Do I Need Visa to Visit Hong Kong

As an international city, Hong Kong is a gateway city for a China tour because it is one of the largest transportation hubs in Asia. Hong Kong is also called “Oriental Pearl” and “Shopping Paradise”. Thousands and thousands of people travel to Hong Kong for tour or business every year. As a special administrative region of China, do people need to apply for visa to travel in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong City View

When I travel to Hong Kong, but not visit mainland China, do I need to apply for China visa?

According to the policy, China government is in charge of all the foreign affairs of Hong Kong. But Hong Kong Administrate Government is authorized to handle some foreign affairs, relevant to economy, trading, finance, shipping, communication, tourism, culture, sport, ect. Besides, Hong Kong is an open city. When you travel to Hong Kong, you do not need to hold a China visa. But you need to entry Hong Kong accoridng to Hong Kong's Immigration Policy.

Who Can Visit Hong Kong Without Visa?

1.Hong Kong passport holder
2.The United Kingdome passport holder
3.Hong Kong Certificate of Identity holder
4.Hong Kong Re-entry Permit holder (for Hong Kong citizen back to Hong Kong from mainland China or Macau)
5.Valide Hong Kong Document of Identity holder
6.Hong Kong Identity Card holder

Those who do not belong to the above need to apply for a Hong Kong visa before entering Hong Kong if they travel to Hong Kong for work, study, business, tour, living, ect. Otherwise, you will not allowed to enter Hong Kong.

Hong Kong visa requirements for the following foreign countries / territories:

