Do I need a Hong Kong visa? Nationals of about 180 countries may visit Hong Kong without visa, the length of the period in Hong Kong without visa is various according to the nationalities. Of course, we also listed the country names which ask for Hong Kong visa.

No visa is required for Hong Kong, 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 Macao Special Administrative Region only),
  • Hong Kong Seaman's Identity Book,
  • Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes provided that the document is valid or the holder's limit of stay in Hong Kong has not expired.
  • Travel documents bearing one of the following endorsements:
    • "Holder's eligibility for Hong Kong permanent identity card verified."
    • "The holder of this travel document has the right to land in Hong Kong. (Section 2AAA, Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115, Laws of Hong Kong)"
  • Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card.

Foreigners are required to get Hong Kong visa

  • AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA (holders of Albanian non-biometric passports), ANGOLA, ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN
  • BANGLADESH, BELARUS, BURUNDI
  • CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CONGO, Costa Rican Provisional passports, COTE D'IVOIRE, CUBA
  • ERITREA, ETHIOPIA
  • GAMBIA, GEORGIA, GHANA, GUINEA-BISSAU
  • IRAN, IRAQ
  • KOREA (North), KYRGYZSTAN
  • LAOS, LEBANON, LIBERIA, LIBYA
  • MOLDOVA, MYANMAR
  • NEPAL, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA
  • PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, PANAMA
  • RWANDA
  • SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SOMALIA, SOUTH SUDAN, SRI LANKA, SYRIA
  • TAJIKISTAN, TOGO, TURKMENISTAN, TUVALU
  • UZBEKISTAN
  • Vatican Service passports, VIETNAM

Foreigners stay in Hong Kong without visa

  Country Visa free period
  ALBANIA (holders of Albanian biometric passports only) 14 Days
  ALGERIA 14 Days
  ANDORRA 90 Days
  ANGUILLA 90 Days
  ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 90 Days
  ARGENTINA 90 Days
  AUSTRALIA 90 Days
  AUSTRIA 90 Days
  BAHAMAS 90 Days
  BAHRAIN 30 Days
  BARBADOS 90 Days
  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
  BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY 90 Days
  BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 90 Days
  BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 90 Days
  BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 90 Days
  BULGARIA 90 Days
  BURKINA FASO 14 Days
  CANADA 90 Days
  CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF) 30 Days
  CAYMAN ISLANDS 90 Days
  CHAD 14 Days
  CHILE 90 Days
  COLOMBIA 90 Days
  COMOROS 14 Days
  COSTA RICA 30 Days
  CROATIA 90 Days
  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
  ESTONIA 90 Days
  FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES 90 Days
  FAROE ISLANDS 90 Days
  FIJI 90 Days
  FINLAND 90 Days
  FRANCE 90 Days
  GABON 14 Days
  GERMANY 90 Days
  GIBRALTAR 90 Days
  GREECE 90 Days
  GREENLAND 90 Days
  GRENADA 90 Days
  GUATEMALA 30 Days
  GUINEA 14 Days
  GUYANA 90 Days
  HAITI 14 Days
  HONDURAS 30 Days
  HUNGARY 90 Days
  ICELAND 90 Days
  INDIA 14 Days
  INDONESIA 30 Days
  IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF) 90 Days
  ISRAEL 90 Days
  ITALY 90 Days
  JAMAICA 90 Days
  JAPAN 90 Days
  JORDAN 30 Days
  KAZAKHSTAN 14 Days
  KENYA 90 Days
  KIRIBATI 90 Days
  KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) 90 Days
  KUWAIT 30 Days
  LATVIA 90 Days
  LESOTHO 14 Days
  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
  MONACO 90 Days
  MONGOLIA 14 Days
  MONTENEGRO ( REPUBLIC OF ) 14 Days
  MONTSERRAT 90 Days
  MOROCCO 30 Days
  MOZAMBIQUE 14 Days
  NAMIBIA 90 Days
  NAURU 90 Days
  NETHERLANDS 90 Days
  NEW ZEALAND 90 Days
  NIGER 14 Days
  NORWAY 90 Days
  OMAN 30 Days
  PALAU 14 Days
  PAPUA NEW GUINEA 90 Days
  PARAGUAY 30 Days
  PERU 30 Days
  PHILIPPINES 14 Days
  PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS 90 Days
  POLAND 90 Days
  PORTUGAL 90 Days
  QATAR 30 Days
  ROMANIA 90 Days
  RUSSIAN FEDERATION 14 Days
  SAMOA 30 Days
  SAN MARINO 90 Days
  SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 14 Days
  SAUDI ARABIA 30 Days
  SERBIA (REPUBLIC OF) (holders of Serbian biometric passports only) 14 Days
  SEYCHELLES 90 Days
  SINGAPORE 90 Days
  SLOVAK REPUBLIC 90 Days
  SLOVENIA 90 Days
  SOUTH AFRICA 30 Days
  SPAIN 90 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
  SURINAME 14 Days
  SWAZILAND 90 Days
  SWEDEN 90 Days
  SWITZERLAND 90 Days
  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
  TONGA 90 Days
  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 90 Days
  TUNISIA 30 Days
  TURKEY 90 Days
  TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 90 Days
  TUVALU 90 Days
  UGANDA 30 Days
  UKRAINE 14 Days
  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 30 Days
  URUGUAY 90 Days
  U.S.A. 90 Days
  US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only) 14 Days
  VANUATU 90 Days
  VATICAN CITY 14 Days
  VENEZUELA 90 Days
  ZAMBIA 90 Days
  ZIMBABWE 90 Days
  Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit 7 Days