the airport. Furthermore, whenever you buy a flight to Lhasa, you need to show this permit. TTB permits are also needed by groups traveling by Land Cruiser. We will arrange permits for travelers travelling to Tibet.

PSB Permit – Alien’s Travel Permit
If you want to go further to the “unopened” areas, you need an Alien’s travel permit issued by PSB of Tibet. It is called “Alien’s Travel Permit” or “PSB permit”.

To process your Tibet Travel permit (Tibet Visa)
Because we are a local travel agency, it’s quite easy for you to get a travel permit with our help. Simply send us your passport details or a copy of your passport, and please mention your occupation.
1) full name, exactly as on your passport
2) gender;
3) date of birth;
4) passport number;
5) nationality
6) Occupation

You need to apply for the travel permit at least 10 days before your entry date.

“Lhasa PSB will not issue travel permits to individuals and will direct you to a travel agency. Agencies can arrange a travel permit to almost anywhere, but only if you book a Land Cruiser, driver, and guide.”

Important Issues about the Tibet Travel Permit

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

2. After having a permit, a travel agency could buy you the air tickets, and you can pass the check-in at the airport, and the checkpoint reroute with the permit.

3. Only the guide could hold the permit after you establish yourself in Tibet. You are not allowed to bring it with you and travel anywhere you want because, except for Lhasa, you need another permit named “Aliens’ Permit.” Otherwise, if you are stopped by the police, you will be sent out of Tibet or have trouble politically and economically. Furthermore, the travel agency that helped to get you the permit will also be in trouble.
Therefore, no legitimate travel agency could sell you the Tibet permit if you do not book a tour with them. We don’t think you would like to be in trouble due to a “sold” Tibet permit after you pay a lot of money for the tour.

4. There is a service charge (by the government) to get the Tibet permit. And it takes time, paperwork, a transportation fee, and a delivery fee for us to get a permit for you, so we will charge an extra fee for the permits.

TIBET VISA
Visa If you are entering Tibet from China

Regarding a visa, if you are going to enter Tibet from China, then you could obtain a China single-entry tourist visa in your home country and apply for an entry permit with our help, taking your travel package to Tibet.

Visa if you are entering from Nepal

As per Chinese visa regulations, if you are going to enter Tibet from Nepal, then we advise you not to obtain a Chinese visa in your home country, which will be canceled, and a new group visa will be issued. The group visa will be on paper, not in a passport; you will have a stamp when you enter Tibet at the border.

Note: There is no guarantee that the rule is the same as instructed here because the Chinese authority makes changes in the rule without any prior notice, so we request that you contact us for permits and the latest visa news.