Hong Kong Visa Requirements: Visa-Free Countries/Stays
Hong Kong Visa Requirements: Visa-Free Countries/Stays
Find out if you can visit Hong Kong visa-free. Requirements for countries vary: for the USA it’s 90 days visa-free, UK citizens 180 days…
Although Hong Kong is part of the People’s Republic of China it remains a Special Administrative Region (SAR) with its own visa policy and requirements.
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Who Needs a Visa to Visit Hong Kong
Nationals of about 170 countries and territories may visit Hong Kong without a visa, and can stay for periods varying from 7 days to 180 days depending on nationality.
Nationals of the US, Europe, Australia, Canada and New Zealand don’t require a visa to enter Hong Kong for stays of 90 days, 180 days for UK nationals.
Nationals of Albania, Armenia, Cambodia, etc. require a visa to enter Hong Kong.
All visitors to Hong Kong must have a passport that is valid for at least one month to six months (depending on nationality) after the period of their intended stay in Hong Kong.
If you want to travel from Hong Kong to Chinese mainland, you could also enjoy the 10-day visa-free policy. See our 10-Day (240-Hour) Visa-Free Transit Policy, or 10 Top China Tours from Hong Kong.
How to Apply for a Hong Kong Visa?
Requirements
An application for a visa to enter the HKSAR for a visit or transit may be favorably considered if:
- The applicant’s bona fides are not in doubt.
- The applicant has adequate funds to cover the duration of his/her stay without working.
- The applicant holds an onward ticket to the place of his/her destination unless the destination is the Chinese mainland or Macao.
Visa Application Procedures
Travelers can apply for a Hong Kong visa from the nearest Chinese embassy or consulate. As an alternative, you may also submit your visa application to the HKSAR Immigration Department either directly by post or through a local sponsor.
To shorten the processing time, application forms and supporting documents can be sent by fax in the first instance. However, the original copy of the duly completed application form and the photographs required should be sent immediately to the HKSAR Immigration Department by air mail.
A visa/entry permit will be issued only on receipt of an original, properly completed visa application form.
Processing Time
It normally takes four weeks to process a visa application upon receipt of all required documents.
Visa Fees for Applying for a Hong Kong Visa?
| Item | Fees | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ordinary visa | HKD190 |
| 2. | Transit visa | HKD100 |
| 3. | Change of conditions of stay or extension of limit of stay | HKD190 |
| 4. | Endorsement to a travel document for which no specific fee is provided | HKD200 |
| 5. | Service charge for supplying, on application, a copy of any document, or for making or forwarding, or both, a request or recommendation to any authority of a foreign state or Commonwealth country, for consular or nationality registration or for the issue or renewal of a passport or other travel document or of a document of identity or for the grant of a visa or entry permit | HKD215 |
(1 USD≈7.8 HKD)
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HKSAR Visa Requirements for the Following 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AFGHANISTAN | – | Visa Required |
| ALBANIA | – | Visa Required |
| ALGERIA | 14 Days | – |
| ANDORRA | 90 Days | – |
| ANGOLA | – | Visa Required |
| ANGUILLA | 90 Days | – |
| ANTIGUA & BARBUDA | 90 Days | – |
| ARGENTINA | 90 Days | – |
| ARMENIA | 30 Days | – |
| AUSTRALIA | 90 Days | – |
| AUSTRIA | 90 Days | – |
| AZERBAIJAN | – | Visa Required |
| AZERBAIJAN Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| BAHAMAS | 90 Days | – |
| BAHRAIN | 30 Days | – |
| BANGLADESH | – | Visa Required |
| BANGLADESH Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| BARBADOS | 90 Days | – |
| BELARUS | 14 Days | – |
| BELGIUM | 90 Days | – |
| BELIZE | 90 Days | – |
| BENIN | 14 Days | – |
| BERMUDA | 90 Days | – |
| BHUTAN | 14 Days | – |
| BOLIVIA | 30 Days | – |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | 14 Days | – |
| BOTSWANA | 90 Days | – |
| BRAZIL | 90 Days | – |
| BRITAIN (British citizens) | 180 Days | – |
| BRITAIN (British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons) | 90 Days | – |
| BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | 90 Days | – |
| BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY | 90 Days | – |
| BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | 90 Days | – |
| BRUNEI | 90 Days | – |
| BULGARIA | 90 Days | – |
| BURKINA FASO | 14 Days | – |
| BURUNDI | – | Visa Required |
| BURUNDI Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| CAMBODIA | – | Visa Required |
| CAMBODIA Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| CAMEROON | – | Visa Required |
| CAMEROON Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| CANADA | 90 Days | – |
| CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF) | 30 Days | – |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | 90 Days | – |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | – | Visa Required |
| CHAD | 14 Days | – |
| CHILE | 90 Days | – |
| COLOMBIA | 90 Days | – |
| COMOROS | 14 Days | – |
| CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (Formerly known as Zaire) | – | Visa Required |
| CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) | – | Visa Required |
| CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| COSTA RICA | 30 Days | – |
| Costa Rican Provisional passports | – | Visa Required |
| “Documento de Identidad Y Viaje” issued by Costa Rican Government | – | Visa Required |
| COTE D’IVOIRE (REPUBLIC OF) | – | Visa Required |
| CROATIA | 90 Days | – |
| CUBA | – | Visa Required |
| CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF) | 90 Days | – |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 90 Days | – |
| DENMARK | 90 Days | – |
| DJIBOUTI | 14 Days | – |
| DOMINICA (COMMONWEALTH OF) | 90 Days | – |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 30 Days | – |
| ECUADOR | 90 Days | – |
| EGYPT | 90 Days | – |
| EL SALVADOR | 30 Days | – |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | 14 Days | – |
| ERITREA | Visa Required | |
| ESTONIA | 90 Days | – |
| ETHIOPIA | – | Visa Required |
| ETHIOPIA Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES | 90 Days | – |
| FAROE ISLANDS | 90 Days | – |
| FIJI | 90 Days | – |
| FINLAND | 90 Days | – |
| FRANCE | 90 Days | – |
| GABON | 14 Days | – |
| GAMBIA | – | Visa Required |
| GEORGIA | – | Visa Required |
| GERMANY | 90 Days | – |
| GHANA | – | Visa Required |
| GHANA Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| GIBRALTAR | 90 Days | – |
| GREECE | 90 Days | – |
| GREENLAND | 90 Days | – |
| GRENADA | 90 Days | – |
| GUATEMALA | 30 Days | – |
| GUINEA | 14 Days | – |
| GUINEA-BISSAU | – | Visa Required |
| GUYANA | 90 Days | – |
| HAITI | 14 Days | – |
| HONDURAS | 30 Days | – |
| HUNGARY | 90 Days | – |
| ICELAND | 90 Days | – |
| INDIA | 14 Days | – |
| INDONESIA | 30 Days | – |
| IRAN | – | Visa Required |
| IRAQ | – | Visa Required |
| IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF) | 90 Days | – |
| ISRAEL | 90 Days | – |
| ITALY | 90 Days | – |
| JAMAICA | 90 Days | – |
| JAPAN | 90 Days | – |
| JORDAN | 30 Days | – |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 14 days | |
| KENYA | 90 Days | – |
| KIRIBATI | 90 Days | – |
| KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF) | – | Visa Required |
| KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) | 90 Days | – |
| KUWAIT | 30 Days | – |
| KYRGYSTAN | – | Visa Required |
| LAOS | – | Visa Required |
| LATVIA | 90 Days | – |
| LEBANON | – | Visa Required |
| LESOTHO | 14 Days | – |
| LIBERIA | – | Visa Required |
| LIBYA | – | Visa Required |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | 90 Days | – |
| LITHUANIA | 90 Days | – |
| LUXEMBOURG | 90 Days | – |
| MACEDONIA | 14 Days | – |
| MADAGASCAR | 14 Days | – |
| MALAWI | 90 Days | – |
| MALAYSIA | 90 Days | – |
| MALDIVES | 90 Days | – |
| MALI | 14 Days | – |
| MALTA | 90 Days | – |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC OF) | 14 Days | – |
| MAURITANIA | 14 Days | – |
| MAURITIUS | 90 Days | – |
| MEXICO | 90 Days | – |
| MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) | 14 Days | – |
| MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF) | – | Visa Required |
| MONACO | 90 Days | – |
| MONGOLIA | 14 Days | – |
| MONTENEGRO ( REPUBLIC OF ) | 14 Days | – |
| MONTSERRAT | 90 Days | – |
| MOROCCO | 30 Days | – |
| MOZAMBIQUE | 14 Days | – |
| MYANMAR | – | Visa Required |
