I'm from the UK currently travelling across central asia en route to China. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna run out of money when I get to China and I'm wondering have any of you anons ever got a loan from the embassy to pay for your flight?

What was the process like? Did they make it difficult? I'm especially interested if any other Brit anons have done it.

>>2800768 (OP)
>I'm pretty sure I'm gonna run out of money when I get to China
Enjoy getting turned away right at the border because you can't prove funds or a hotel booked to stay at.

I had a friend who got his wallet+passport lost and had to use the embassy home, not sure the exacts but it was a heafty price since they don't exactly shop around for deals on cheapest way home. It's often jsut "quickest thing that comes up". He was bitching about paying it back for months so it wasn't cheap.

Uh credit card?

>>2800773
I can prove I have enough money I just don't have it. However I dont have to actually prove I have a hotel booked right when I cross the land border?

I mean it isn't the end of the world

>>2801368
>However I dont have to actually prove I have a hotel booked right when I cross the land border?
Anon, China literally requires you to provide your hotel booking and register it at a police station within 24 hours of crossing the border. Failing to do so can result in prison and deportation, that is assuming you get in.

There are tons of youtube videos of retarded euros arriving and not providing proof of a flight out or booked hotel and get turned away with a huge fine.

>>2800773
>Enjoy getting turned away right at the border because you can't prove funds or a hotel booked to stay at.
This, pretty much this.
>>2801368
>However I dont have to actually prove I have a hotel booked right when I cross the land border?
Yes, you have to prove it, China is very scrupulous with this stuff. You have to have booked hotels, and your departure flight/train ticket before you even try to enter the country.

Why should I have to prove anything other than a valid passport? I'm not traveling to burger land. My EU passport allows me to travel far more freely than mutts. The embassy can just fly me back with a bill I may or may not pay. It's not a big deal at all it doesn't hurt them or their economy I could even help teach English for free.

>>2801388
>I have an european passport bro! Why can't I be an ilegal alien bro?!
I know this is hard for you fag, but you must abide by the rules of China if you really want to visit China. No one gives a shit if you speak english there. If you don't comply with their requirements, then you are out. Simple as.

>>2800768 (OP)
Just go home now/early, you immature brokefag, geesh. How embarassing to run out of money and even talking to an embassy for help. It's not their problem. You talk to family first, and deal with them directly to wire your own money to you. You haven't been in a plane crash during war times. Your consulate and embassy are supposed to help you as a crime or medical trauma, or possibly unjust legal touble, to get you back to civilation. You're not even supposed to get their help if you're not connected to a politically powerful family. You're a nobody and you have no money too? Would they stop on the street and give you a nickel if you were a homeless guy in London? You are creating your own problems.

>>2801395
my ancestors traveled this way and colonized the world fatty

>>2800773
white people don't get asked to show funds. assuming he has a visa the chinese immigration will let him in. you don't even need to put your intended address on your entry card.

>>2800768 (OP)
you won't get one. they'll tell you to call your family and then call your bank. they aren't giving you a loan.

>>2801375
>Failing to do so can result in prison and deportation,
*can but doesn't. laws in china exist for the possibility of later use if needed. if you have read the rules then i can see why you are shitting your pants at the thought of not sticking to requirements, but the reality is that things in china are way more free flowing than the rules imply. you only need to register at the police station if your hotel isn't hooked up to the system with the Register Foreigner option which i admit is probably near land border on the western border if the anon doesn't go to a large city quickly. you can also do it after the 48 hour requirement if you just say you weren't able to. you can also just ignore it and assume it won't be an issue because unless you are doing something illegal and are arrested the cops won't care.
i have moved around unregistered many times,on many trips, in many cities, even during covid. if you go to the cops you get registered on a computer and sign a book and get a receipt but at no point does anyone ever ask for your receipt. the immigration when you leave don't ask for it, no one cares if you are registered.

>>2801388
I thought only yanks has this level of stupidity. Get money before you go travelling idiot.

Lmao at this thread and all you poors who think you deserve to travel. You make me laugh with your pathetic poverty

>>2801388
You do understand that the US Passport is “less free” because of reciprocal visa requirements. The EU is basically a whore open to the turd world while the USA restricts access from the turd world. So the turd world (like China) tries to act like a badass and put visa restrictions on the US passport holder.
Your EU whore passport is nothing to be proud of.

>>2801532
Anon they literally ask you for proof of funds, airplane or exit of the country, and hotel for the 144hr visa.

>>2801541
I mean, I know you are stupid, but you don't have to be so open about it.

>>2801567
Yes the EU is so fucking great because you have the backdoor and front door open to China

Why didn’t Xi’s daughter live in the EU and go to university? Instead she graduated from an exclusive university in the US! Weird? She went to Harvard with the elites from all over the planet. Why didn’t she attend a prestigious university in the EU? Maybe one of the elite winners of the NCAA world sports championships or Olympic gold medalist schools? Noooo?

