Hong Kong visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026

Visa & Entry Requirements for Hong Kong

Q: What documents do I need to enter Hong Kong?

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for at least one month after the date you plan to leave Hong Kong. Travel insurance: No official source we could read makes travel insurance a condition of entry for visitors. Return or onward ticket: Hong Kong's Immigration Department says visitors must hold onward or return tickets, unless in transit to the Chinese Mainland or Macao. Proof of funds: Hong Kong's Immigration Department says visitors are required to have adequate funds to cover the duration of their stay without working.

Q: How long can I stay in Hong Kong without a visa?

Usually 90 days (84 passports); visa-free stays range from 7 to 180 days depending on your passport.

Most travellers can visit Hong Kong without a visa: 148 of 198 passports enter visa-free, usually for 90 days.

Hong Kong's Immigration Department says you may not need a visa or entry permit for a visit, depending on your nationality or the type of travel document you hold; its table gives, for each listed nationality or travel document, either a visa-free period for a visit or that a visa is required. Indian nationals must complete pre-arrival registration online, free of charge, before they can visit visa-free, and anyone who needs a visa or entry permit for a visit should obtain it before travelling.

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Your passport

Destination

148

Passports visa-free

eVisa or eTA online

Embassy visa required or no admission

Do I need a visa for Hong Kong? Quick answers

Another passport? Use the checker or find it in the table below.

Visa for Hong Kong — requirements summary

Visa-free: 148 (75%)
eTA: 2 (1%)
Visa required: 47 (24%)
No admission: 1 (1%)

All travellers must meet the entry rules set by Hong Kong, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.

Passport	Requirement	Max stay	Details
Afghanistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Albania	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Algeria	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Andorra	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Angola	Visa required	—	Details →
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Argentina	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Armenia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Australia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Austria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Azerbaijan	Visa required	—	Details →
Bahamas	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bahrain	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Bangladesh	Visa required	—	Details →
Barbados	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belarus	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Belgium	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Belize	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Benin	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Bhutan	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Bolivia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Botswana	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brazil	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Brunei	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Bulgaria	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Burkina Faso	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Burundi	Visa required	—	Details →
Cambodia	Visa required	—	Details →
Cameroon	Visa required	—	Details →
Canada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cape Verde	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	Details →
Chad	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Chile	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
China	Visa required	—	Details →
Colombia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Comoros	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Costa Rica	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	—	Details →
Croatia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Cuba	Visa required	—	Details →
Cyprus	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Czechia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Denmark	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Djibouti	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Dominica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Dominican Republic	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
DR Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Ecuador	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Egypt	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
El Salvador	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Equatorial Guinea	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Eritrea	Visa required	—	Details →
Estonia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Eswatini	Visa required	—	Details →
Ethiopia	Visa required	—	Details →
Fiji	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Finland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
France	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Gabon	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Gambia	Visa required	—	Details →
Georgia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Germany	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Ghana	Visa required	—	Details →
Greece	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Grenada	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Guatemala	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Guinea	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required	—	Details →
Guyana	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Haiti	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Honduras	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Hungary	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Iceland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
India	eTA	14 days	Details →
Indonesia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Iran	Visa required	—	Details →
Iraq	Visa required	—	Details →
Ireland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Israel	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Italy	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jamaica	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Japan	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Jordan	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Kazakhstan	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Kenya	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kiribati	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Kosovo	No admission	—	Details →
Kuwait	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required	—	Details →
Laos	Visa required	—	Details →
Latvia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lebanon	Visa required	—	Details →
Lesotho	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Liberia	Visa required	—	Details →
Libya	Visa required	—	Details →
Liechtenstein	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Lithuania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Luxembourg	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Macau	Visa-free	7 days	Details →
Madagascar	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Malawi	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Malaysia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Maldives	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mali	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Malta	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Marshall Islands	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Mauritania	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Mauritius	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mexico	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Micronesia	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Moldova	Visa required	—	Details →
Monaco	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Mongolia	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Montenegro	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Morocco	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Mozambique	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Myanmar	Visa required	—	Details →
Namibia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nauru	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nepal	Visa required	—	Details →
Netherlands	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
New Zealand	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Nicaragua	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Niger	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Nigeria	Visa required	—	Details →
North Korea	Visa required	—	Details →
North Macedonia	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Norway	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Oman	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Pakistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Palau	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Palestine	Visa required	—	Details →
Panama	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Papua New Guinea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Paraguay	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Peru	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Philippines	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Poland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Portugal	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Qatar	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Republic of the Congo	Visa required	—	Details →
Romania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Russia	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Rwanda	Visa required	—	Details →
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Lucia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Samoa	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
San Marino	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Saudi Arabia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Senegal	Visa required	—	Details →
Serbia	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Seychelles	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sierra Leone	Visa required	—	Details →
Singapore	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovakia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Slovenia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Solomon Islands	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Somalia	Visa required	—	Details →
South Africa	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
South Korea	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
South Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Spain	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Sri Lanka	Visa required	—	Details →
Sudan	Visa required	—	Details →
Suriname	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Sweden	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Switzerland	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Syria	Visa required	—	Details →
Taiwan	eTA	30 days	Details →
Tajikistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tanzania	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Thailand	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Timor-Leste	Visa-free	7 days	Details →
Togo	Visa required	—	Details →
Tonga	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Tunisia	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Türkiye	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Tuvalu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uganda	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
Ukraine	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
United Arab Emirates	Visa-free	30 days	Details →
United Kingdom	Visa-free	180 days	Details →
United States	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uruguay	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Uzbekistan	Visa required	—	Details →
Vanuatu	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vatican City	Visa-free	14 days	Details →
Venezuela	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Vietnam	Visa required	—	Details →
Yemen	Visa required	—	Details →
Zambia	Visa-free	90 days	Details →
Zimbabwe	Visa-free	90 days	Details →