| NAMIBIA | 90 Days | – |
| NAURU | 90 Days | – |
| NEPAL | – | Visa Required |
| NETHERLANDS | 90 Days | – |
| NEW ZEALAND | 90 Days | – |
| NICARAGUA | – | Visa Required |
| NIGER | 14 Days | – |
| NIGERIA | – | Visa Required |
| NORWAY | 90 Days | – |
| OMAN | 30 Days | – |
| PAKISTAN | – | Visa Required |
| PAKISTAN Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| PALAU | 14 Days | – |
| PALESTINE (STATES OF) | – | Visa Required |
| PANAMA | 30 Days | – |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 90 Days | – |
| PARAGUAY | 30 Days | – |
| PERU | 30 Days | – |
| Special Peruvian passports | – | Visa Required |
| PHILIPPINES | 14 Days | – |
| PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS | 90 Days | – |
| POLAND | 90 Days | – |
| PORTUGAL | 90 Days | – |
| QATAR | 30 Days | – |
| ROMANIA | 90 Days | – |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 14 Days | – |
| RWANDA | – | Visa Required |
| SAMOA (WESTERN) | 30 Days | – |
| SAN MARINO | 90 Days | – |
| SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | 14 Days | – |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 30 Days | – |
| SENEGAL | – | Visa Required |
| SERBIA (Republic of) (holders of Serbian biometric passports only) | 14 Days | – |
| SERBIA (Republic of) ((holders of Serbian non-biometric passports ) | – | Visa Required |
| SEYCHELLES | 90 Days | – |
| SIERRA LEONE | – | Visa Required |
| SINGAPORE | 90 Days | – |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 90 Days | – |
| SLOVENIA | 90 Days | – |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS | – | Visa Required |
| SOMALIA | – | Visa Required |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 30 Days | – |
| SOUTH SUDAN | – | Visa Required |
| SPAIN | 90 Days | – |
| SRI LANKA | – | Visa Required |
| SRI LANKA DIPLOMATIC/OFFICIAL PASSPORT | 14 Days | – |
| ST. HELENA | 90 Days | – |
| ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA) | 90 Days | – |
| ST. KITTS – NEVIS ANGUILLA | 90 Days | – |
| ST. LUCIA | 90 Days | – |
| ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 90 Days | – |
| SUDAN | – | Visa Required |
| SURINAME | 14 Days | – |
| SWAZILAND | 90 Days | – |
| SWEDEN | 90 Days | – |
| SWITZERLAND | 90 Days | – |
| SYRIA | – | Visa Required |
| TAJIKISTAN | – | Visa Required |
| TANZANIA | 90 Days | – |
| THAILAND | 30 Days | – |
| THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS | 90 Days | – |
| THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA | 90 Days | – |
| TOGO | – | Visa Required |
| TOGO Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | – |
| TONGA | 90 Days | – |
| Tongan National passports | – | Visa Required |
| Tongan Protected Persons passports | – | Visa Required |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 90 Days | – |
| TUNISIA | 30 Days | – |
| TURKEY | 90 Days | – |
| TURKMENISTAN | – | Visa Required |
| TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS | 90 Days | – |
| TUVALU | 90 Days | – |
| TUVALU (with national status stated as ‘I-TUVALU’) | – | Visa Required |
| UGANDA | 30 Days | – |
| UKRAINE | 14 Days | – |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 30 Days | – |
| URUGUAY | 90 Days | – |
| Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90 | – | Visa Required |
| U.S.A. | 90 Days | – |
| US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only) | 14 Days | – |
| UZBEKISTAN | – | Visa Required |
| VANUATU | 90 Days | – |
| VATICAN CITY | 14 Days | – |
| Vatican Service passports | – | Visa Required |
| VENEZUELA | 90 Days | – |
| VIETNAM | – | Visa Required |
| YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF) | – | Visa Required |
| ZAMBIA | 90 Days | – |
| ZIMBABWE | 90 Days | – |
| All ‘stateless’ travel document holders | – | Visa Required |
| Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit | 7 Days | – |
The information is updated in March 2019. There may be subsequent changes.
Please note that the above information is for reference only. It is suggested that travelers contact and check with Chinese embassy or consulate in your country, or with Immigration Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government (Website: http://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html) for the most updated information on entry formalities.
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