Tourist visa and entry permit regulations for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

You may also submit your application directly or through a sponsor in Hong Kong. To expedite processing, you can fax […]

You may also submit your application directly or through a sponsor in Hong Kong. To expedite processing, you can fax the application form and supporting documents to (852) 2824 1133, and then send the signed original and required photos by mail. The Immigration Department will issue an approved visa/entry permit only after receiving and reviewing the original application.

If you are a Taiwanese Chinese resident, you should submit your entry permit application through an approved airline. Additional information is available regarding entry arrangements for individuals from Mainland China and Chinese nationals residing overseas and in Taiwan. Those needing a tourist visa or entry permit should ensure they have the appropriate documents before coming to Hong Kong.

For details on visa requirements for tourists from specific foreign countries/regions, please refer to the appropriate guidelines.

	Nationals/document categories of foreign countries (regions)	Traveling to the Hong Kong SAR is exempted from visa but the stay is not allowed to exceed	A visa must be applied for each time (except for those who transit directly by air or do not leave the airport transit lounge)
1	Afghanistan(AFGHANISTAN)(see note)		Must apply for a visa*
2	ALBANIA(holders of Albanian biometric passports only)[ALBANIA(holders of Albanian biometric passports only)]	14th
3	ALBANIA(holders of Albanian non-biometric passports)[ALBANIA(holders of Albanian non-biometric passports)]		Must apply for a visa
4	ALGERIA	14th
5	ANDORRA	ninety days
6	Angola (see note)		Must apply for a visa^
7	ANGUILLA	ninety days
8	Antigua and Barbuda (ANTIGUA & BARBUDA)	ninety days
9	ARGENTINA	ninety days
10	Armenia(ARMENIA)	Thirty days
11	Australia(AUSTRALIA)	ninety days
12	AUSTRIA	ninety days
13	Azerbaijan (AZERBAIJAN) (see note)		Must apply for a visa#
14	Bahamas(BAHAMAS)	ninety days
15	BAHRAIN	Thirty days
16	BANGLADESH (see note)		Must apply for a visa^
17	BARBADOS	ninety days
18	Belarus (BELARUS)	Thirty days
19	BELGIUM	ninety days
20	BELIZE	ninety days
21	BENIN	14th
22	BERMUDA	ninety days
23	BHUTAN	14th
24	BOLIVIA	Thirty days
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)	14th
26	Botswana (BOTSWANA)	ninety days
27	BRAZIL	ninety days
28	BRITAIN(British citizens)]	one hundred and eighty days
29	BRITAIN(British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons)]	ninety days
30	BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY	ninety days
31	BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	ninety days
32	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	ninety days
33	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	ninety days
34	BULGARIA	ninety days
35	BURKINA FASO	14th
36	BURUNDI		Must apply for a visa^
37	CAMBODIA		Must apply for a visa#
38	CAMEROON		Must apply for a visa^
39	CANADA	ninety days
40	CAPE VERDE(REPUBLIC OF	Thirty days
41	CAYMAN ISLANDS	ninety days
42	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC		Must apply for visa*
43	CHAD	14th
44	CHILE	ninety days
45	COLOMBIA	ninety days
46	COMOROS	14th
47	Congo (Democratic Republic) (formerly known as Zaire) [ CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (Formerly known as Zaire)] (see note)		Must apply for visa*
48	Congo (Republic of)[CONGO(REPUBLIC OF)](see note)		Must apply for visa*
49	COSTA RICA	Thirty days
50	Costa Rican Provisional passports		Must apply for visa
51	“Documento de Identidad Y Viaje” issued by Costa Rican Government		Must apply for visa
52	Cote d’Ivoire[COTE D’IVOIRE(REPUBLIC OF)](see note)		Must apply for visa*
53	CROATIA	ninety days
54	CUBA		Must apply for visa
55	CYPRUS(REPUBLIC OF	ninety days
56	CZECH REPUBLIC	ninety days
57	DENMARK	ninety days
58	DJIBOUTI	14th
59	DOMINICA(COMMONWEALTH OF	ninety days
60	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Thirty days
61	ECUADOR	ninety days
62	EGYPT	ninety days
63	EL SALVADOR	Thirty days
64	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	14th
65	ERITREA (see note)		Must apply for visa*
66	ESTONIA	ninety days
67	ESWATINI(Formerly known as Swaziland		Must apply for visa*
68	ETHIOPIA		Must apply for visa*
69	FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES	ninety days
70	FAROE ISLANDS	ninety days
71	FIJI	ninety days
72	FINLAND	ninety days
73	FRANCE	ninety days
74	GABON	14th
75	GAMBIA		Must apply for visa*
76	GEORGIA		Must apply for visa
77	GERMANY	ninety days
78	GHANA		Must apply for a visa^
79	GIBRALTAR	ninety days
80	GREECE	ninety days
81	GREENLAND	ninety days
82	GRENADA	ninety days
83	GUATEMALA	Thirty days
84	GUINEA	14th
85	GUINEA-BISSAU		Must apply for visa*
86	GUYANA	ninety days
87	HAITI	14th
88	HONDURAS	Thirty days
89	HUNGARY	ninety days
90	ICELAND	ninety days
91	INDIA	14th	Pre-arrival registration required%