Hong Kong visa types, fees and processing times

Visit visa or entry permit

Embassy

Fee: 330 HKD

The Immigration Department's fee table lists HK$330 for an ordinary visa and HK$330 for an entry permit valid for one entry, in each case outside an approved specified scheme. You may apply through the nearest Chinese diplomatic and consular mission, or to the Immigration Department directly by post or through a local sponsor; visit visa applications from Indian nationals go to the Immigration Department direct. The Department's guidebook (ID(E) 1004) says an application normally takes four weeks to process upon receipt of all the required documents.

Official application site →

Pre-arrival Registration for Indian Nationals

eTA

Fee: Free
Max stay: 14 days
Valid for: 180 days
Entries: Multiple

Official application site →

Pre-arrival Registration for Taiwan Residents

eTA

Fee: Free
Max stay: 30 days
Valid for: 60 days
Entries: Double

Official application site →

Entry requirements for Hong Kong

Passport validity

The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for at least one month after the date you plan to leave Hong Kong.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Hong Kong entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Travel insurance

No official requirement

No official source we could read makes travel insurance a condition of entry for visitors. The UK government tells travellers to check before they travel that they have appropriate travel insurance for local treatment or unexpected medical evacuation, and says medical treatment for uninsured foreign visitors to Hong Kong is expensive.

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Hong Kong travel advice (health)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Return or onward ticket

Hong Kong's Immigration Department says visitors must hold onward or return tickets, unless in transit to the Chinese Mainland or Macao.

Hong Kong Immigration Department — Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the HKSAR✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Proof of funds

Hong Kong's Immigration Department says visitors are required to have adequate funds to cover the duration of their stay without working. No official source we could read states a fixed amount.

Hong Kong Immigration Department — Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the HKSAR✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Overstay penalties

$50,000

Unless an extension of stay is approved, visitors must leave Hong Kong before their limit of stay expires; otherwise they are deemed to have overstayed. Anyone who breaches a condition of stay, such as by overstaying, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of up to HK$50,000 and imprisonment for 2 years.

Immigration Department (HKSAR) — FAQ: Visit / Transit✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026

Customs allowances

HKD 120,000

Hong Kong Customs says any person arriving at a specified control point with currency and bearer negotiable instruments of a total value of more than HKD 120,000 must make a declaration to a Customs officer, using the Red Channel.

Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department — Currency and Bearer Negotiable Instruments✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026

Hong Kong visa requirements statistics

198

Passports covered

148

Most common: Visa-free

Least common: No admission

75%

Visa-free access

Visa-free stays by length

180 days · 1 passport
90 days · 84 passports
30 days · 28 passports
14 days · 33 passports
7 days · 2 passports

Understanding Hong Kong visa requirements

We track the entry rules of Hong Kong for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa-free, which applies to 148 passports (75%). 75% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is no admission (1 passport).

Entry categories for Hong Kong

Visa-free entry: 148 passports can enter without a visa, for stays from 7 to 180 days.
eTA: 2 passports need an electronic travel authorisation before departure.
Visa required: 47 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate.
No admission: 1 passport cannot currently enter.

What else you need to enter Hong Kong

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for at least one month after the date you plan to leave Hong Kong.
Travel insurance: No official source we could read makes travel insurance a condition of entry for visitors.
Return or onward ticket: Hong Kong's Immigration Department says visitors must hold onward or return tickets, unless in transit to the Chinese Mainland or Macao.
Proof of funds: Hong Kong's Immigration Department says visitors are required to have adequate funds to cover the duration of their stay without working.

Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Hong Kong or its official immigration website before you travel.

Frequently asked questions about Hong Kong visas

Do I need a visa for Hong Kong?

It depends on your nationality or the type of travel document you hold. The Immigration Department's table gives, for each listed nationality or travel document, either a visa-free period for a visit or that a visa is required — for example 90 days for the USA (except diplomatic passports), Canada, Australia and Japan, and 180 days for British citizens. Indian nationals must complete pre-arrival registration online, free of charge, before they can visit visa-free; anyone who needs a visa or entry permit for a visit should obtain it before travelling.

Is a Chinese visa valid for Hong Kong?

No official source we could read says a mainland Chinese visa is valid for Hong Kong. Hong Kong's Immigration Department sets out the visa or entry permit requirements of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Government of Canada says that if you plan to visit or transit through mainland China, you should make sure you obtain a Chinese visa before your trip.

How long can British citizens stay in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong's Immigration Department lists British citizens as able to visit visa-free for up to 180 days.

Do Indian citizens need a visa for Hong Kong?

Hong Kong's Immigration Department says Indian nationals must apply for and successfully complete pre-arrival registration online, free of charge, before they can visit or transit Hong Kong visa-free. A registration is valid for six months and can be used for multiple visa-free visits of up to 14 days each. Before boarding and on arrival, the registrant must hold the notification slip and the same valid Indian passport used for the registration.

Can I extend my stay in Hong Kong as a visitor?

The Immigration Department's fee table lists HK$330 for a change of condition of stay (including extension of limit of stay) outside an approved specified scheme. The Department says that, except in the most unusual circumstances, visitors are not allowed to change their immigration status after arrival, and that if you want to stay longer than the visa-free period allowed, you must apply for a visa or entry permit before travelling. No official source we could read states when a visitor's extension is granted.

Do US citizens need a visa for Hong Kong?

US citizens can visit Hong Kong visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for United States passport holders.

Do UK citizens need a visa for Hong Kong?

UK citizens can visit Hong Kong visa-free for 180 days. Full rules for United Kingdom passport holders.

Do German citizens need a visa for Hong Kong?

German citizens can visit Hong Kong visa-free for 90 days. Full rules for Germany passport holders.

What documents do I need to enter Hong Kong?

Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid for at least one month after the date you plan to leave Hong Kong. Travel insurance: No official source we could read makes travel insurance a condition of entry for visitors. Return or onward ticket: Hong Kong's Immigration Department says visitors must hold onward or return tickets, unless in transit to the Chinese Mainland or Macao. Proof of funds: Hong Kong's Immigration Department says visitors are required to have adequate funds to cover the duration of their stay without working.

How long can I stay in Hong Kong without a visa?

Usually 90 days (84 passports); visa-free stays range from 7 to 180 days depending on your passport.

How many countries can visit Hong Kong without a visa?

148 of 198 passports can enter Hong Kong visa-free (75%). 2 can apply online (eVisa or eTA), and 47 need a visa from an embassy.

Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).

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Where can Hong Kong citizens travel visa-free?

Hong Kong passport holders can visit 114 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.

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