Passport, Visa, Embassy

Passport & Visa Info
The following details relate to holders of adult normal passports (requirements for children may be different), if any other type of passport or travel document is held, entry requirements should be checked with the relevant embassy or consulate.

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Restrictions: Travel documents issued by the following governments are not recognised: Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Kwa-Zulu, Laos (except those issued on or after 2/2/1976), Oman (Imamate of), Taiwan, Tetiti Maori Kingdom, Transkei, Venda, Yemen Royalist Authorities, that part of Cyprus not controlled by the Government of Cyprus & Party Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) in Palin, North West Cambodia.

Passports
Required, but NOT by the following:
1) Holders of a Hong Kong Certificate of Identity.
2) Holders of a Hong Kong Document of Identity bearing a valid limit of stay in Hong Kong.
3) Holders of Hong Kong Permanent Identity Cards (other than those which were issued overseas), or Hong Kong Identity Cards issued on or after 01/07/87 bearing the ***, * under the date of birth entry of the cards, who are aged 11 or over.
4) Holders of a Macao Identity Card issued to Chinese residents of Macao provided holding a valid Macao Visitor's Permit issued in Hong Kong & holders of "Visitor's Permit for residents of Macao to HKSAR" issued by Macao.
5) Holders of a re-entry permit (for entry from the mainland of China and the region of Macao).

Passport Validity: Please contact nearest embassy/consulate.

Visas
The following DO NOT require a visa:
1) Holders of:
a) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport
b) British Nationals Overseas Passport
c) Hong Kong Certificate of Identity
d) Hong Kong Re-entry Permit (for entry from mainland China & Macao only)
e) Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes provided that the document is valid or the holder's limit of stay in Hong Kong has not expired
f) Travel Documents bearing one of the following endorsements; "The holder of this travel document has the right to land in Hong Kong (Section 2AAA, Immigration Ordinance Cap. 115, Laws of Hong Kong)" or "Holder's eligibility for Hong Kong permanent idenity card verified"
g) Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card
2) For stays up to 180 days by British citizens
3) For stays up to 90 days by:
a) British Dependent Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects & British Protected persons
b) Nationals of Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland Rep, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati (except those with status "Investor" or "N-Kiribati"), Korea (South), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tonga (except holders of National or Protected Persons passports), Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu (except those with status "I-Tuvalu), United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia & Zimbabwe
4) For stays up to 30 days by nationals of Bolivia, Cape Verde, Costa Rica (except holders of Provisional passports or "Documento de Identidad Y Viaje"), Dominican Rep, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru (except holders of Special Peruvian passports), Samoa, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay (except holders of passports issued under Decree 289/90) & Yemen
5) For stays up to 14 days by nationals of Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo Dem Rep, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lesotho, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Palau Islands, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Togo & Vatican City
6) For stays up to 7 days by nationals of other countries (except nationals of Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Costa Rica (holders of Provisional passports or `Documento de Identidad Y Viaje'), Cuba, Eritrea, Georgia, Grenada, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kiribati (those with status "Investor" or "N-Kiribati"), Korea (North), Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru (holders of Special passports), Russia, Senegal, Serbia & Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tonga (holders of National or Protected Persons passports), Turkmenistan, Tuvalu (those with status "I-Tuvalu), Ukraine, Uruguay (holders of passports issued under Decree 289/90), Uzbekistan, Vietnam & all stateless travel document holders
7) For stays up to 7 days by holders of Portuguese Aliens passports who have held Macao identity cards for not less than 2 years
8) For stays up to 2 months by holders of `Hong Kong S.A.R. Travel Pass' and a valid national passport
9) Holders of People's Republic of China (PRC) passports provided holding valid entry permit
10) Residents of mainland China provided holding valid Exit-entry Permit for Travelling to Hong Kong & Macao & an exit-entry endorsement from the relevant Public Security Bureau Office.

Air Transit
Required by all except those as noted above and:
1) Nationals of visa-exempt countries may transit without onward tickets provided they are continuing their journey to China or Macao
2) Holders of Chinese passports & People's Republic of China (PRC) passports who are in transit through Hong Kong to and from another country or territory may be granted a stay of 7 days on each landing without prior need to obtain an entry permit, provided that usual immigration requirements are met, including possession of valid entry facilities for the destination and confirmed onward booking

Notes: 1) Stateless persons in transit through Hong Kong must hold a valid visa for Hong Kong. Such persons must hold valid travel documents with adequate returnability to their countries of residence. They are required to hold valid travel documents and visas for their destinations and possess confirmed onward tickets to depart Hong Kong within the period they are allowed to stay in Hong Kong.
2) A visa is always required for nationals of Eritrea, Iraq, Liberia, Pakistan & Sierra Leone including those who are in transit & remain airside.

Re-entry Permits
Non-permanent residents of Hong Kong, irrespective of their nationality and type of travel document held do not require a re-entry visa to enter Hong Kong, provided that they return within their valid limit of stay and that the circumstances upon which they have aquired their residential status remains unchanged. Non-permanent residents, if returning after a long absence of say, 12 months or more, may be admitted as visitor's or required to approach the Immigration Department to have their residential status verified.

U.S. Embassy or Consulate in Hong Kong
26 Garden Road
PSC 461, Box 5, FPO, AP 96521-0006
Central, Hong Kong
Telephone number (852) 2523-9011, 2841-2211, 2841-2323, 2841-2225
Fax (852) 2845-4845,
Email: acshk@state.gov.
Website: www.hongkong.usconsulate.gov

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate in U.S.