>>2801616
>Well, you see, here is proof that Xi Jinping daughter studied in America.
That's wonderful, anon! How knowledgeable you are about this! However, hear me out, if you ever want to go to China (something that is clear to me that you probably not) you still have to proof:
1. Departure flight-train ticket
2. Booked hotels
3. You have money to spend in China.
It doesn't matter if you are le american or like OP (who is a loser, BTW) is le european.

>>2801395
"I'm too lazy and stupid to fund my travels" is not an emergency. I hope the Chinese give OP no end of shit in immigration detention and leave him butthurt posting about China on /pol/ for years to come.

>/trv/ now hates europeans
Too many burgers LOL

>>2801539
I'm getting really annoyed at this kind of bait and all the "flying in business class" bait too. It's good that you are a trust fund kid who was born with a silver spoon in the mouth playing life on easy mode.
Enjoy it instead of shoving it in front of everyone's face like an insecure faggot, instead of replying to such kind of threads with relevant information.
Yeah you are rich and you cry when there is dirt on your shoes, so what? Do you need a (You) to validate your existence or something? Do you wonder why locals don't like you sometimes? I'm browsing this thread to know how to react in such a critical situation and you should learn too instead of bragging.

>>2801535
The reason (You) didn't get asked is because chances are you flew in and already had a flight out booked. The airlines relay this information to the check-in country and the CBP agents so when you land, they've already matched your information to your connection. No one is really going to ask you too much in regards to proof of funds for someone staying well under the 144hr visa free limit.

OP showing up as a literal bum via some unconventional method of entering the countries will 100% be asked for their ticket onward, failing to provide that they will ask for what hotel, and most certainly ask how he plans to get from hotel to his port of exit.

>>2801368
>I can prove I have enough money I just don't have it.
What the hell does this mean

>>2801817
>learning how to react if I suddenly wind up naked in the streets with not a stitch to my name
If you have a shred of common sense, anon, this won't happen to you.

>no no you must have hotels and onward tickets and and and
Nobody gave a flying fuck and I went through the border twice, five months unshaved with a backpack. The only question I ever got was "Tourism?".
Maybe it's different for burgers, the 30 day visa free comes bother free.

>>2802591
Because you most likely already had your flight information parsed for an exit. Most airport security check your landing information with airlines for an exit ticket.

>>2802595
I bought a return flight weeks later in the middle of China. I had no onward ticket at all.
Although I flew into HK, not China proper. Crossed to Shenzhen, then ~two weeks later did a Zhuhai - Macau - Zhuhai day trip through the border again. So it's only land borders. Maybe they're more anal at the airport.

>have no money
>decide to travel to a country 10k+ km from home that speaks an entirely different language
Why are /trv/tards like this?

OP here. I have absolutely no idea why this thread has caused so much seethe and butthurt.

I have money. If I need to prove an exit flight then I can although I'd rather not because I would rather be fluid with my plans. Likely I will just get a flight and cancel like I did for my visa application. My issue is I will run out of money in China not before. I just want the embassy to give me a loan because I know I will go home and get a job so I would rather spend my money in the country an enjoy myself rather than on a flight home. It's not a big deal. The stupid government will get their money back and they'll get my taxes which pay for their bloated wages so they can spend it drinking tea with diplomats and nutting in chinese hookers. They have their fun why can't I have mine.

Also plenty of people travel with no money and actually it is a far more enriching experience than spending all your time on the tourist designated merry go round of traps and scams.

>>2803661
this is absolutely pathetic

>>2800768 (OP)
Embassy is not a bank, they will laugh at you and tell you to go earn some money by sucking dicks in the street.

>>2803661
>Also plenty of people travel with no money and actually it is a far more enriching experience than spending all your time on the tourist designated merry go round of traps and scams.
You mean, like picrel?

>>2803661
And here I was thinking that Americans take the cake for most retarded shit whilst on holiday

>>2803716
>Can't tell the difference between emigrating and traveling
lol how fucking retarded can you be

>>2803743
This is a travel board not a holiday board. You stick to Cancun and post on reddit about it. I've hitchhiked across 7 countries so far and I've made friends with locals and been invited by locals in every country I've been in. You probably wouldn't know what it's like to visit a country and be treated with respect and not a walking dollar sign. Maybe lurk moar you might learn a thing or two.

>>2803689
I don't understand I've heard of people doing it so I assumed it would be more common but maybe not. I have actually lost my bank card so maybe that would make me eligible to get help.

I think I will just pay for a plane ticket out of the money I was keeping for when I get back.

>>2803997
>I don't understand I've heard of people doing it so I assumed it would be more common but maybe not
People do it when they are scammed out of all their cash, lose their passport, or have an emergency back home they need to.

I had a friend (European) I was visiting Japan with precovid who had to use this and it was hellish.Lost his bag that had his wallet+passport in it. He had to explain why he didn't have enough money, file a police report for his stolen wallet and passport, then have a flight booked he needed to be on in a 48hr window. For him it was the next day. He got charged some absurd amount for the airline booking, embassy fee's, and so on. It was a real hellish thing to pay back as their focus is getting you home fast, not getting you home cheap and at your leisure.

