Hong Kong Tourist Visa gives an opportunity to the individuals who want to experience the beauty and blend of an eastern and western culture of Hong Kong. Traveling to Hong Kong without any visa is applicable to more than 160 countries. Tourists can live there for the duration of 7 to 80 days depending on their nationality. This tourist visa allows an individual, who wants to visit Hong Kong as a tourist, to do business activities with International clients, or to attend trade affairs. You have to meet the basic requirements to visit Hong Kong on this visa.
Hong Kong happens to be a top-notch tourist destination among the Asian countries. Be it affluent dining options, a shopper’s paradise or beautiful theme parks like Disney Land, Hong Kong has it all.Being the most vivacious and magnificent country with a population of approx. 7.24 million, this colorful country is often described as a place where “East meets West”, reflecting the culture’s mix of the territories.
If you have plans to visit Hong Kong under Hong Kong Immigration Rules and Policies , you have to meet the basic requirements to apply:
a) The visitor must have sufficient funds to support themselves financially without working, during their stay in Hong Kong. The Financial requirements are set by the Immigration Department of Hong Kong and the traveler has to meet those financial requirements.
b) The traveler should be free from all kind of criminal activities and have no criminal records in the past. The candidates with criminal background are outlawed to enter Hong Kong.
c) The traveler should have made advanced return travel preparation. He/he should clear that, they want to visit Hong Kong for the short-term and have no intention of exceeding the visa expiry date.
d) If the traveler is from the country, which is not mentioned on the list of countries that don’t need the visa to visit Hong Kong, then he/she needs to acquire the visa first.
You can apply for the visa from the nearest Chinese consulate. You may submit your visa application to the Immigration Department of HKSAR either by post or through a local sponsor.
If you wish to lessen the processing time of your visa, you can send the visa application along with the supporting documents by fax.
If you are sending the visa application by fax, you have to provide the original copy of the complete application form and the photographs must be transferred to the Immigration Departments of HKSAR through air mail.You will be getting the visa only on an acknowledgment of delivery of original visa application form with complete details.
You need to deposit all the requirements first and afterward, the process of visa application starts. The processing time for a Hong Kong visa is around four weeks. The Chinese SARs have full authority to restrict the entry of any visitor, even, when you have a visa.
| S.No | Item | Fees |
| 1 | Ordinary Visa | HKD 190 |
| 2 | Transit Visa | HKD 100 |
| 3 | Change of conditions of stay or extension of the limit of stay | HKD 190 |
| 4 | Endorsement to a travel document for which no specific fee is provided | HKD 200 |
| 5 | Service charge for supplying, on application, a copy of any document, or for making or forwarding, or both, a request or recommendation to any authority of a foreign state or Commonwealth country, for consular or nationality registration or for the issue or renewal of a passport or other travel document or of a document of identity or for the grant of a visa or entry permit | HKD 215 |
| Nationality of foreign country (Territory)/ Type of Travel Document | Visa free period for visit not exceeding | Always require VISA, except in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave the airport transit area |
|---|---|---|
| AFGHANISTAN | - | Visa Required |
| ALBANIA | - | Visa Required |
| ALGERIA | 14 Days | - |
| ANDORRA | 90 Days | - |
| ANGOLA | - | Visa Required |
| ANGOLA Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| ANGUILLA | 90 Days | - |
| ANTIGUA & BARBUDA | 90 Days | - |
| ARGENTINA | 90 Days | - |
| ARMENIA | - | Visa Required |
| AUSTRALIA | 90 Days | - |
| AUSTRIA | 90 Days | - |
| AZERBAIJAN | - | Visa Required |
| BAHAMAS | 90 Days | - |
| BAHRAIN | 30 Days | - |
| BANGLADESH | - | Visa Required |
| BANGLADESH Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| BARBADOS | 90 Days | - |
| BELARUS | - | Visa Required |
| BELGIUM | 90 Days | - |
| BELIZE | 90 Days | - |
| BENIN | 14 Days | - |
| BERMUDA | 90 Days | - |
| BHUTAN | 14 Days | - |
| BOLIVIA | 30 Days | - |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | 14 Days | - |
| BOTSWANA | 90 Days | - |
| BRAZIL | 90 Days | - |
| BRITAIN (British citizens) | 180 Days | - |
| BRITAIN (British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons) | 90 Days | - |
| BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | 90 Days | - |
| BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY | 90 Days | - |
| BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | 90 Days | - |
| BRUNEI | 90 Days | - |
| BULGARIA | 90 Days | - |
| BURKINA FASO | 14 Days | - |
| BURUNDI | - | Visa Required |
| BURUNDI Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| CAMBODIA | - | Visa Required |
| CAMEROON | - | Visa Required |
| CAMEROON Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| CANADA | 90 Days | - |
| CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF) | 30 Days | - |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | 90 Days | - |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | 14 Days | - |
| CHAD | 14 Days | - |
| CHILE | 90 Days | - |
| COLOMBIA | 90 Days | - |
| COMOROS | 14 Days | - |
| CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (Formerly known as Zaire) | - | Visa Required |
| CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) | - | Visa Required |
| CONGO (REPUBLIC OF) Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| COSTA RICA | 30 Days | - |
| Costa Rican Provisional passports | - | Visa Required |
| "Documento de Identidad Y Viaje" issued by Costa Rican Government | - | Visa Required |
| COTE D'IVOIRE (REPUBLIC OF) | - | Visa Required |
| CROATIA | 14 Days | - |
| CUBA | - | Visa Required |
| CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF) | 90 Days | - |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 90 Days | - |
| DENMARK | 90 Days | - |
| DJIBOUTI | 14 Days | - |
| DOMINICA (COMMONWEALTH OF) | 90 Days | - |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 30 Days | - |
| ECUADOR | 90 Days | - |
| EGYPT | 90 Days | - |
| EL SALVADOR | 30 Days | - |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | 14 Days | - |
| ERITREA | Visa Required | |
| ESTONIA | 90 Days | - |
| ETHIOPIA | - | Visa Required |
| ETHIOPIA Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES | 90 Days | - |
| FAROE ISLANDS | 90 Days | - |
| FIJI | 90 Days | - |
| FINLAND | 90 Days | - |
| FRANCE | 90 Days | - |
| GABON | 14 Days | - |
| GAMBIA | 90 Days | - |
| GEORGIA | - | Visa Required |
| GERMANY | 90 Days | - |
| GHANA | - | Visa Required |
| GHANA Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| GIBRALTAR | 90 Days | - |
| GREECE | 90 Days | - |
| GREENLAND | 90 Days | - |
| GRENADA | 90 Days | - |
| GUATEMALA | 30 Days | - |
| GUINEA | 14 Days | - |
| GUINEA-BISSAU | 14 Days | - |
| GUYANA | 90 Days | - |
| HAITI | 14 Days | - |
| HONDURAS | 30 Days | - |
| HUNGARY | 90 Days | - |
| ICELAND | 90 Days | - |
| INDIA | 14 Days | - |
| INDONESIA | 30 Days | - |
| IRAN | - | Visa Required |
| IRAQ | - | Visa Required |
| IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF) | 90 Days | - |
| ISRAEL | 90 Days | - |
| ITALY | 90 Days | - |
| JAMAICA | 90 Days | - |
| JAPAN | 90 Days | - |
| JORDAN | 30 Days | - |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 14 days | |
| KENYA | 90 Days | - |
| KIRIBATI | 90 Days | - |
| KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF) | - | Visa Required |
| KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) | 90 Days | - |
| KUWAIT | 30 Days | - |
| KYRGYSTAN | - | Visa Required |
| LAOS | - | Visa Required |
| LATVIA | 90 Days | - |
| LEBANON | - | Visa Required |
| LESOTHO | 14 Days | - |
| LIBERIA | - | Visa Required |
| LIBYA | - | Visa Required |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | 90 Days | - |
| LITHUANIA | 90 Days | - |
| LUXEMBOURG | 90 Days | - |
| MACEDONIA | 14 Days | - |
| MADAGASCAR | 14 Days | - |
| MALAWI | 90 Days | - |
| MALAYSIA | 90 Days | - |
| MALDIVES | 90 Days | - |
| MALI | 14 Days | - |
| MALTA | 90 Days | - |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC OF) | 14 Days | - |
| MAURITANIA | 14 Days | - |
| MAURITIUS | 90 Days | - |
| MEXICO | 90 Days | - |
| MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) | 14 Days | - |
| MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF) | - | Visa Required |
| MONACO | 90 Days | - |
| MONGOLIA | 14 Days | - |
| MONTENEGRO ( REPUBLIC OF ) | - | Visa Required |
| MONTSERRAT | 90 Days | - |
| MOROCCO | 30 Days | - |
| MOZAMBIQUE | 14 Days | - |
| MYANMAR | - | Visa Required |
| NAMIBIA | 90 Days | - |
| NAURU | 90 Days | - |
| NEPAL | - | Visa Required |
| NETHERLANDS | 90 Days | - |
| NEW ZEALAND | 90 Days | - |
| NICARAGUA | - | Visa Required |
| NIGER | 14 Days | - |
| NIGERIA | - | Visa Required |
| NORWAY | 90 Days | - |
| OMAN | 30 Days | - |
| PAKISTAN | - | Visa Required |
| PAKISTAN Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| PALAU | 14 Days | - |
| PALESTINE (STATES OF) | - | Visa Required |
| PANAMA | - | Visa Required |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 90 Days | - |
| PARAGUAY | 30 Days | - |
| PERU | 30 Days | - |
| Special Peruvian passports | - | Visa Required |
| PHILIPPINES | 14 Days | - |
| PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS | 90 Days | - |
| POLAND | 90 Days | - |
| PORTUGAL | 90 Days | - |
| QATAR | 30 Days | - |