Washington DC Office
925 Fifteenth Street N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
Voice: 1-800-874-5100
Local: 202-638-3800
Fax: 202-638-4674
support@traveldocs.com

New York Office
641 Lexington Avenue
Suite 1435
New York, NY 10022
Voice: 1- 877-874-5104
Local: 212-223-1735
Fax: 212-634-6361
ny@traveldocs.com

San Francisco Office
3 Embarcadero Center
Lobby Level, Suite 2
San Francisco, CA 94111
Voice: 1-888-874-5100
Local: 415-399-1515
Fax: 415-399-1001
sfo@traveldocs.com

UK Embassy or Consulate in Hong Kong
1 Supreme Court Road
PO Box 582, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Telephone:
(+852) 2901 3182 UK Trade & Investment
(+852) 2901 3277 Press & Public Affairs
(+852) 2901 3281 Consular
(+852) 2901 3222 Passport
Fax:
(+852) 2901 3066
Office hours:
Office hours: Monday-Friday: 08:30-17:15 (Local time), 00:30-09:15 (GMT)
Website: http://ukinhongkong.fco.gov.uk/en/

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate in UK
Visas are not available on arrival at the Chinese border for British passport holdend China.Visitors entering Hong Kong via mainland China and leaving again via the mainland should note they will need to be in possession of a double or multiple entry visa for mainland China.

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Australia
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Level 4, Hong Kong House
80 Druitt Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Telephone: +61 2 9283 3083
Fax: +61 2 9283 3383
Email: sydwwo@hktourismboard.com
Web site: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/australia/

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Canada
Hong Kong Trade Centre
9 Temperance Street, 3rd Floor
Toronto ON M5H 1Y6
Telephone: +1 416 366-2389
Fax: +1 416 366 1098
Email: yyzwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in China/Beijing
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Room 902/903
9/F Office Tower 1
Henderson Centre
18 Jianguomennei Dajie
Dongcheng District
Beijing 100005
People's Republic of China
Telephone: +86 10 6518 6018
Fax: +86 10 6518 6020
Email: bejwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in China/Shanghai
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Room 808 Shui On Plaza
333 Huai Hai Zhong Road
Shanghai 200021
People's Republic of China
Telephone: +86 21 6385 1242
Fax: +86 21 6385 1490
Email: shawwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in France
Hong Kong Tourism Board
37 rue de Caumartin
75009 Paris
Telephone: +33 1 42 65 66 64
Fax: +33 1 42 65 66 00
Email: parwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Germany
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Humboldt Strasse 94
D-60318 Frankfurt/Main
Telephone: +49 69 959 12 90
Fax: +49 69 597 80 50
Email: frawwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in India
Hong Kong Tourism Board
c/o Mileage Communications (India) Pvt Ltd
30 Hauz Khas Village (2/F)
New Delhi - 110 016
Telephone: +91 11 651 1004
Telephone: +91 11 651 1287
Fax: +91 11 651 1412
Email: indwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Italy
Hong Kong Tourism Board
c/o Adam and Partner Italia
Corso Marconi, 33,
10125, Torino
Telephone: +39 011 669 0238
Fax: +39 011 668 0785
Email: itawwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Japan/Osaka
Hong Kong Tourism Board
8/F Osaka Saitama Building
3-5-13 Awaji-machi, Chuo-ku
Osaka 541-0047
Telephone: +81 6 6229 9240
Fax: +81 6 6229 9648

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Japan/Tokyo
Hong Kong Tourism Board
2/F Kokusai Building
3-1-1 Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 Japan
Telephone: +81 3 5219 8288
Fax: +81 3 5219 8292
Email: tyowwo@hktourismboard.com
Web site: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/jpn/

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Korea - Republic of (South Korea)
Hong Kong Tourism Board
c/o Glocom Korea Inc.
Suite 1105, Paiknam Building
188-3 Eulchiro 1-Ka
Chung-Gu, Seoul
Telephone: +82 2 778 4403
Fax: +82 2 778 4404
Email: korwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in New Zealand
Hong Kong Tourism Board
c/o Bauhinia International Limited
PO Box 2120
Auckland 1001
Telephone: +64 9 307 2580
Fax: +64 9 307 2581
Email: aukwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Singapore
Hong Kong Tourism Board
9 Temasek Boulevard
#34-03 Suntec Tower Two
Singapore 038989
Telephone: +65 336 5800
Fax: +65 336 5811
Email: sinwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Spain
Hong Kong Tourism Board
c/o Sergat España SL
Pau Casals 4
08021 Barcelona
Telephone: +34 93 414 17 94
Fax: +34 93 201 86 57
Email: bcnwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Taiwan
Hong Kong Tourism Board
9/F, 18 Chang An East Road Sec 1
Taipei, Taiwan
Telephone: +886 2 2581 6061
Fax: +886 2 2581 6062
Email: tpewwo@hktourismboard.com
Web site: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/taiwan/

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Japan/Osaka
Hong Kong Tourism Board
8/F Osaka Saitama Building
3-5-13 Awaji-machi, Chuo-ku
Osaka 541-0047
Telephone: +81 6 6229 9240
Fax: +81 6 6229 9648

Hong Kong Embassy or Consulate Office in Singapore
Hong Kong Tourism Board
9 Temasek Boulevard
34-03 Suntec Tower Two
Singapore 038989
Telephone: +65 336 5800
Fax: +65 336 5811
Email: sinwwo@hktourismboard.com

Hong Kong Official Tourism Board Office
Hong Kong Tourism Board
9-11/F Citicorp Centre
18 Whitfield Road
North Point
Telephone: +852 2807 6543
Telephone: +852 2806 0303
Email: info@hktourismboard.com
Web site: http://www.DiscoverHongKong.com

Source:
http://travel.state.gov/
http://www.fco.gov.uk/
http://www.DiscoverHongKong.com