92	INDONESIA	Thirty days
93	IRAN		Must apply for visa*
94	IRAQ		Must apply for visa*
95	IRELAND(REPUBLIC OF	ninety days
96	ISRAEL	ninety days
97	ITALY	ninety days
98	JAMAICA	ninety days
99	JAPAN	ninety days
100	JORDAN	Thirty days
101	KAZAKHSTAN	14th
102	KENYA	ninety days
103	KIRIBATI	ninety days
104	KOREA(DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF		Must apply for visa*
105	KOREA(REPUBLIC OF	ninety days
106	KUWAIT	Thirty days
107	KYRGYZSTAN		Must apply for visa#
108	LAOS		Must apply for visa#
109	LATVIA	ninety days
110	LEBANON		Must apply for visa
111	LESOTHO	14th
112	LIBERIA		Must apply for visa*
113	LIBYA		Must apply for visa*
114	LIECHTENSTEIN	ninety days
115	LITHUANIA	ninety days
116	LUXEMBOURG	ninety days
117	MADAGASCAR	14th
118	MALAWI	ninety days
119	MALAYSIA	ninety days
120	MALDIVES	ninety days
121	MALI	14th
122	MALTA	ninety days
123	MARSHALL ISLANDS(REPUBLIC OF	14th
124	MAURITANIA	14th
125	MAURITIUS	ninety days
126	MEXICO	ninety days
127	MICRONESIA(FEDERATED STATES OF)	14th
128	MOLDOVA(REPUBLIC OF)		Must apply for visa#
129	MONACO	ninety days
130	MONGOLIA	14th
131	MONTENEGRO(REPUBLIC OF)	14th
132	MONTSERRAT	ninety days
133	MOROCCO	Thirty days
134	MOZAMBIQUE	14th
135	MYANMAR		Must apply for visa#
136	NAMIBIA	ninety days
137	NAURU	ninety days
138	NEPAL		Must apply for a visa^
139	NETHERLANDS	ninety days
140	NEW ZEALAND	ninety days
141	NICARAGUA		Must apply for visa
142	NIGER	14th
143	NIGERIA		Must apply for visa*
144	NORTH MACEDONIA	14th
145	NORWAY	ninety days
146	OMAN	Thirty days
147	PAKISTAN		Must apply for a visa※
148	PALAU	14th
149	PALESTINE(STATE OF)		Must apply for visa
150	PANAMA	Thirty days
151	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	ninety days
152	PARAGUAY	Thirty days
153	PERU	Thirty days
154	Special Peruvian passports		Must apply for visa
155	PHILIPPINES	14th
156	PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS	ninety days
157	POLAND	ninety days
158	PORTUGAL	ninety days
159	QATAR	Thirty days
160	ROMANIA	ninety days
161	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	14th
162	RWANDA		Must apply for visa*
163	SAMOA	Thirty days
164	SAN MARINO	ninety days
165	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	14th
166	SAUDI ARABIA	Thirty days
167	SENEGAL		Must apply for visa
168	SERBIA(REPUBLIC OF)(holders of Serbian biometric passports only)	14th
169	SERBIA(REPUBLIC OF)(holders of Serbian non-biometric passports or Serbian passports issued by the Coordination Directorate in Belgrade)		Must apply for visa
170	SEYCHELLES	ninety days
171	SIERRA LEONE		Must apply for visa*
172	SINGAPORE	ninety days
173	SLOVAK REPUBLIC	ninety days
174	SLOVENIA	ninety days
175	SOLOMON ISLANDS		Must apply for visa
176	SOMALIA		Must apply for visa*
177	SOUTH AFRICA	Thirty days
178	SOUTH SUDAN		Must apply for visa*
179	SPAIN	ninety days
180	SRI LANKA		Must apply for a visa^
181	ST. HELENA	ninety days
182	ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES(ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA)	ninety days
183	ST. KITTS AND NEVIS	ninety days
184	ST. LUCIA	ninety days
185	ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	ninety days
186	SUDAN		Must apply for visa*
187	SURINAME	14th
188	SWEDEN	ninety days
189	SWITZERLAND	ninety days
190	SYRIA		Must apply for visa*
191	TAJIKISTAN		Must apply for visa#
192	TANZANIA	ninety days
193	THAILAND	Thirty days
194	THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS	ninety days
195	THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA	ninety days
196	TOGO		Must apply for a visa^
197	TONGA	ninety days
198	Tongan National passports		Must apply for a visa
199	Tongan Protected Persons passports		Must apply for a visa
200	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	ninety days
201	TUNISIA	Thirty days
202	TÜRKİYE (Formerly known as Turkey)	ninety days
203	TURKMENISTAN		Must apply for visa#
204	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	ninety days
205	TUVALU	ninety days
206	Tuvalu (with national status stated as ‘I-TUVALU’) in the passport [TUVALU (with national status stated as ‘I-TUVALU’)]		Must apply for a visa
207	UGANDA	Thirty days
208	UKRAINE	14th
209	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Thirty days
210	URUGUAY	ninety days
211	Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90		Must apply for a visa
212	United States of America (U.S.A.) (Except U.S. Diplomatic Passport)	ninety days
213	U.S.A. Diplomatic passports		Must apply for a visa
214	US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS(holders of US Trust Territory passports only)	14th
215	UZBEKISTAN		Must apply for visa#
216	VANUATU	ninety days
217	VATICAN CITY	14th
218	Vatican Service passports		Visa required
219	VENEZUELA	ninety days
220	VIETNAM		Visa required#
221	YEMEN(REPUBLIC OF		Visa required*
222	ZAMBIA	ninety days
223	ZIMBABWE	ninety days
224	All ‘stateless’ travel document holders		Must apply for a visa
225	Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit	seven days

