Some visa-free periods:
British Citizen – 180 days; U.S.A/Canada/Australia/Brunei/French/Germany/Japan Citizen – 90 days
Thailand/Indonesia /Qatar Citizen – 30 days; Bhutan/Philippine/Haiti/Niger Citizen – 14 days
Though Indians enjoy 14-day visa-free entry to Hong Kong, a pre-arrival registration (PAR) is required
The Hong Kong Visa Free Countries List & Visa-free Period:
| No. | National of foreign country(territory)/Type of traveldocument | Visa freeperiod forvisit notexceeding | Always requireVISA, except indirect transitby air andwhen the persondoes not leavethe airporttransit 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. | LUXEMBOURG | 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 Required |
| 224. | Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit | 7 Days | – |
Notes: The above listed is the overall visa requirements (click here to download) for 224 foreign countries, including the 170 visa-free countries and maximum stay period, and some visa-required countries. If you visit Hong Kong for other purposes (work, study, business, or residence), or intend to stay longer than the maximum visiting time, you shall apply for a Hong Kong SAR Visa separately.
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