One person, one country, and a rule we do not break: every fact on this site carries the date we last checked it.

Why this exists

I landed in Shanghai for the first time with a working phone, a working card, and no idea that neither would work the way I expected. The first hour cost me two taxi attempts and a queue at a bank counter that closed while I was in it.

Nothing about that was hard to explain. It was just not written down anywhere in the order it happens. So this site is that: the order it happens.

How we check things

Every rule on this site is read from the official source — the immigration administration, the rail operator, the payment platform's own documentation — and the date of that check is printed on the page.

When something changes, the date changes. When we are not sure, the page says so instead of guessing.

What we are not

We are not a travel agency, not a visa service, and not affiliated with any government body. Nothing here is legal or immigration advice. If your case is unusual, ask the official channel, not a website.