No	Nation	Visa free period for visit not extending	Always require VISA, except in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave The airport transit area
1	AFGHANISTAN	–	Visa Required
2	ALBANIA (holders of Albanian biometric passports only)	14 Days	–
3	ALBANIA (holders of Albanian non-biometric passports)	–	Visa Required
4	ALGERIA	14 Days	–
5	ANDORRA	90 Days	–
6	ANGOLA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
7	ANGUILLA	90 Days	–
8	ANTIGUA & BARBUDA	90 Days	–
9	ARGENTINA	90 Days	–
10	ARMENIA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
11	AUSTRALIA	90 Days	–
12	AUSTRIA	90 Days	–
13	AZERBAIJAN (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
14	BAHAMAS	90 Days	–
15	BAHRAIN	30 Days	–
16	BANGLADESH (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
17	BARBADOS	90 Days	–
18	BELARUS (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
19	BELGIUM	90 Days	–
20	BELIZE	90 Days	–
21	BENIN	14 Days	–
22	BERMUDA	90 Days	–
23	BHUTAN	14 Days	–
24	BOLIVIA	30 Days	–
25	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	14 Days	–
26	BOTSWANA	90 Days	–
27	BRAZIL	90 Days	–
28	BRITAIN (British citizens)	180 Days	–
29	BRITAIN (British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons)	90 Days	–
30	BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY	90 Days	–
31	BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	90 Days	–
32	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	90 Days	–
33	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	90 Days	–
34	BULGARIA	90 Days	–
35	BURKINA FASO	14 Days	–
36	BURUNDI (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
37	CAMBODIA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
38	CAMEROON (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
39	CANADA	90 Days	–
40	CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF)	30 Days	–
41	CAYMAN ISLANDS	90 Days	–
42	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
43	CHAD	14 Days	–
44	CHILE	90 Days	–
45	COLOMBIA	90 Days	–
46	COMOROS	14 Days	–
47	CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (Formerly known as Zaire) (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
48	CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
49	COSTA RICA	30 Days	–
50	Costa Rican Provisional passports	–	Visa Required
51	“Documento de Identidad Y Viaje” issued by Costa Rican Government	–	Visa Required
52	COTE D'IVOIRE (REPUBLIC OF) (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
53	CROATIA	90 Days	–
54	CUBA	–	Visa Required
55	CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	–
56	CZECH REPUBLIC	90 Days	–
57	DENMARK	90 Days	–
58	DJIBOUTI	14 Days	–
59	DOMINICA (COMMONWEALTH OF)	90 Days	–
60	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	30 Days	–
61	ECUADOR	90 Days	–
62	EGYPT	90 Days	–
63	EL SALVADOR	30 Days	–
64	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	14 Days	–
65	ERITREA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
66	ESTONIA	90 Days	–
67	ETHIOPIA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
68	FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES	90 Days	–
69	FAROE ISLANDS	90 Days	–
70	FIJI	90 Days	–
71	FINLAND	90 Days	–
72	FRANCE	90 Days	–
73	GABON	14 Days	–
74	GAMBIA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
75	GEORGIA	–	Visa Required
76	GERMANY	90 Days	–
77	GHANA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
78	GIBRALTAR	90 Days	–
79	GREECE	90 Days	–
80	GREENLAND	90 Days	–
81	GRENADA	90 Days	–
82	GUATEMALA	30 Days	–
83	GUINEA	14 Days	–
84	GUINEA-BISSAU (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
85	GUYANA	90 Days	–
86	HAITI	14 Days	–
87	HONDURAS	30 Days	–
88	HUNGARY	90 Days	–
89	ICELAND	90 Days	–
90	INDIA	14 Days	–
91	INDONESIA	30 Days	–
92	IRAN	–	Visa Required
93	IRAQ (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
94	IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	–
95	ISRAEL	90 Days	–
96	ITALY	90 Days	–
97	JAMAICA	90 Days	–
98	JAPAN	90 Days	–
99	JORDAN	30 Days	–
100	KAZAKHSTAN	14 Days	–
101	KENYA	90 Days	–
102	KIRIBATI	90 Days	–
103	KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)	–	Visa Required
104	KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	–
105	KUWAIT	30 Days	–
106	KYRGYZSTAN (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
107	LAOS (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
108	LATVIA	90 Days	–
109	LEBANON	–	Visa Required
110	LESOTHO	14 Days	–
111	LIBERIA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
112	LIBYA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
113	LIECHTENSTEIN	90 Days	–
114	LITHUANIA	90 Days	–
115	LITHUANIA	90 Days	–
116	MACEDONIA	14 Days	–
117	MADAGASCAR	14 Days	–
118	MALAWI	90 Days	–
119	MALAYSIA	90 Days	–
120	MALDIVES	90 Days	–
121	MALI	14 Days	–
122	MALTA	90 Days	–
123	MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC OF)	14 Days	–
124	MAURITANIA	14 Days	–
125	MAURITIUS	90 Days	–
126	MEXICO	90 Days	–
127	MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)	14 Days	–
128	MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF) (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
129	MONACO	90 Days	–
130	MONGOLIA	14 Days	–
131	MONTENEGRO ( REPUBLIC OF )	14 Days	–
132	MONTSERRAT	90 Days	–
133	MOROCCO	30 Days	–
134	MOZAMBIQUE	14 Days	–
135	MYANMAR (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
136	NAMIBIA	90 Days	–
137	NAURU	90 Days	–
138	NEPAL (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
139	NETHERLANDS	90 Days	–
140	NEW ZEALAND	90 Days	–
141	NICARAGUA	–	Visa Required
142	NIGER	14 Days	–
143	NIGERIA	–	Visa Required
144	NORWAY	90 Days	–
145	OMAN	30 Days	–
146	PAKISTAN (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
147	PALAU	14 Days	–
148	PALESTINE (STATES OF)	–	Visa Required
149	PANAMA	–	Visa Required
150	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	90 Days	–
151	PARAGUAY	30 Days	–
152	PERU	30 Days	–
153	Special Peruvian passports	–	Visa Required
154	PHILIPPINES	14 Days	–
155	PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS	90 Days	–
156	POLAND	90 Days	–
157	PORTUGAL	90 Days	–
158	QATAR	30 Days	–
159	ROMANIA	90 Days	–
160	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	14 Days	–
161	RWANDA	14 Days	–
162	SAMOA	30 Days	–
163	SAN MARINO	90 Days	–
164	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	14 Days	–
165	SAUDI ARABIA	30 Days	–
166	SENEGAL	–	Visa Required
167	SERBIA (REPUBLIC OF) (holders of Serbian biometric passports only)	14 Days	–
168	SERBIA (REPUBLIC OF) (holders of Serbian non-biometric passports or Serbian passports issued by the Coordination Directorate in Belgrade)	–	Visa Required
169	SEYCHELLES	90 Days	–
170	SIERRA LEONE (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
171	SINGAPORE	90 Days	–
172	SLOVAK REPUBLIC	90 Days	–
173	SLOVENIA	90 Days	–
174	SOLOMON ISLANDS	–	Visa Required
175	SOMALIA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
176	SOUTH AFRICA	30 Days	–
177	SOUTH SUDAN (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
178	SPAIN	90 Days	–
179	SRI LANKA (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
180	ST. HELENA	90 Days	–
181	ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA)	90 Days	–
182	ST. KITTS – NEVIS ANGUILLA	90 Days	–
183	ST. LUCIA	90 Days	–
184	ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	90 Days	–
185	SUDAN	–	Visa Required
186	SURINAME	14 Days	–
187	SWAZILAND	90 Days	–
188	SWEDEN	90 Days	–
189	SWITZERLAND	90 Days	–
190	SYRIA	–	Visa Required
191	TAJIKISTAN (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
192	TANZANIA	90 Days	–
193	THAILAND	30 Days	–
194	THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS	90 Days	–
195	THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA	90 Days	–
196	TOGO (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
197	TONGA	90 Days	–
198	Tongan National passports	–	Visa Required
199	Tongan Protected Persons passports	–	Visa Required
200	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	90 Days	–
201	TUNISIA	30 Days	–
202	TURKEY	90 Days	–
203	TURKMENISTAN (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
204	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	90 Days	–
205	TUVALU	90 Days	–
206	TUVALU (with national status stated as ‘I-TUVALU')	–	Visa Required
207	UGANDA	30 Days	–
208	UKRAINE	14 Days	–
209	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	30 Days	–
210	URUGUAY	90 Days	–
211	Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90	–	Visa Required
212	U.S.A	90 Days	–
213	US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only)	14 Days	–
214	UZBEKISTAN (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
215	VANUATU	90 Days	–
216	VATICAN CITY	14 Days	–
217	Vatican Service passports	–	Visa Required
218	VENEZUELA	90 Days	–
219	VIETNAM	–	Visa Required
220	YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF) (please see remarks)	–	Visa Required
221	ZAMBIA	90 Days	–
222	ZIMBABWE	90 Days	–
223	All ‘stateless' travel document holders	–	Visa Req
224	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). Holders of Diplomatic and Official passports may visit the HKSAR visa-free for a stay not exceeding 14 days.

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

► The information in this chapter on visa or entry permit requirements for visitors to the HKSAR is updated in July 2015. There may be subsequent changes.

Where to apply for Hong Kong Visa

Tourists need to apply for Hong Kong visa with the China embassy or consulate in their country.