| ROMANIA | 90 Days | - |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 14 Days | - |
| RWANDA | 14 Days | - |
| SAMOA (WESTERN) | 30 Days | - |
| SAN MARINO | 90 Days | - |
| SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | 14 Days | - |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 30 Days | - |
| SENEGAL | - | Visa Required |
| SERBIA (Republic of) | - | Visa Required |
| SEYCHELLES | 90 Days | - |
| SIERRA LEONE | - | Visa Required |
| SINGAPORE | 90 Days | - |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 90 Days | - |
| SLOVENIA | 90 Days | - |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS | - | Visa Required |
| SOMALIA | - | Visa Required |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 30 Days | - |
| SPAIN | 90 Days | - |
| SRI LANKA | - | Visa Required |
| SRI LANKA DIPLOMATIC/OFFICIAL PASSPORT | 14 Days | - |
| ST. HELENA | 90 Days | - |
| ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA) | 90 Days | - |
| ST. KITTS - NEVIS ANGUILLA | 90 Days | - |
| ST. LUCIA | 90 Days | - |
| ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 90 Days | - |
| SUDAN | - | Visa Required |
| SURINAME | 14 Days | - |
| SWAZILAND | 90 Days | - |
| SWEDEN | 90 Days | - |
| SWITZERLAND | 90 Days | - |
| SYRIA | - | Visa Required |
| TAJIKISTAN | - | Visa Required |
| TANZANIA | 90 Days | - |
| THAILAND | 30 Days | - |
| THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS | 90 Days | - |
| THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA | 90 Days | - |
| TOGO | - | Visa Required |
| TOGO Diplomatic/Official Passport | 14 Days | - |
| TONGA | 90 Days | - |
| Tongan National passports | - | Visa Required |
| Tongan Protected Persons passports | - | Visa Required |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 90 Days | - |
| TUNISIA | 30 Days | - |
| TURKEY | 90 Days | - |
| TURKMENISTAN | - | Visa Required |
| TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS | 90 Days | - |
| TUVALU | 90 Days | - |
| TUVALU (with national status stated as 'I-TUVALU') | - | Visa Required |
| UGANDA | 30 Days | - |
| UKRAINE | 14 Days | - |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 30 Days | - |
| URUGUAY | 90 Days | - |
| Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90 | - | Visa Required |
| U.S.A. | 90 Days | - |
| US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only) | 14 Days | - |
| UZBEKISTAN | - | Visa Required |
| VANUATU | 90 Days | - |
| VATICAN CITY | 14 Days | - |
| Vatican Service passports | - | Visa Required |
| VENEZUELA | 90 Days | - |
| VIETNAM | - | Visa Required |
| YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF) | 30 Days | - |
| ZAMBIA | 90 Days | - |
| ZIMBABWE | 90 Days | - |
| All 'stateless' travel document holders | - | Visa Required |
| Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit | 7 Days | - |
Hong Kong is the ideal choice for Indians. To visit Hong Kong as a tourist, Indians have to meet the stipulation of filling the pre-arrival registration online. The pre- arrival registration online is valid up to six months or till the time passport is no expired.
Indians can live and stay in Hong Kong for the duration of 14 days on this visa. Anyone who wants to stay in Hong Kong more than 14 days has to apply for the visa or entry permit. However, the latest changes made by the Hong Kong Immigration Department in September 2017, states that Indians who are willing to visit Hong Kong, even for less than 14 days have to apply for the visa in advance.
a) You can’t stay for more than 14 days in Hong Kong.
b) The traveler must have Indian passport with at least 6 months validity.
Indians have to go through the appropriate process in order to apply for the Pre-Arrival Registration:
a) Firstly, you have to open the official website of the Immigration Department of Hong Kong. After that, you have to click on ‘Pre-arrival Registration for Indian Nationals’.
b) You have to enter the accurate information and the details you are providing should match with the details of your passport.
c) You will get the registration result will be told to the registrant instantly, once the submission is done.
d) If your registration is successful, you have to get the Notification Slip for Pre-Arrival Registration for Indian Nationals printed on a blank A4 sized whitepaper.
e) In case, your registration goes unsuccessful, then the Indians have to apply directly for an entry visa with the Hong Kong Immigration Department if they want to visit Hong Kong.
If you have made up your mind and interested in spending your next holidays in Hong Kong, then you can contact our Immigration experts who will guide you during the whole process. From planning to your trip to all your documents, our experts will help you at every step. If you want to know more about the Hong Kong Tourist Visa, you can avail full information from the experts by dialing official helpline +919625212959 If you are facing any queries, you can drop them over info@makevisas.com.