ChinaEastern Asia
Eastern AsiaHong Kong visa requirements
Travellers from 148 of 198 countries can visit Hong Kong easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Hong Kong
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed147 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- eTA needed1 of 198 passportsA short online form, not a full visa.
- eVisa45 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed4 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Not allowed to enter1 of 198 passportsEntry is closed to this passport.
Types of Hong Kong visa
- Tourist visits9 optionsYou may be able to visit without a visa. Your passport, residence status and travel document decide which entry route you can use.
- Transit permission5 optionsSome travellers can change flights without a visa if they stay inside the airport transit area. Others need a visa even without passing immigration.
- Short business visits3 optionsEligible visitors can make short business trips without a visa. Only a limited range of business activities is allowed.
- Student visa1 optionsStudent visas cover certain private schools and higher education courses. Work rights are limited.
- Work and training visas6 optionsSeparate routes cover professionals, graduates, training, imported workers and domestic helpers. Rules on changing employers depend on the route.
- Family and residence permission3 optionsEligible residents and visa holders can sponsor certain family members. Separate rules cover permanent residence rights and mainland Chinese settlement.
- Hong Kong e-Visa2 optionsAn e-Visa is an electronic visa for travellers who need permission to enter. Some travellers also need one for airside transit.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe14 days
- AlgeriaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa14 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BahrainVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe14 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- BeninVisa not requiredWestern Africa14 days
- BhutanVisa not requiredSouthern Asia14 days
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe14 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- Burkina FasoVisa not requiredWestern Africa14 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- ChadVisa not requiredMiddle Africa14 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ComorosVisa not requiredEastern Africa14 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DjiboutiVisa not requiredEastern Africa14 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- EgyptVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa14 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GabonVisa not requiredMiddle Africa14 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- GuineaVisa not requiredWestern Africa14 days
- GuyanaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean14 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- JordanVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia14 days
- KenyaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa14 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia7 days
- MadagascarVisa not requiredEastern Africa14 days
- MalawiVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa14 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia14 days
- MauritaniaVisa not requiredWestern Africa14 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia14 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia14 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe14 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa30 days
- MozambiqueVisa not requiredEastern Africa14 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- NauruVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- NigerVisa not requiredWestern Africa14 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe14 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia14 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe14 days
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa14 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe14 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America14 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia7 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa30 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- UgandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe14 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe14 days
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- IndiaeTA requiredSouthern Asia14 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia
- BangladesheVisaSouthern Asia
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- Central African RepubliceVisaMiddle Africa
- CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- CubaeVisaCaribbean
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa
- EthiopiaeVisaEastern Africa
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissaueVisaWestern Africa
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LaoseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanoneVisaWestern Asia
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- NepaleVisaSouthern Asia
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa
- North KoreaeVisaEastern Asia
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia
- RwandaeVisaEastern Africa
- SenegaleVisaWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia
- SudaneVisaNorthern Africa
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa
- TurkmenistaneVisaCentral Asia
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemeneVisaWestern Asia
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KosovoAdmission refusedSoutheast Europe
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe44 of 46 countries
- Americas33 of 35 countries
- Oceania13 of 14 countries
- Africa31 of 54 countries
- Asia27 of 49 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Hong Kong without a visa?
148 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
Is Hong Kong part of China?
Hong Kong is a territory linked to China, with its own entry rules. Check them separately even if you can visit China.
What is the most common entry rule for Hong Kong?
No visa needed: it applies to 147 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Hong Kong?
4 passports, including China, Uzbekistan, Gambia and Eswatini.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Hong Kong?
eTA needed, for up to 14 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Hong Kong?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Hong Kong?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Hong Kong?
eVisa.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Hong Kong?
eVisa.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Hong Kong?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
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