Hong Kong Visa & Entry Permit

Hong Kong, a Special Administration Region (SAR) in China, is convenient for many travelers in the world with its visa policy.

Who can enjoy the visa free policy in Hong Kong?

► With travel goal only

► Holding returning or onward tickets or steamer tickets before you arrival Hong Kong (traveler who will travel to China mainland via Hong Kong no need to hold this kind of tickets)

Note: if you want to stay in Hong Kong longer than the authorized free-visa period, you need to hold valid visa or permit before you arrival Hong Kong.

What things are prohibited to do for Hong Kong visa-free travelers?

Hong Kong visa-free travelers is forbidden to

► Being an employee in Hong Kong, neither salaried or no paid.

► Establishing enterprises or taking any part of business activity

► Studying in Hong Kong local schools

Moreover, visa-free travelers could not switch their traveler identification in Hong Kong besides any extremely special situation.

Hong Kong Visa Free Policy Details

Letter A – Z	Country or Region	Visa Free Valid Period	Visa Need or Not
A	Afghanistan	–	Visa Needed
	Albania (holders of Albanian biometric passports only	14 Days	–
	Albania (holders of Albanian non-biometric passports)	–	Visa Needed
	Algeria	14 Days	–
	Andorra	90 Days	–
	Angola (*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
	Anguilla	90 Days	–
	Antigua & Barbuda	90 Days	–
	Argentina	90 Days	–
	Armenia(*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
	Australia	90 Days	–
	Austria	90 Days	–
	Azerbaijan(*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
B	Bahamas	90 Days	–
	Bahrain	30 Days	–
	Bangladesh (*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
	Barbados	90 Days	–
	Belarus (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
	Belgium	90 Days	–
	Belize	90 Days	–
	Benin	14 Days	–
	Bermuda	90 Days	–
	Bhutan	14 Days	–
	Bolivia	30 Days	–
	Bosnia & 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 Darussalam	90 Days	–
	Bulgaria	90 Days	–
	Burkina Faso	14 Days	–
	Burundi (*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
C	Cambodia (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
	Cameroon(*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
	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)(*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	Congo (Republic of)(*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
	Costa Rica	30 Days	–
	Costa Rican Provisional passports	–	Visa Needed
	“Documento de Identidad Y Viaje” issued by Costa Rican Government	–	Visa Needed
	Cote D'ivoire (Republic of)(*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	Croatia	90 Days	–
	Cuba	–	Visa Needed
	Cyrus (Republic of)	90 Days	–
	Czech Republic	90 Days	–
D	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 (*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	Estonia	90 Days	–
	Ethiopia (*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
F	Falkland Islands & Dependencies	90 Days	–
	Faroe Islands	90 Days	–
	Fiji	90 Days	–
	Finland	90 Days	–
	France	90 Days	–
G	Gabon	14 Days	–
	Gambia	90 Days	–
	Georgia	–	Visa Needed
	Germany	90 Days	–
	Ghana(*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
	Gibraltar	90 Days	–
	Greece	90 Days	–
	Greenland	90 Days	–
	Grenada	90 Days	–
	Guatemala	30 Days	–
	Guinea	14 Days	–
	Guinea-Bissau (*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	Guyana	90 Days	–
	Haiti	14 Days	–
	Honduras	30 Days	–
	Hungary	90 Days	–
I	Iceland	90 Days	–
	India	14 Days	–
	Indonesia	30 Days	–
	Iran	–	Visa Needed
	Iraq (*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	Ireland (Republic of)	90 Days	–
	Israel	90 Days	–
	Italy	90 Days	–
J	Jamaica	90 Days	–
	Japan	90 Days	–
	Jordan	30 Days	–
K	Kazakhstan	14 Days	–
	Kenya	90 Days	–
	Kiribati	90 Days	–
	Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)	–	Visa Needed
	Korea (Republic of)	90 Days	–
	Kuwait	30 Days	–
	Kyrgyzstan (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
L	Laos (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
	Latvia	90 Days	–
