INTERSHORES I Visa Requirements for visitors to Hong Kong

Who Need a Visa to Visit Hong Kong?

Nationals of about 170 countries and territories may visit Hong Kong without a visa/entry permit 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.

All visitors to Hong Kong must have a passport that is valid for at least one (1) month to six (6) months (depending on nationality) after the period of their intended stay in Hong Kong. If the visitor want to travel from Hong Kong to China mainland, he/she may need to apply for a China visa.

How to Apply for a Hong Kong Visa?

Eligibility Criteria

An application for a visa to enter the Hong Kong (HKSAR) for a visit or transit may be favorably considered if:

1. The applicant's bona fides are not in doubt.

2. The applicant has adequate funds to cover the duration of his/her stay without working.

3. Where the application is for a transit visa/entry permit, the applicant holds an onward ticket to the place of his/her destination unless the destination is the Mainland of China or Macao.

Procedures

A visitor can apply for a HKSAR visa from the nearest Chinese embassy or consulate. As an alternative, he/she may also submit the 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 or courier.

A visa/entry permit will be issued only on receipt of an original, properly completed visa application form.

Processing Time

It usually takes four weeks to process a visa application upon receipt of all required documents.

HKSAR Visa Requirements for the Following Countries / Territories:

National 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
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	30 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	-	Visa Required
BURUNDI Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
CAMBODIA	-	Visa Required
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	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	-	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	90 Days	-
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	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	-	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 )	-	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	30 Days	-
PAKISTAN	-	Visa Required
PAKISTAN Diplomatic/Official Passport	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	30 Days	-
ROMANIA	90 Days	-
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	14 Days	-
RWANDA	14 Days	-
SAMOA (WESTERN)	30 Days	-
SAN MARINO	90 Days	-
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	14 Days	-
SAUDI ARABIA	30 Days	-
SENEGAL	-	Visa Required
SERBIA (Republic of)	-	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	-
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)	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	-

Please note that the above information is for reference only. If you may need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@intershores.hk or whatasapp (852) 6499 4686.

Frequent Travelers

Frequent travelers to Hong Kong may apply for HKSAR Travel Pass or APEC Business Travel Card to enjoy streamlined immigration clearance.

If you want to know more, please do not hesitate to contact us:

Whatsapp : (852) 6499 4686

Phone : (852) 2186 6936

Email : info@intershores.hk

Disclaimer:

Whilst reasonable care has been taken in provision of information above, it does not constitute legal or other professional advice. INTERSHORES does not accept any responsibility, legal or otherwise, for any error omission and accepts no responsibility for any financial or other loss or damage that may result from its use. In particular, readers are advised to take appropriate professional advice before committing themselves to any involvement in jurisdictions, vehicles or practice.

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