Hong Kong Visa: Visa-Free Entry & Application Guide

Some visa-free periods: British Citizen – 180 days; U.S.A/Canada/Australia/Brunei/Fr[...]

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.