Hong Kong Visa Information for any Nationality

Hong Kong Visa Information as it applies to every Nationality. These are entry permit requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China only. NOT for China.

The Immigration office of Hong Kong does not guarantee entry to Hong Kong even if all the Immigration requirements set out on this Hong Kong visa information page are met.

The guys at Immigration still have the right to refuse entry even as you stand in the airport arrival area, on the cusp of it all. I wondered how many people had been forced out of town by dawn without ever leaving the airport.

Part I

No visa or entry permit is required for any purpose if you hold any of the following travel documents:

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport,
British National (Overseas) Passport,
Hong Kong Certificate of Identity,
Hong Kong Re-entry permit (for entry from the Mainland of China and the region of Macau only).

If Part I does not apply to you, you must obtain a visa or entry permit to work, study, establish or join in any business or to take up residence in the HKSAR. But not everyone needs a visa just to visit for tourist purposes. But that all depends on your nationality and / or the type of travel document you hold.

PART II

Unless you fit into Part I then you have to get a visa or entry permit to work, study, establish or join in any business or to take up residence in the HKSAR. Otherwise, you are taking the risk of being refused admission on arrival.

If you are just a tourist coming for a visit then just look for your specific Hong Kong Visa Information for your country in the list below.

Visitors are required to have enough money to last the duration of their stay without working and, unless in transit to the Mainland of China or the region of Macau, to hold an onward or return ticket. It seemed to me that this was a non issue for most nationalities but not all. I am just stating the rules as they're laid out in the immigration guidelines for Hong Kong.

Visitors are not permitted to take up employment of any kind. That means paid employment or even volunteer work. You also cannot establish or join in any business, or to enter school as a student, nor, change your immigration status after arrival.

That's done by getting the appropriate Hong Kong visa or entry permit at the nearest Chinese diplomatic and consular mission.

If you are a Chinese resident in the region of Taiwan, you'll have to submit your application for an entry permit through one of the authorised airlines.

HKSAR visa requirements for the following foreign countries / territories:

