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I cannot find an affordable flight from Taiwan to Chicago except for one about $625 through China Eastern Airline. Instead of it going Taipei direct to US (LA or San Francisco) then on to Chicago, it goes to Shanghai (PuDong) & has about a 18 hour layover there.

Any experience with this route, airline, or Pu Dong airport? Is a transit Visa needed? This is for a citizen of Nicaragua who is studying in Taiwan and got a 1 year B1/B2 US Tourist Visa wanting to visit family in the US for about 2-1/2 months & return to Taiwan for studies.

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You don't need a transit visa as a Nicaraguan transiting Shanghai Pudong en route to Taipei:

/ 14APR16 / 1550 UTC

National Nicaragua (NI)
Transit China (People's Rep.) (CN)
Destination Chinese Taipei (TW)

China (People's Rep.) (CN)

TWOV (Transit Without Visa):
Visa required, except for Holders of confirmed onward airline tickets for a max. transit time of 24 hours

Source: Timaticweb

The same holds for travel in the opposite direction: Timaticweb reference

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