Visa
Hong Kong is an extremely friendly territory in the world in terms of visa policy. Nationals of about 170 countries and territories, including most European & American States as well as British Commonwealth nations, may visit Hong Kong visa-free for a period ranging from 7 days to 180 days.[1]
Visa Assistance
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Kuzuru Hong Kong bila Visa
Raia wa nchi zifuatazo hawahitaji Visa ili kuingia Hong Kong SAR:
Siku 180
90 days
EU and EFTA Nations (except UK citizens)
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Dominica
Ecuador
Egypt
Faroe Islands
Fiji
The Gambia
Greenland
Guyana
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Kiribati
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Seychelles
Singapore
South Korea
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
- Except Tongan National passports, Tongan Protected Persons passports
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Tuvalu
- Except those with national status stated as 'I-TUVALU'
Uruguay
- Except Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90
United Kingdom
- British Overseas Territories Citizens
- British Overseas Citizens
- British Subjects
- British Protected Persons
United States
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Zambia
Zimbabwe
30 days
Bahrain
Bolivia
Cape Verde
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Savaldor
Guatemala
Honduras
Indonesia
Jordan
Kuwait
Macau
- Non-permanent identity card holders
Morocco
Oman
Paraguay
Peru
Qatar
Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Stamp-free access for Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit Holders
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Thailand
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Uganda
Yemen
14 days
Albania
- Biometric passports holders only
Algeria
Benin
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Croatia
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Guinea
Haiti
Holy See
- excluding service passports
India
Kazakhstan[2]
Lesotho
Macedonia
Madagascar
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Montenegro [3]
Federated States of Micronesia
Mongolia
Mozambique
Niger
Palau
The Philippines
Russia
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Serbia
- Biometric passports only, except those issued by the Co-ordination Directorate in Belgrade
Suriname
Ukraine
7 days
Mainland Chinese residents
Chinese nationals with a hukou (or family registration) in Mainland China are required to obtain an exit permit from the Public Security Bureau for any type of visit to Hong Kong (short visits and long visits alike, including settlement). However, under the Individual Visit Scheme, around 270 million Mainland residents in the below 49 cities with permanent household registration are eligible to apply for the relevant exit endorsement from the relevant Mainland authorities. The endorsement is valid for three months or one year and good for one or two visits to Hong Kong. The endorsement holder can stay in Hong Kong for not more than 7 days on each visit. [4]
- All 21 cities of Guangdong province (the whole Province)
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Tianjin
- Chongqing
- Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi (Jiangsu)
- Hangzhou, Ningbo, Taizhou (Zhejiang)
- Fuzhou (municipal districts), Xiamen, Quanzhou (Fujian)
- Chengdu (Sichuan)
- Jinan (Shandong)
- Dalian, Shenyang (Liaoning)
- Nanchang (Jiangxi)
- Changsha (Hunan)
- Nanning (Guangxi)
- Haikou (Hainan)
- Guiyang (Guizhou)
- Kunming (Yunnan)
- Shijiazhuang (Hebei)
- Zhengzhou (Henan)
- Changchun (Jilin)
- Hefei (Anhui) and
- Wuhan (Hubei)
Another exemption is made for Mainland Chinese passport holders who are transiting through Hong Kong to a third country. In this case, a visa waiver is available for those whose stay in Hong Kong is no longer than 7 days and who can prove their onward journey.
Non-Chinese nationals living in other parts of the PRC are treated on the basis of their nationality, whilst Chinese nationals living in other parts of China who do not possess the right of abode in Hong Kong are treated based on the region in which they have a right of abode or household registration. Chinese nationals who have become permanent residents of a third country, or have resided in a third country for more than a year, may apply for special visa via the PRC embassy or diplomatic mission in their country of residence. With such visa, the visitor may visit Hong Kong multiple times within 2 years, with no longer than 14 days each visit.
Obtaining a visa
Please contact your nearest diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China to obtain a visa to visit Hong Kong. Once registration is open, the local team will provide visa application assistance to attendees as needed. Note if you want to go to China as well, you need to apply for two visas, one for Hong Kong and another for Mainland China, the latter of which the local team is unable to provide assistance with.
You may also apply for Hong Kong visa from the Hong Kong Immigration Department by post directly, even there's no Chinese embassy in your city, or there are difficulties with applying through your local Chinese embassy. All the document should be submitted by photocopy except the application form.[5] The visitor's visa fee is HKD160. Please note the visa process, time and document requirement in Hong Kong Immigration Department Headquarter is different from that in Chinese embassies. The visa requirement and application form (ID1003, ID1003B) can be viewed/downloaded from the following page:
Visa required
Nationality of following country (Territory)/ Type of Travel Document are required to acquire a visa.[6]
- Afghanistan
- Albania (non-biometric passports)
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Congo (Democratic Republic Of)
- Congo (Republic Of)
- Costa Rican Provisional Passports
- "Documento de Identidad Y Viaje" issued by Costa Rican Government
- Cote D'Ivoire (Republic Of)
- Cuba
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guinea-Bissau
- Iran
- Iraq
- Korea (Democratic People's Republic Of)
- Kyrgystan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Moldova
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Palestine (States Of)
- Panama
- Special Peruvian Passports
- Senegal
- Serbia (Republic Of) (holders of Serbian non-biometric passports or Serbian passports issued by the Coordination Directorate in Belgrade)
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Togo
- Tongan National Passports
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu (with national status stated as 'I-TUVALU')
- Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican Service Passports
- Vietnam
- All Stateless travel document holders
Kumbukumbu
- ↑ Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- ↑ Visa-free access to Republic of Kazakhstan for HKSAR passport holders
- ↑ Immigration Department Press release: Visa-free access to the Republic of Montenegro for HKSAR passport holders
- ↑ Individual Visit Scheme, Tourism Commission, Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ↑ ID(E)1004 form
- ↑ Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region