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Hong Kong (SAR China) visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20266 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free146ETA1Visa required51
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

146

ETA

1

Visa required

51
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. ETA

    Pre-arrival registration became mandatory for Indian visitors

    Indian passport holders must successfully complete free online pre-arrival registration before a visa-free visit or non-airside transit of up to 14 days.

    • The Indian passport must normally be valid for at least six months.
    • A successful registration is valid for six months or until the linked passport expires, whichever is earlier.
    • The signed notification slip must be used with the passport linked to the registration.
    • Each qualifying visit may last up to 14 days; unsuccessful registration requires a visit-visa application.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    India

    Official sourcesHong Kong Immigration Department: Online pre-arrival registration for Indian nationals to visit Hong KongHong Kong Immigration Department: Pre-arrival registration for Indian nationals
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    Timor-Leste ordinary passports: seven-day Hong Kong visitor waiver

    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.

    • 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.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Timor-Leste

    Official sourcesImmigration Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionImmigration Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Immigration Facilitation Scheme for Invited Persons
  3. Current official routeVisa-free

    Hong Kong publishes visa-free periods for ordinary visitors

    The Immigration Department's August 2026 schedule lists visa-free visitor periods for the named nationalities and travel documents.

    • The permitted visitor period varies by passport and is shown in the official schedule.
    • Normal immigration requirements still apply, and permission to land is not automatic.
    • The Albania and Serbia entries apply to biometric passports; the schedule also contains document-specific exceptions for several nationalities.
    • Visitor status does not permit employment, study, residence, or joining a business.
    144 passport nationalities covered

    Singapore, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Austria, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Latvia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Iceland, United States, Bulgaria, Romania, Monaco, Cyprus, Chile, Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, San Marino, Israel, Barbados, Brunei, The Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Mexico, Uruguay, Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, Vatican City, Costa Rica, Grenada, Mauritius, Panama, Paraguay, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Ukraine, Peru, Serbia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Tonga, Tuvalu, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Palau Islands, Venezuela, Russian Federation, Qatar, Türkiye, South Africa, Belize, Kuwait, Maldives, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Guyana, Fiji, Vanuatu, Oman, Jamaica, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Botswana, Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Suriname, Namibia, Lesotho, Morocco, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Tunisia, Benin, Philippines, Uganda, Armenia, Cape Verde Islands, Mongolia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Madagascar, Algeria, Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Guinea, Mali, Chad, Comoro Islands, Egypt, Jordan, Haiti, Bhutan, Djibouti

    Official sourceHong Kong Immigration Department: Visit visa and entry permit requirements for Hong Kong
  4. Current official routeVisa required

    Hong Kong lists nationalities that require a visit visa

    The Immigration Department's August 2026 schedule requires the listed ordinary-passport visitors to obtain a visa or entry permit before travel.

    • Some diplomatic and official passport holders have different exemptions; this policy represents ordinary-passport access.
    • Direct airside transit exceptions vary by nationality and do not establish permission to enter Hong Kong.
    • Applications remain subject to individual assessment and normal immigration requirements.
    48 passport nationalities covered

    Solomon Islands, Nicaragua, Moldova, eSwatini, Rwanda, The Gambia, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Tajikistan, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Liberia, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Vietnam, Cambodia, Congo (Rep.), Laos, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Nigeria, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, Libya, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Iran, Palestinian Territory, Bangladesh, North Korea, Nepal, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan

    Official sourceHong Kong Immigration Department: Visit visa and entry permit requirements for Hong Kong
  5. Current official routeVisa required

    PRC passport holders require an entry permit for Hong Kong visits

    Holders of People's Republic of China passports must obtain an entry permit for social and business visits to Hong Kong.

    • This policy concerns social and business visits made using a People's Republic of China passport.
    • A separate transit concession permits a qualifying stay of up to seven days with confirmed onward travel.
    • Mainland residents commonly use an Exit-entry Permit and appropriate endorsement under separate arrangements.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    China

    Official sourceHong Kong Immigration Department: Entry arrangements for Mainland, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese residents