
Eastern Asia
Macau visa requirements
Travellers from 191 of 198 countries can visit Macau easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Macau
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed86 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival105 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- Visa needed7 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of Macau visa
- Visitor entry10 optionsMany travellers can visit without a visa. Others need an entry permit on arrival or a visa before travel.
- Transit without a visa3 optionsTravellers who normally need a visa may enter Macau for 48 hours without one if they arrive and leave through Macau International Airport. Separate seven-day transit rules cover certain Chinese travel documents.
- Special Authorization to Stay for Non-resident Students1 optionsStudents who are not Macau residents must apply for special permission to stay while studying.
- Residence for employment1 optionsPeople seeking residence for employment must apply at the local immigration office. A separate work visa procedure is not described.
- Residence permission1 optionsA general residence application route is described. Specific spouse or dependant routes are not explained.
- Entry permit on arrival3 optionsEligible travellers can apply for an entry permit when they arrive. An approved application allows a stay of up to 30 days.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America30 days
- EgyptVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IndiaVisa not requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia14 days
- KuwaitVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LebanonVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaliVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- NamibiaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- RussiaVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia
- TanzaniaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America30 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- AfghanistanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- AlgeriaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- AzerbaijanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- BahamasVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- BarbadosVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- BelizeVisa on arrivalCentral America
- BeninVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America
- BotswanaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa14 days
- Burkina FasoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia
- CameroonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- ColombiaVisa on arrivalSouth America
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- CubaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- Dominican RepublicVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- El SalvadorVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- FijiVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- GabonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- GhanaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- GuatemalaVisa on arrivalCentral America
- GuineaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa on arrivalSouth America
- HaitiVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- HondurasVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- IranVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- JamaicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KenyaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- KiribatiVisa on arrivalMicronesia
- KosovoVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia
- LesothoVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- LiberiaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MauritaniaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- NauruVisa on arrivalMicronesia
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America
- NigerVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- OmanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- PalestineVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America
- PeruVisa on arrivalSouth America
- QatarVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia
- SomaliaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- SudanVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- SyriaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- TunisiaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- UgandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- UkraineVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa on arrivalMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- YemenVisa on arrivalWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
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.
- Europe46 of 46 countries
- Americas35 of 35 countries
- Oceania14 of 14 countries
- Africa53 of 54 countries
- Asia43 of 49 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Macau without a visa?
191 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
Is Macau part of China?
Macau 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 Macau?
Visa on arrival: it applies to 105 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Macau?
7 passports, including China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh Vietnam, and 2 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Macau?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Macau?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Macau?
No visa needed, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Macau?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Macau?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Macau?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
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