What the Egypt visa rules mean for Hong Kong travellers
Hong Kong citizens can enter Egypt without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid Hong Kong passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 90-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Egypt applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Egypt's e-Visa portal says your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the date of arrival.
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 1 blank page.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: WHO's country list says Egypt requires proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from a country with risk of yellow fever transmission, or who transited for more than 12 hours thro…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Egypt. The UK Foreign Office advises checking before you travel that you have appropriate travel insurance for local treatment or unexpected med…
Egypt entry rules compared
Egypt lets 3 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 44, issues eVisas to 78 and requires an embassy visa from 73. Hong Kong citizens are treated the same way as Jordan and Macau. Overall the Hong Kong passport ranks #39 in the world with 114 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Africa? With a Hong Kong passport you can also visit 15 countries in the region without a visa, including Botswana, Cape Verde, Lesotho, Morocco, Mali, Mauritius, Malawi and Namibia.
In the other direction, Egypt citizens can visit Hong Kong visa-free for up to 90 days.