	Lebanon	–	Visa Needed
	Lesotho	14 Days	–
	Liberia (*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	Libya	–	Visa Needed
	Liechtenstein	90 Days	–
	Lithuania	90 Days	–
	Luxembourg	90 Days	–
M	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) (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
	Monaco	90 Days	–
	Mongolia	14 Days	–
	Montenegro (Republic of)	14 Days	–
	Montserrat	90 Days	–
	Morocca	30 Days	–
	Mozambique	14 Days	–
	Myanmar (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
N	Namibia	90 Days	–
	Nauru	90 Days	–
	Nepal (*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	Netherlands	90 Days	–
	New Zealand	90 Days	–
	Nicaragua	–	Visa Needed
	Niger	14 Days	–
	Nigeria	–	Visa Needed
	Norway	90 Days	–
O	Oman	30 Days	–
P	Pakistan (*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
	Palau	14 Days	–
	Palestine (State of)	–	Visa Needed
	Panama	–	Visa Needed
	Papua New Guinea	90 Days	–
	Paraguay	30 Days	–
	Peru	30 Days	–
	Special Peruvian Passports	–	Visa Needed
	Philippines	14 Days	–
	Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands	90 Days	–
	Poland	90 Days	–
	Portugal	90 Days	–
Q	Qatar	30 Days	–
R	Romania	90 Days	–
	Russian Federation	14 Days	–
	Rwanda	14 Days	–
S	Samoa	30 Days	–
	San Marino	90 Days	–
	Sao Tome & Principe	14 Days	–
	Saudi Arabia	30 Days	–
	Senegal	–	Visa Needed
	Serbia (Republic of) (holders of Serbian biometric passports only)	14 Days	–
	Serbia (Republic of) (holders of Serbian non-biometric passports or Serbian passports issued by the Coordination Directorate in Belgrade)	–	Visa Needed
	Seychelles	90 Days	–
	Sierra Leone(*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	Singapore	90 Days	–
	Slovak Republic	90 Days	–
	Slovenia	90 Days	–
	Solomon Islands	–	Visa Needed
	Somalia (*Note 1)	–	Visa Needed
	South Africa	30 Days	–
	South Sudan	–	Visa Needed
	Spain	90 Days	–
	Sri Lanka (*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
	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 & the Grenadines	90 Days	–
	Sudan	–	Visa Needed
	Suriname	14 Days	–
	Swaziland	90 Days	–
	Sweden	90 Days	–
	Switzerland	90 Days	–
	Syria	–	Visa Needed
T	Tajikistan (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
	Tanzania	90 Days	–
	Thailand	30 Days	–
	The South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands	90 Days	–
	The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri & Dhekelia	90 Days	–
	Togo (*Note 2)	–	Visa Needed
	Tonga	90 Days	–
	Tongan National passports	–	Visa Needed
	Tongan Protected Persons passports	–	Visa Needed
	Trinidad & Tobago	90 Days	–
	Tunisia	30 Days	–
	Turkey	90 Days	–
	Turkmenistan (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
	Turks & Caicos Islands	90 Days	–
	Tuvalu	90 Days	–
	Tuvalu (with national status stated as “I-Tuvalu”)	–	Visa Needed
U	Uganda	30 Days	–
	Ukraine	14 Days	–
	United Arab Emirates	30 Days	–
	Uruguay	90 Days	–
	Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90	–	Visa Needed
	U.S.A	90 Days	–
	US Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (holders of US Trust Territory passports only)	14 Days	–
	Uzbekistan (*Note 3)	–	Visa Needed
V	Vanuatu	90 Days	–
	Vatican City	14 Days	–
	Vatican Service passports	–	Visa Needed
	Venezuela	90 Days	–
	Vietnam	–	Visa Needed
	Yemen (Republic of)	30 Days	–
Z	Zambia	90 Days	–
Z	Zimbabwe	90 Days	–
Others	All “state less” travel document holders	–	Visa Needed
Others	Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit	7 Days	–

*Notes:

1. All the citizens including transferring flights or staying within the airports restricted areas should hold valid Hong Kong visa when arrival Hong Kong, without any exception.

2. All the citizens (except diplomatic and Public Affairs passport holders) including transferring flights or staying within the airports restricted areas should hold valid Hong Kong visa when arrival Hong Kong. Diplomatic and Public Affairs passport holders can stay in Hong Kong without visa for 14 days.

3. Diplomatic and Public Affairs passport holders can stay in Hong Kong without visa for 14 days.