Why does foreigner need to transact the permission of traveling in Tibet ?
Because of the special tradition and historic site and protection the ecosystem , and also because of the communication and service facilities and reception capability , Chinese government regulate that foreigners and travelers from Taiwan and Chinese people living abroad need to transact the permission of foreigners traveling in Tibet which is charged by the traveling office of Tibet autonomous region before they go to Tibet , and at the same time Chinese government also regulate that foreign correspondent and diplomat cannot go into Tibet as traveler .

Who needs to get the permission of traveling in Tibet ?
1 negative Chinese identification card ----- traveler from Taiwan
2 negative Chinese passport ----- traveler get foreign passport
Explanatory note : If Chinese people living abroad who do not get the Chinese passport they will need to transact the permission of traveling in Tibet . Now we have abolished the regulation that traveler from Hongkong and Macao should get the permission of traveling in Tibet . Traveler from Hongkong and Macao who gets the Hongkong and Macao passport or the return card of dweller of Hongkong and Macao ( transacted before 1998 , term of validity 10 years ) or interior pass can go to Tibet directly .
The relevant regulation of foreigner traveling in Tibet :
According to the rules of Chinese traveling office, foreign travelers and travelers from Taiwan and Chinese people living abroad ( except Hongkong and Macao dweller who gets local passport or return card ) can not travel themselves , they must travel in the term of organized group . All organized foreign traveling group should apply for the permission of traveling in Tibet from the government of Tibetan SAR Shanghai office by the authorized tourism agency .

How to transact the permission of foreigner traveling in Tibet ?
Visa : foreign traveler should transact the visa from local Chinese embassy , except the countries which have allied free-visa convention with China .
Application for the permission of traveling in Tibet : please give your basal information (including name , nationality , age , gender , job , passport number ) and traveling line in Tibet and traveling time in Tibet and traveling thought and phone number to local tourism agency or to the government of Tibetan S.A.R local office directly , and give the duplicate of your visa and the first page of your passport to local office by fax or email , you will receive the relevant procedure of traveling in Tibet in 3 or 4 working days . After receiving the duplicate of visa and passport , the office will sent out the permission of foreigner traveling in Tibet . Although it only need 2 days to examine and verify and sent out the permission , but because of the book procedure of ticket and hotel and guide and bus , please transact the application procedure as soon as possible . We charge the examinati