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Tourist Visa in Hong Kong

Here's the procedure for foreigners to travel to Hong Kong on a tourist visa and what to expect.

Posted on

9 March 2014

Last updated on 16 August 2017
Tourist Visa in Hong Kong

Holidaying in Hong Kong is quite easy due to the fact that many nationalities are eligible for a visa on arrival. The countries that need a visit visa will have to apply beforehand in their home country.

 

Here is some information from the immigration website

Even where all immigration requirements set out in this chapter are met, travellers should not assume that they can gain automatic entry. The HKSAR immigration authorities have the right to refuse any person permission to land except those inPart I of this chapter.

If you need advice on individual cases, please address your enquiries to :
• any Chinese diplomatic and consular mission; or
• the Immigration Department.

No visa or entry permit is required for any purpose if you hold any of the following travel documents:

- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport,
- British National (Overseas) Passport,
- Hong Kong Certificate of Identity,
- Hong Kong Re-entry permit (for entry from the Mainland of China and the Macao Special                   Administrative Region only),
- Hong Kong Seaman's Identity Book,
- Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes provided that the document is valid or the           holder's limit of stay in Hong Kong has not expired.

Travel documents bearing one of the following endorsements:

- "Holder's eligibility for Hong Kong permanent identity card verified."
- "The holder of this travel document has the right to land in Hong Kong. (Section 2AAA, Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115, Laws of Hong Kong)"
- Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card.]

HKSAR visa requirements for the following foreign countries / territories:

Nationality of foreign country (Territory)/ Type of Travel Document Visa free period for visit not exceeding Always require VISA, except in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave the airport transit area

The following passport holders always require VISA, except in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave the airport transit area

Afghanistan Albania (non-biometric Passports) Angola ^ Armenia #
Azerbaijan ^ Bangladesh ^ Belarus # Burundi ^
Cambodia # Cameroon ^ Congo (Republic of) ^ Congo (Democratic Republic of) *
Provisional passports od Costa Rica "Documento de Identidad Y Viaje" issued by Costa Rican Government Cote D'Ivoire * Cuba
Eritrea * Ethiopia ^ Georgia Ghana ^
Guinea-Bissau * Iran Iraq * Korea (Democratic people's republic of)
Kyrgyzstan # Laos # Lebanon Liberia *
Libya Moldova # Myanmar # Nepal *
Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan ^ Palestine
Panama Special Peruvian Passports Philippine Diplomatic and Official Passports Senegal
Serbia (non-biometric passports) Sierra Leone * Solomon Islands Somalia*
South Sudan Sri Lanka ^ Sudan Syria
Tajikistan # Togo ^ Tongan national passports Tongan protected person's passports
Turkmenistan # Uzbekistan # Tuvalu (with national status stated as 'I-TUVALU') Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90 
Vatican service passports Vietnam All 'stateless' travel document holders  

Remarks:

* All nationals are required to hold a valid visa for the HKSAR for whatever purpose (including those who are in transit and remain on the airside).

^ All nationals (except holders of Diplomatic and Official passports) are required to hold a valid visa for the HKSAR for whatever purpose (including those who are in transit and remain on the airside). Holders of Diplomatic and Official passport may visit the HKSAR visa-free for a stay not exceeding 14 days.

# Holders of Diplomatic and Official passport may visit the HKSAR visa-free for a stay not exceeding 14 days.

Holders of the following passports will have a 14 day visa free stay in Hong Kong:
 

Albania (biometric passports) Algeria Benin Bhutan
Bosnia & Herzegovina  Burkina Faso Central African Republic Chad
Comoros Djibouti Equitorial Guinea Gabon
Guinea Haiti India Kazakhstan
Lesotho Macedonia Madagascar Mali
Marshall Islands (Republic of) Mauritania Micronesia (Federation States of) Mongolia
Montenegro (Republic of) Mozambique Niger Palau
Philipines Russian Federation Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe
Serbia (biometric passports) Suriname Ukraine US Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (US Trust Territory passports)
Vatican City      

Holders of the following passports will have a 30 day visa free stay in Hong Kong:

Bahrain Bolivia Cape Verde (Republic of) Costa Rica
Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Honduras
Indonesia Jordan Kuwait Morocco
Oman Paraguay Peru Qatar
Samoa Saudi Arabia South Africa Tunisia
Uganda United Arab Emirates Yemen (Republic of)  

Holders of the following passports will have a 90 day visa free stay in Hong Kong:

Andorra Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Argentina
Australia Austria Bahamas Barbados
Belgium Belize Bermuda Botswana
Brazil Britain (British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons)  British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Canada
Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Croatia
Cyprus (Republic of) Czech Republic Denmark Dominica (Commonwealth of)
Ecuador Egypt Estonia Falkland Islands & Dependencies
Faore Islands Fiji Finland  France
Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece
Greenland Grenada Guyana Hungary
Iceland Ireland (Republic of) Israel Italy
Jamaica Japan Kenya Kiribati
Korea (Republic of) Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania
Luxembourg Malawi Malaysia Maldives
Malta Mauritius Monaco Monteserrat
Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Zealand
Norway Papua New Guinea Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands Poland
Portugal Romania San Marino Seychelles
Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain
St Helena St Helena Dependancies (Ascension, Tristan Da Cunha) St Kitts – Nevis Anguilla St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines Swaziland Sweden Switzerland
Tanzania Thailand The South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands 
Tuvalu Uruguay U.S.A Vanuatu
Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe  


British Citizens automatically get a 180 day visa free visit

Nationals of other foreign countries not mentioned here do not require visas for a visit of 7 days or less