Where the heck you come from or what type of passport/travel documents you hold.	Amount of days you can stay in Hong Kong. You can't exceed your visit unless you're nuts.	If it says 'Visa Required' then you must apply to get one at the nearest Embassy. You do not need a Visa for Hong Kong if you are just transferring flights and not leaving the airport transit area.
AFGHANISTAN	-	Visa Required
ALBANIA	-	Visa Required
ALGERIA	14 Days	-
ANDORRA	90 Days	-
ANGOLA	-	Visa Required
ANGOLA Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
ANGUILLA	90 Days	-
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA	90 Days	-
ARGENTINA	90 Days	-
ARMENIA	-	Visa Required
AUSTRALIA	90 Days	-
AUSTRIA	90 Days	-
AZERBAIJAN	-	Visa Required
BAHAMAS	90 Days	-
BAHRAIN	14 Days	-
BANGLADESH	-	Visa Required
BANGLADESH Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
BARBADOS	90 Days	-
BELARUS	-	Visa Required
BELGIUM	90 Days	-
BELIZE	90 Days	-
BENIN	14 Days	-
BERMUDA	90 Days	-
BHUTAN	14 Days	-
BOLIVIA	30 Days	-
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	14 Days	-
BOTSWANA	90 Days	-
BRAZIL	90 Days	-
BRITAIN (British citizens)	180 Days	-
BRITAIN (British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons)	90 Days	-
Hong Kong Visa Information for BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY	90 Days	-
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	90 Days	-
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	90 Days	-
BRUNEI	90 Days	-
BULGARIA	90 Days	-
BURKINA FASO	14 Days	-
BURUNDI	-	Visa Required
BURUNDI Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
CAMBODIA	-	Visa Required
CAMEROON (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required
CAMEROON Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
CANADA	90 Days	-
CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF)	30 Days	-
CAYMAN ISLANDS	90 Days	-
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	14 Days	-
CHAD	14 Days	-
CHILE	90 Days	-
COLOMBIA	90 Days	-
COMOROS	14 Days	-
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (Formerly known as Zaire)	-	Visa Required
CONGO (REPUBLIC OF)	-	Visa Required
CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
COSTA RICA	30 Days	-
Costa Rican Provisional passports	-	Visa Required
"Documento de Identidad Y Viaje" issued by Costa Rican Government	-	Visa Required
COTE D'IVOIRE (REPUBLIC OF)	-	Visa Required*
CROATIA	14 Days	-
CUBA	-	Visa Required
CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	-
CZECH REPUBLIC	90 Days	-
DENMARK	90 Days	-
DJIBOUTI	14 Days	-
DOMINICA (COMMONWEALTH OF)	90 Days	-
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	30 Days	-
ECUADOR	90 Days	-
EGYPT	90 Days	-
EL SALVADOR	30 Days	-
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	14 Days	-
ERITREA (please see remarks)		Visa Required
ESTONIA	90 Days	-
ETHIOPIA	-	Visa Required
ETHIOPIA Diplomatic/Offical Passport	14 Days	-
FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES	90 Days	-
FAROE ISLANDS	90 Days	-
FIJI	90 Days	-
FINLAND	90 Days	-
FRANCE	90 Days	-
GABON	14 Days	-
GAMBIA	90 Days	-
GEORGIA	-	Visa Required
GERMANY	90 Days	-
GHANA	-	Visa Required
GHANA Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
GIBRALTAR	90 Days	-
GREECE	90 Days	-
GREENLAND	90 Days	-
GRENADA	-	Visa Required
GUATEMALA	30 Days	-
GUINEA	14 Days	-
GUINEA-BISSAU	14 Days	-
GUYANA	90 Days	-
HAITI	14 Days	-
HONDURAS	30 Days	-
HUNGARY	90 Days	-
ICELAND	90 Days	-
INDIA	14 Days	-
INDONESIA	30 Days	-
IRAN	-	Visa Required
IRAQ (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required
IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	-
ISRAEL	90 Days	-
ITALY	90 Days	-
JAMAICA	90 Days	-
JAPAN	90 Days	-
JORDAN	14 Days	-
KHAZAKSTAN	-	Visa Required
KENYA	90 Days	-
KIRIBATI	90 Days	-
KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)	-	Visa Required
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)	90 Days	-
KUWAIT	14 Days	-
KYRGYSTAN	-	Visa Required
LAOS	-	Visa Required
LATVIA	90 Days	-
LEBANON	-	Visa Required
LESOTHO	14 Days	-
LIBERIA	-	Visa Required
LIBYA	-	Visa Required
LIECHTENSTEIN	90 Days	-
LITHUANIA	90 Days	-
LUXEMBOURG	90 Days	-
MACEDONIA	14 Days	-
MADAGASCAR	14 Days	-
MALAWI	90 Days	-
MALAYSIA	90 Days	-
MALDIVES	90 Days	-
MALI	14 Days	-
MALTA	90 Days	-
MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC OF)	14 Days	-
MAURITANIA	14 Days	-
MAURITIUS	90 Days	-
MEXICO	90 Days	-
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)	14 Days	-
MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF)	-	Visa Required
MONACO	90 Days	-
MONGOLIA	14 Days	-
MONTENEGRO ( REPUBLIC OF )	-	Visa Required
MONTSERRAT	90 Days	-
MOROCCO	30 Days	-
MOZAMBIQUE	14 Days	-
MYANMAR	-	Visa Required
NAMIBIA	90 Days	-
NAURU	90 Days	-
NEPAL	-	Visa Required
NETHERLANDS	90 Days	-
NEW ZEALAND	90 Days	-
NICARAGUA	-	Visa Required
NIGER	14 Days	-
NIGERIA	-	Visa Required
NORWAY	90 Days	-
OMAN	14 Days	-
PAKISTAN (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required
PAKISTAN Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
PALAU	14 Days	-
PALESTINE (STATES OF)	-	Visa Required
PANAMA	-	Visa Required
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	90 Days	-
PARAGUAY	30 Days	-
PERU	30 Days	-
Special Peruvian passports	-	Visa Required
PHILIPPINES	14 Days	-
PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS	90 Days	-
POLAND	90 Days	-
PORTUGAL	90 Days	-
QATAR	14 Days	-
ROMANIA	90 Days	-
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	-	Visa Required
Hong Kong Visa Information for RWANDA	14 Days	-
SAMOA (WESTERN)	30 Days	-
SAN MARINO	90 Days	-
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	14 Days	-
SAUDI ARABIA	14 Days	-
SERBIA (Republic of)	-	Visa Required
SENEGAL	-	Visa Required
Hong Kong Visa Information for SEYCHELLES	90 Days	-
SIERRA LEONE (please see remarks)	-	Visa Required
SINGAPORE	90 Days	-
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	90 Days	-
SLOVENIA	90 Days	-
SOLOMON ISLANDS	-	Visa Required
SOMALIA	-	Visa Required
SOUTH AFRICA	30 Days	-
SPAIN	90 Days	-
SRI LANKA	-	Visa Required
SRI LANKA DIPLOMATIC/OFFICIAL PASSPORT	14 Days	-
ST. HELENA	90 Days	-
ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA)	90 Days	-
ST. KITTS - NEVIS ANGUILLA	90 Days	-
ST. LUCIA	90 Days	-
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	90 Days	-
SUDAN	-	Visa Required
SURINAME	14 Days	-
SWAZILAND	90 Days	-
SWEDEN	90 Days	-
SWITZERLAND	90 Days	-
SYRIA	-	Visa Required
Hong Kong Visa Information for TAJIKISTAN	-	Visa Required
TANZANIA	90 Days	-
THAILAND	30 Days	-
THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS	90 Days	-
THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA	90 Days	-
TOGO	-	Visa Required
TOGO Diplomatic/Official Passport	14 Days	-
TONGA	90 Days	-
Hong Kong Visa Information for Tongan National passports	-	Visa Required
Tongan Protected Persons passports	-	Visa Required
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	90 Days	-
TUNISIA	30 Days	-
TURKEY	90 Days	-
TURKMENISTAN	-	Visa Required
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	90 Days	-
TUVALU	90 Days	-
TUVALU (with national status stated as 'I-TUVALU')	-	Visa Required
Hong Kong Visa Information for UGANDA	30 Days	-
UKRAINE	-	Visa Required
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	30 Days	-
URUGUAY	90 Days	-
Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90	-	Visa Required
U.S.A.	90 Days	-
US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only)	14 Days	-
UZBEKISTAN	-	Visa Required
VANUATU	90 Days	-
Hong Kong Visa Information for The VATICAN CITY	14 Days	-
Vatican Service passports	-	Visa Required
VENEZUELA	90 Days	-
Hong Kong Visa information for VIETNAM	-	Visa Required
YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF)	30 Days	-
ZAMBIA	90 Days	-
ZIMBABWE	90 Days	-
All 'STATELESS' TRAVEL DOCUMENT HOLDERS	-	Visa Required
NATIONALS OF OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE VISAS FOR A VISIT	7 Days	-