Visa requirements to enter HKSAR
 
Q1: Do I need a visa for visiting Hong Kong?
 
A1: Nationals of more than 170 countries and territories may visit Hong Kong visa-free for a period ranging from 7 days to 180 days. For more information on visa/entry permit requirements for visitors to the HKSAR, you may refer to the "Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" webpage or a pamphlet "Do you need a visa for the HKSAR?" (ID290).
 
Q2: If I need to obtain a visa for visiting Hong Kong, how can I submit my application?
 
A2: Completed visit visa application forms (ID(E)936 A-D) may be submitted together with the relevant supporting documents to the Employment and Visit Visas Section, Immigration Department, 24/F, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, either by post or through a local sponsor. To shorten processing time, application forms and supporting documents can be sent by fax to (852) 2824 1133 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/entry permit application form. Applications submitted by e-mail will not be accepted.

Click this link to get forms from the website  http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/evfhk.htm

Alternatively, applicants may also submit their visa applications through the Chinese diplomatic and consular missions nearest to their place of residence, where application forms are obtainable.

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 (please see remarks) - Visa Required^
ANGOLA Diplomatic/Official Passport 14 Days -
ANGUILLA 90 Days -
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 90 Days -
ARGENTINA 90 Days -
ARMENIA - Visa Required
AUSTRALIA 90 Days -
AUSTRIA 90 Days -
AZERBAIJAN - Visa Required
BAHAMAS 90 Days -
BAHRAIN 14 Days -
BANGLADESH - Visa Required^
BANGLADESH Diplomatic/Official Passport 14 Days -
BARBADOS 90 Days -
BELARUS - Visa Required
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 (please see remarks) - Visa Required^
BURUNDI Diplomatic/Official Passport 14 Days -
CAMBODIA - Visa Required
CAMEROON (please see remarks) - Visa Required^
CAMEROON Diplomatic/Official Passport 14 Days -
CANADA 90 Days -
CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF) 30 Days -
CAYMAN ISLANDS 90 Days -
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 14 Days -
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 14 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 (please see remarks) - Visa Required
ESTONIA 90 Days -
ETHIOPIA - Visa Required^
ETHIOPIA Diplomatic/Offical 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 90 Days -
GEORGIA - Visa Required
GERMANY 90 Days -
GHANA 14 Days -
GIBRALTAR 90 Days -
GREECE 90 Days -
GREENLAND 90 Days -
GRENADA - Visa Required
GUATEMALA 30 Days -
GUINEA 14 Days -
GUINEA-BISSAU 14 Days -
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 (please see remarks) - Visa Required*
IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF) 90 Days -
ISRAEL 90 Days -
ITALY 90 Days -
JAMAICA 90 Days -
JAPAN 90 Days -
JORDAN 14 Days -
KHAZAKSTAN - Visa Required
KENYA 90 Days -
KIRIBATI 90 Days -
KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF) - Visa Required
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) 90 Days -
KUWAIT 14 Days -
KYRGYSTAN - Visa Required
LAOS - Visa Required
LATVIA 90 Days -
LEBANON - Visa Required
LESOTHO 14 Days -
LIBERIA (please see remarks) - 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 ) - Visa Required
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 14 Days -
PAKISTAN (please see remarks) - Visa Required
PAKISTAN Diplomatic/Official Passpor 14 Days -
PALAU 14 Days -
PALESTINE (STATES OF) - Visa Required
PANAMA - Visa Required
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 14 Days -
ROMANIA 90 Days -
RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Visa Required
RWANDA 14 Days -
SAMOA (WESTERN) 30 Days -
SAN MARINO 90 Days -
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 14 Days -
SAUDI ARABIA 14 Days -
SERBIA (Republic of) - Visa Required
SENEGAL - Visa Required
SEYCHELLES 90 Days -
SIERRA LEONE (please see remarks) - Visa Required*
SINGAPORE 90 Days -
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 90 Days -
SLOVENIA 90 Days -
SOLOMON ISLANDS - Visa Required
SOMALIA - Visa Required*
SOUTH AFRICA 30 Days -
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 - Visa Required
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) 30 Days -
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
 		 -
 
 
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).
 
Please note that the above information on visa or entry permit requirements for visitors to the HKSAR is updated in December 2006. There may be subsequent changes.
 

 

 
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