Guides
Planning a trip for treatment
The practical side: who needs a visa, how long you would be away, and what actually happens once you land.
Travelling from the United States
US passports are not covered by China's visa-free scheme, whatever the general guides say. Which visa you need, and when the 240-hour transit rule is enough.
Travelling from Canada
Canadians enter visa-free for 30 days at present. What that covers, when an S2 medical visa is needed instead, and why the policy's end date matters.
How a coordinated trip works
The six stages from first email to flying home — case review, hospital matching, entry documents, admission, treatment and follow-up.
Insurance, reimbursement and paying for treatment
Whether your plan will pay, what to ask before you travel, and how to document a trip so a claim has a chance.
Getting your medical records to China
What to gather, how to request it from your current providers, and why imaging needs to travel as DICOM rather than as photographs.
Travelling with a companion
Why we recommend it for inpatient treatment, how entry rules apply to them, and what a companion is and is not there to do.
If something goes wrong
Who is responsible for what, the questions to settle before you fly, and an honest account of where you stand if treatment does not go to plan.
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