Are you actually so room temp IQ that you think it's just a book now pay later whatever you want kinda deal? Nigga that's called a credit card

Also I do believe they front you some money, I think he got 200 Euro's worth of cash so he could make it to the airport and also have enough for a taxi/train home. Not sure if that's standard but again, you're just snowballing the amount you owe the government you're borrowing from. Maybe if you are from some country like Norway they don't care about fee's and such that much but I assume most are going to charge you out the ass for everything.

>>2803996
Nigger, you are the one asking how an embassy can bail you out. At that point you are in the same category as those stupid indios. Did you know that they get free plane tickets to go back?
>inb4, it’s no for free, it’s a loan dude!!!
Nigger, get the fucking money before going to China.

>>2804004
Not to be on OP's side but first they will have OP call his friends and family asking for money and then after that humiliation ritual and all options exhausted they will book a flight and a method home. If at which time OP was truly out of money would be a next day or same day flight meaning it will easily be 3-5x the normal cost of booking ahead.

But hey OP is from the UK maybe he is a migrant originally and he can just say paying back loans is racist before being gifted 10,000 pounds.

>>2804000
>Are you actually so room temp IQ that you think it's just a book now pay later whatever you want kinda deal?
idk man that's the point of the thread is to find out. I've never met anyone who has done it but of course I've heard people do it.

You never know with European governments sometimes they can be very carefree with handing money out I thought if I pay it back then what is the big deal. I mean literally I could get a loan for a flight, go home and claim welfare and pay it off. When I actually want the government to give me relatively not much money that I will pay back when I get home because I know I will get a job. What sounds better for the treasury?

eh thanks for the advice I think I'll avoid it

>>2804004
>>inb4 the reason which proves why my point is dumb
lol fucking retard

>>2804007
>I've never met anyone who has done it but of course I've heard people do it.
Yes.. in emergencies holy fuck that's the ENTIRE point of why embassy's offer it. A simple google of your thread subject would tell you in 2 seconds it's for emergency situations for people stranded in a foreign country.

YOU are NOT in an emergency situation, they will most likely wonder this as well. I'm glad you are avoiding doing retarded thing but holy hell, what braindead country in europe did you come from. This level of retardation reminds me of the shit Germans and dutch do and then wonder "vhell I don't no otherz ehh do it so maybez?"

Like damn I'm actually impressed at this level of stupidity

>>2804008
Ok then, let’s assume this thread isn’t fake and gay, go there and have fun getting depported and banned.

>>2804010
As someone who bounces around asia and china, I don't think this is fake. I see way too many begpackers do this shit constantly. They'll book a flight + rat nest hotel/hostel, then cancel the flight to afford food and think about ways to get home. It's always some fucking euro who thinks they can work at the bar, teach english, or be a helper to get some massive amount of cash to fly to their next hell hole stay.

>>2804009
>Like damn I'm actually impressed at this level of stupidity
Yeah I remember my first day on 4chan too
Actually its quite common here to ask questions regarding people's experience and people with said experience post about the subject of the thread. I understand your confusion based on all the other comments who respond to the thread who have never left their bedroom but they are essential to bump the thread until one of the few people have relevant information post about it.

>>2804073
To be fair, OP's acting overly stupid and reckless in this situation

>>2800768 (OP)
>>2803997
If an american did this the board would be ww3 mode of bantz and laghing at OP, but a bong does it and it's fine?

>>2804267
Read the thread again, everyone is telling him he is an idiot. Except the one anon wasting his time trying to explain why his idea is misconceived at best, stupid at worst.

>>2800768 (OP)
There's lots of fags in this thread, but I think you're based.
Young /trv/lets should do stupid shit while they still can, so we can all appreciate the tales.
I swear this board just wants endless threads of 'what to do in budapest'. Fucking hell.

Also, given that there's 46 replies and no actual info here:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/your-finances-when-travelling-abroad

IF they deem your case as a huge fuck up, then you must
>sign a declaration of repayment
>hand over your passport
>book a dirt cheap transport method home
>travel on an emergency document

I.e. you won't ever leave the UK again until you've repaid the loan.

I honestly would say YOLO it and report back. Using the Foreign Office as a payday loan company is unbelievably based, and far better value for the UK taxpayer than helping Ahmed Mohamed and his 26 ''''''''family members'''''''''' stay in 4* hotels to rape locals.

>>2800768 (OP)
Another also, how the fuck you getting into China?
UK citizen = visa needed, OR 10 day transit visa where you MUST have evidence of a flight leaving China in an ABC pattern (i.e. UK - China - Thailand).

This transit visa also is highly unlikely to be valid for you if you're coming in from the western borders on foot, kek.

>>2804357
I actually have a two year multiple entry visa that I got from the embassy before I left