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Cover of the latest version of an HKSAR biometric passport. As of 2025, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport holders have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 171 countries and territories, ranking the passport 18th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] It is ranked 15th by the Global Passport Power Rank. [2]
The current and older permits are credit card-sized which makes it more efficient to carry in one's wallet. The older permit is also machine readable, which facilitates entry into mainland China at any staffed immigration checkpoint or through self-service immigration gates at Hong Kong-Shenzhen boundary, Macau-Zhuhai boundary, and international airports throughout mainland China.
The visa policy of Hong Kong deals with the requirements in which a foreign national wishing to enter Hong Kong through one of the 15 immigration control points must meet to obtain an entry permit (permit to enter) or Visa, which depending on the traveller's nationality, may be required to travel to, enter, and remain in the Hong Kong Special ...
The new version of the permit is changed to a credit-card sized document, which also contains a biometric chip, and was first introduced in Guangdong on May 20, 2014, [13] and later issued nationally on September 15, 2014. [14] The design is similar to the Taiwan Compatriot Permit but the card's color scheme is in light blue. The personal data ...
If the holder of a Document of Identity is a school pupil who is an Annex I national (i.e. he/she is required to possess a visa for all stays in Schengen agreement states), he/she can enter Malta, Poland and Slovakia visa-free by virtue of Article 4(2) as long as they are travelling as part of a school trip led by a school teacher for a maximum ...
Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges [Note 3] and 6 border crossings. [Note 4] [91] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane. [93] Holders of passports for public affairs do not require a visa. [34 ...
The Individual Visit Scheme (Portuguese: Visto Individual) [1] begun on 28 July 2003 allowing travelers from Mainland China to visit Hong Kong and Macau on an individual basis; prior to the Scheme, Mainland residents could only visit on business visas or on group tours.
The holder may return to Hong Kong without visa, provided the Certificate is valid. The holder is advised to obtain visas for any country he wishes to visit or pass through. Should the holder take up residence in a country or territory outside Hong Kong application should be made to the competent authorities of this country of residence for a ...