HKSAR visa requirements for foreign countries territories-FAQ

HKSAR visa requirements for foreign countries territories

2024-08-23

HKSAR visa requirements for the following foreign countries / territories
	National of foreign country (territory)/Type of travel document	Visa free period for visit not exceeding	Always require VISA, except in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave the airport transit area
1	AFGHANISTAN (please see remarks)	-	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	30 Days	-
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	30 Days	-
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	ESWATINI (Formerly known as Swaziland) (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
68	ETHIOPIA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required^
69	FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES	90 Days	-
70	FAROE ISLANDS	90 Days	-
71	FIJI	90 Days	-
72	FINLAND	90 Days	-
73	FRANCE	90 Days	-
74	GABON	14 Days	-
75	GAMBIA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
76	GEORGIA	-	Visa Required
77	GERMANY	90 Days	-
78	GHANA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required^
79	GIBRALTAR	90 Days	-
80	GREECE	90 Days	-
81	GREENLAND	90 Days	-
82	GRENADA	90 Days	-
83	GUATEMALA	30 Days	-
84	GUINEA	14 Days	-
85	GUINEA-BISSAU (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
86	GUYANA	90 Days	-
87	HAITI	14 Days	-
88	HONDURAS	30 Days	-
89	HUNGARY	90 Days	-
90	ICELAND	90 Days	-
91	INDIA	14 Days	Pre-arrival registration
91	INDIA	14 Days	required%
92	INDONESIA	30 Days	-
93	IRAN (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
94	IRAQ (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
95	IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	-
96	ISRAEL	90 Days	-
97	ITALY	90 Days	-
98	JAMAICA	90 Days	-
99	JAPAN	90 Days	-
100	JORDAN	30 Days	-
101	KAZAKHSTAN	14 Days	-
102	KENYA	90 Days	-
103	KIRIBATI	90 Days	-
104	KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF) (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
105	KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	-
106	KUWAIT	30 Days	-
107	KYRGYZSTAN (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required#
108	LAOS (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required#
109	LATVIA	90 Days	-
110	LEBANON	-	Visa Required
111	LESOTHO	14 Days	-
112	LIBERIA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
113	LIBYA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
114	LIECHTENSTEIN	90 Days	-
115	LITHUANIA	90 Days	-
116	LUXEMBOURG	90 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 (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
144	NORTH MACEDONIA	14 Days	-
145	NORWAY	90 Days	-
146	OMAN	30 Days	-
147	PAKISTAN (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required※
148	PALAU	14 Days	-
149	PALESTINE (STATE OF)	-	Visa Required
150	PANAMA	30 Days	-
151	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	90 Days	-
152	PARAGUAY	30 Days	-
153	PERU	30 Days	-
154	Special Peruvian passports	-	Visa Required
155	PHILIPPINES	14 Days	-
156	PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS	90 Days	-
157	POLAND	90 Days	-
158	PORTUGAL	90 Days	-
159	QATAR	30 Days	-
160	ROMANIA	90 Days	-
161	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	14 Days	-
162	RWANDA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
163	SAMOA	30 Days	-
164	SAN MARINO	90 Days	-
165	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	14 Days	-
166	SAUDI ARABIA	30 Days	-
167	SENEGAL	-	Visa Required
168	SERBIA (REPUBLIC OF) (holders of Serbian biometric passports only)	14 Days	-
169	SERBIA (REPUBLIC OF) (holders of Serbian non-biometric passports or Serbian passports issued by the Coordination Directorate in Belgrade)	-	Visa Required
170	SEYCHELLES	90 Days	-
171	SIERRA LEONE (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
172	SINGAPORE	90 Days	-
173	SLOVAK REPUBLIC	90 Days	-
174	SLOVENIA	90 Days	-
175	SOLOMON ISLANDS	-	Visa Required
176	SOMALIA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
177	SOUTH AFRICA	30 Days	-
178	SOUTH SUDAN (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
179	SPAIN	90 Days	-
180	SRI LANKA (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required^
181	ST. HELENA	90 Days	-
182	ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA)	90 Days	-
183	ST. KITTS AND NEVIS	90 Days	-
184	ST. LUCIA	90 Days	-
185	ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	90 Days	-
186	SUDAN (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
187	SURINAME	14 Days	-
188	SWEDEN	90 Days	-
189	SWITZERLAND	90 Days	-
190	SYRIA (please see remarks)	-	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	TÜRKİYE (Formerly known as 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. (except U.S.A. Diplomatic passports)	90 Days	-
213	U.S.A. Diplomatic passports	-	Visa Required
214	US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only)	14 Days	-
215	UZBEKISTAN (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required#
216	VANUATU	90 Days	-
217	VATICAN CITY	14 Days	-
218	Vatican Service passports	-	Visa Required
219	VENEZUELA	90 Days	-
220	VIETNAM	-	Visa Required#
221	YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF) (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required*
222	ZAMBIA	90 Days	-
223	ZIMBABWE	90 Days	-
224	All 'stateless' travel document holders	-	Visa Required
225	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.
※	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 30 days.
#	Holders of Diplomatic and Official passports may visit the HKSAR visa-free for a stay not exceeding 14 days.
%	Indian nationals are required to apply for and successfully complete pre-arrival registration (PAR) online before they can visit the HKSAR visa free. Please click here for details of PAR.
[Note]	Some Chinese diplomatic and consular missions have implemented the arrangement that applications for visas for Hong Kong from persons holding foreign ordinary passports will be handled by the "Chinese Visa Application Service Center". Applicants may contact the nearest Chinese diplomatic and consular mission for details.
The information in this chapter on visa or entry permit requirements for visitors to the HKSAR is updated in January 2024. There may be subsequent changes.
Original text:
https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html