How to get Tibet Permit?

Updated on 2023 August 5th. 

China Visa and a Tibet travel permit are the two main documents required to travel to Tibet. 

Few important questions regarding Tibet Travel Permit 

1. What is Tibet Travel Permit?

2. Can Travelers get Tibet Travel Permit by themselves?

3. How much does Tibet Travel Permit cost?

4. What are the documents required to obtain a Tibet Travel Permit?

5. From where Tibet Travelers can get Tibet Travel Permit?

6. How long does it take to obtain a Tibet Travel Permit?

7. How long in advance can Travelers get the Tibet Travel Permit?

8. Which places in Tibet are allowed to visit with the Tibet Travel Permit?

9. What is the expiration date of the Tibet Travel Permit?

10. Can Tibet Travel Permit be available to mail outside of China?

11. Do Travelers need the original Tibet Travel Permit for a flight to Tibet from other cities in China?

12. Do Travelers need the original Tibet Travel Permit for a train to Tibet from other cities in China?

13. Where can Travelers pick up the Tibet Travel Permit while entering Tibet from Nepal via flight or overland from the border?

14. Can Tibet Travel Permit be possible to extend?

15. While traveling in Tibet, who takes care of the Tibet Travel Permit?

16. Do Travelers need Tibet Travel Permit for leaving Tibet?

17. What is the Alien Travel Permit?

Tibet Travelers would like to break the chain of complications by sharing the full information regarding Tibet Travel Permit.

1. What is Tibet Travel Permit?

They are two documents Travelers will require to travel in Tibet. China visa from China or China visa from Nepal and Tibet Travel Permit.

2. Can Travelers get Tibet Travel Permit by themselves?

Travelers cannot get Tibet Travel Permit on their own. Tibet Travel Permit can be only obtained with the help of a local Travel agency in Lhasa.

3. How much does Tibet Travel Permit cost?

Tibet Travel Permit is free of charge. Travel agencies are not allowed to sell only Tibet Travel Permits. Travelers must be on an organized Tour. 

4. What are the documents required to obtain a Tibet Travel Permit?

The documents required to obtain Tibet Travel Permit are scans of a China visa and scans of a Passport.

1. If travel to Tibet from China, how to get a China visa from China?

2. If travel to Tibet from Nepal, how to get a China visa from Nepal?

5. From where Tibet Travelers Travel agency can get Tibet Travel Permit?

From the China Tibet Autonomous Region Tourism Office in Lhasa.

6. How long does it take to obtain a Tibet Travel Permit?

Tours to Mount Kailash, Mount Everest, and Kangsung Valley, will take around 25 days advance booking to obtain the Tibet Travel Permit. 

For other Tours will take around 15-20 days advance booking to obtain the Tibet Travel Permit.

Normally it is much safer to book the Tour in advance. 

7. How long in advance can Travelers get the Tibet Travel Permit?

Even though Tibet Tourism Office accepts the papers for Tibet Travel Permit around a month in advance however only around 5-10 days before the trip Travelers will get the Tibet Travel Permit.

Photo: Tibet Travel Permit contains 2 papers ( Tibet travel permit and TTP name list )

8. Which places in Tibet are allowed to visit with the Tibet Travel Permit?

Not all the places in Tibet are available for Travelers to visit. Some areas in Western Tibet Changtang prefecture, some areas in Tsetang prefecture, some areas in Nyingchi prefecture, some areas in Nagchu, and some areas in Chamdo are not available for Travelers at the moment.

Almost all other places are open for Travelers, but Travelers are allowed to visit only the sites which are written on the Tibet Travel Permit, so we recommend Travelers let us know about all the places Travelers prefer to visit in Tibet. 

9. What is the expiration date of the Tibet Travel Permit?

The day-by-day itinerary routine will be written while obtaining the Tibet Travel Permit so Tibet Travel Permit will expire when the tour to Tibet itinerary duration expires.

10. Can Tibet Travel Permit be available to mail outside of China?

Only the scan of the Tibet Travel Permit can be mailed outside of China, but the original Tibet Travel Permit is not available to mail outside of China. 

11. Do Travelers need the original Tibet Travel Permit for a flight to Tibet from other cities in China?

Yes, Travelers will need the original Tibet Travel Permit while boarding the flight to Tibet from other cities of China so we recommend all Travelers spend a night in one of the cities of China to pick the Tibet Travel Permit from the Traveler's preferred hotel reception.

Tibet Travelers will mail the permit to the hotel reception by asking for the address and phone number of the hotel from the Travelers. How to buy a flight ticket to Tibet from other cities in China?

12. Do Travelers need the original Tibet Travel Permit for a train to Tibet from other cities in China?

No, Travelers can travel to Tibet by train with the scan print color or clear black and white of the Tibet Travel Permit.

Travelers can also buy or pick up the train ticket with the help of a passport and scanned print version of the Tibet Travel Permit. How to buy a train ticket to Tibet from other cities in China?

13. Where can Travelers pick up the Tibet Travel Permit while entering Tibet from Nepal by flight or overland from the Nepal border?

Tibet Travelers Tour Guide will have the Tibet Travel Permit in hand while waiting for the Travelers at Lhasa Gonggar airport or Kyirong town between Nepal Border to help Travelers get into Tibet from the military offices.

Travelers will need the China group visa in hand, which will be issued with the help of our friend in Nepal. How to get a China-Tibet group visa from Nepal?

14. Can Tibet Travel Permit be possible to extend?

Once the Tibet Travel Permit is obtained. It is not possible to extend or add more places to the Tibet Travel Permit since obtaining Tibet Travel Permit needs an advance booking.

15. While traveling in Tibet, who takes care of the Tibet Travel Permit?

Tibet Travelers Tour Guide will take care of the Tibet Travel Permit while traveling in Tibet. Tour Guide will do the registration at hotels and checkpoints. 

16. Do Travelers need Tibet Travel Permit for leaving Tibet?

Travelers traveling to Nepal will need the Tour Guide and Tibet Travel Permit for boarding the flight to Kathmandu or crossing the border from Kyirong town. 

Travelers traveling to China will need the Tour Guide and a scan of the Tibet Travel Permit or original Tibet Travel Permit at the airport. 

17. What is the Alien Travel Permit?

Alien Travel Permit is another permit Travelers will require while traveling to Sakya, Mount Everest base camp, Tingri town, Kyirong town, Mount Kailash, and Guge Kingdom.

Alien Travel Permit costs 50 RMB per person, and it will be taken care of by Tibet Travelers Tour Guide with the help of the Traveler's original Passport and Tibet Travel Permit from Lhasa. 

Kangshung Valley Trek at the east face of Mount Everest

Alien Travel Permits are mostly obtained in Gyantse, Shigatse, Ngari, or Darchen town, Nyingchi, and Tsetang.

Conclusion 

China visa and Tibet Travel Permit play the biggest role in the documents required to travel to Tibet.

A Passport scan and a China Visa scan are the two primary essential documents required to obtain the Tibet Travel Permit. This is the full information regarding Tibet Travel Permit (TTP) 

Tibet Travelers would like to welcome all Travelers to travel to Tibet and witness the beauties of Tibet with Authentic Tibetan Tibet Travel Expert the Tibet Travelers. For Tibet Travel free Planner, contact Tibet Travelers. info@tibettravelers.com