Note:

• All nationals, regardless of the reason for their visit (including transit passengers and those remaining in the airport restricted area), must hold a valid Hong Kong entry visa. ^ All nationals (excluding those holding diplomatic and official passports), regardless of the reason for their visit (including transit passengers and those remaining in the airport restricted area), must hold a valid Hong Kong entry visa. Holders of diplomatic and official passports can visit Hong Kong visa-free for up to fourteen days. ※ All nationals (excluding those holding diplomatic and official passports), regardless of the reason for their visit (including transit passengers and those remaining in the airport restricted area), must hold a valid Hong Kong entry visa. Holders of diplomatic and official passports can visit Hong Kong visa-free for up to thirty days.

Holders of diplomatic and official passports can visit Hong Kong visa-free and stay for a period not exceeding 14 days.

% Indian nationals must apply online for pre-arrival registration before they can visit the Hong Kong SAR visa-free. Please click here for details on the pre-arrival registration for Indian nationals. [Note] Some Chinese embassies and consulates abroad implement arrangements for visa applications to Hong Kong for holders of foreign ordinary passports through the “China Visa Application Service Center.” Applicants can inquire about details from the nearest Chinese embassy or consulate. The information regarding visa or entry permit requirements for visitors to Hong Kong in this article is based on the situation as of January 2024, and circumstances may change thereafter.