{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"TL","name":"Timor-Leste","slug":"timor-leste"},"destination":{"code":"HK","name":"Hong Kong (SAR China)"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-24","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"hong-kong-other-foreign-country-timor-leste-seven-day-visitor-2026","title":"Timor-Leste ordinary passports: seven-day Hong Kong visitor waiver","summary":"Hong Kong Immigration's current visitor table expressly assigns nationals of other foreign countries to a visa-free visitor stay of up to seven days. Timor-Leste is classified only through that affirmative residual, not through absence from the named rows.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The express current residual is limited to a visit not exceeding seven days for the foreign-country passport cohort.","The current Immigration Department separately identifies Timor-Leste in a visitor-facilitation country table; that scheme's invitation-only benefits do not define this ordinary-passport baseline.","For work, study, establishing or joining a business, residence, or a visitor stay longer than the allowed visa-free period, the current Immigration Department guidance requires the appropriate visa or entry permit before travel.","Normal immigration requirements, funds, onward or return travel, passport validity, individual admission and security controls remain separate."],"sourceIds":["hong-kong-immd-current-visitor-requirements-august-2026","hong-kong-immd-timor-leste-current-visitor-scheme-country-scope-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"hong-kong-immd-current-visitor-requirements-august-2026","title":"Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region","url":"https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html","publisher":"Immigration Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region","jurisdiction":"Hong Kong Special Administrative Region","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"},{"id":"hong-kong-immd-timor-leste-current-visitor-scheme-country-scope-2026","title":"Immigration Facilitation Scheme for Invited Persons","url":"https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/invitedpersons.html","publisher":"Immigration Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region","jurisdiction":"Hong Kong Special Administrative Region","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"}]}