Frontier Pass: how to get Tibet Pass for your Tibet tour

Frontier Pass is the official permission for all travelers from home and abroad, who want to tour the border between Tibet with other regions or other countries. Without this pass, travelers will not be allowed to travel these border area.

Tibet Frontier Pass

1. Who should apply for Frontier Pass?

All travelers, whether they are Chinese or not, need to apply for the Frontier Pass when they plan to tour the remote border between Tibet regions with other countries, such as Everest Base Camp, Mt. Kailash, etc.

2. How to apply for Frontier Pass?

So far, Tibet does not allow foreign travelers to travel alone and all tourists should participate a "group tour" itinerary of a Tibet local travel agency. We, a local travel agency, can help you apply for Tibet Frontier Pass. You need to send us the following documents:

1) copy of passport;
2) tour itinerary of our website;
3) copy of your China Visa;
4) copy of your TTB permit ( if you book our Tibet tour, we can apply for TTB permit ).

3. When and where to apply for Frontier Pass?

Frontier Pass is issued by Armed Police Tibet Frontier Corps in Lhasa. If you book our Tibet tour, we can deal with your all Tibet Travel Permits. The application time may be 3 to 5 days, please leave us enough time to apply for it.

4. Where is Frontier Pass Used?

If you travel the remote border, you will be required to show your Tibet Frontier Pass to the Check Points. Even if you fly to Kathmandu from Lhasa, you will be asked to show it at the airport.

5. Which areas require Frontier Pass?

1) Shigatse: Sakya Monastery, Mt. Everest Base Camp, Rongbuk Monastery, etc.
2) Ngari Region: Mt. Kailash, Mansarovar Lake, etc.
3) Nyingchi Region: Basumtso Lake, Pomi, Rawotso Lake, etc.
4) China-Nepal Border: Zhangmu

1. Who needs to apply for the Tibet Travel Permit?

All foreign tourists ( non-Chinese passport holders, overseas Chinese people, and Taiwanese ) need to apply for the Tibet Travel Permit when they plan to enter Tibet Autonomous Region.
2. Which kinds of Tibet Travel Permits do I need to travel in Tibet?

Four permits:

Tibet Tourism Bureau Permit - "TTB permit", "Tibet Entry Permit", "Tibet Visa" or "Lhasa Visa"; a must-have permission for foreign tourists entering Tibet from mainland China, Nepal or other countries.

Aliens' Travel Permit - "PSB permit"; a must permit for foreign tourists visiting the "unopened areas" out of Lhasa, such as Nyingchi region, Ngari region. Your passport and TTB permit are required for applying for.

Military Permit - a permit for those who are planning to travel the military sensitive areas in Tibet, such as the border with other countries. Traveling together with TTB permit and PSB permit.

Frontier Pass - the official permit for all travelers from home and aboard, who travel to the border between Tibet with other regions or countries.

Two visas:

Chinese Visa - "China Visa" or "China Entry Visa"; an officially approved document to foreign tourists applying for, to enter, leave or transit through mainland China.

Group Visa - a "must" for tourists entering Tibet from Kathmandu, Nepal, no mater whether you already have a Chinese Visa or not. Traveling together with other Tibet Travel Permits.
3. How to apply for Tibet Travel Permit?

Because Tibet Tourism Bureau does not accept individual applications for permits, visitors must entrust a Tibet local travel agency to apply for TTB permit, Frontier Pass and Military Permit. As a local travel agency, we can do for you. You need to contact us at contact@tour-tibet.com, book our service, tell us your detailed personal information, send us the documents: copy of your passport, copy of your China visa and work/ study certificates. Then we send your permits to your places.

Aliens' Travel Permit can be applied for after your arrival from Public Security Bureau in Tibet. But we suggest that you entrust us to apply for you, because it is much easy via our service.

Group Visa must be applied for at Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal. You need get TTB permit and Invitation Letter from Tibet local travel agency, and they entrust Nepal local travel agency to apply for Group Visa.
4. How long does Tibet Travel Permit application process take?

Usually, it can be issued in 3 - 5 working days. But if you want to travel some restricted or unopened areas like Everest Base Camp, Mount Kailash, it need several different permits, then it would take more time. If you need our service, please contact us at least 25 days prior to your Tibet tour starting.
5. How much does the Tibet Travel Permit cost?

TTB Permit is free for foreign tourists. But you need to pay $100 to $200 per person for the application service of travel agency. For us, we spend a lot on human resource to handle the application: such as sorting out travel information, preparing paper and electronic documents, dealing with several government departments, delivering the document to tourists, etc.
Alien's Travel Permit: 50 yuan per person
Military Permit: 100 yuan person
Frontier Pass: 50 yuan per person
Group Visa: different price for foreign tourists from different countries.

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